Intermodal News ReportIntermodal Association of ChicagoFebruary 3, 2014

Jason HilsenbeckLoadMatch & Drayage.comPresident – Founder

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Unit Count

Intermodal 53’ Container Fleets - United States (dry, for railroad)

66,000 JBHU - JB Hunt (+7000 from last year)  

25,000HGIU, HGWU, UPHU, NHUU, NHWU, HUNU - Hub Group (+1000 from last year)

18,000 PACU - Pacer (unchanged)  

14,000 SNLU - Schneider (-200 retired, adding 2,000 new in Feb)  

8700 SWRU - Swift (unchanged)  

5000 UPSU - UPS   (unchanged)  

1000 APDU - APL Logistics (unchanged)  

1000 RBTU - CH Robinson (unchanged)  

800 UTLU - Universal Logistics (+200 from last year)  

500CFQU - COFC Logistics (-350 BRNU, ordering 500 more arriving summer)  

400 MTLU - Marten (unchanged)  

350 DRTU - Dart (unchanged)  

200 MLHU - Matson Logistics (unchanged)

600 MEQU - Milestone (brand new pool starting spring 2014 for short term lease)

141,550total managed by United States, Motor Carrier & 3PL  

32,000 EMHU - UP/NS/CP (+1000 from last year)  

31,000 UMAX - UP/CSX (-1000 from last year)  

4000 CSXU - CSX (unchanged)  

900TMXU - NS Thoroughbred Direct (+400 last year, some restenciled KCMU)  

400 XFEU - Florida East Coast (unchanged)  

68,300 total managed by United States, Railroad  

209,850total managed by United States, Railroad+Motor Carrier & 3PL

+8440 since last year

data as of Feb 3, 2014 - researched by Jason Hilsenbeck, owner of

53’ Container Fleet Notes209,850 x 53’ managed by Railroad

+ Motor Carrier + 3PL in United States(201,410 last year at this time)

in Canada 13,350 x 53’ dry & heated containers managed by Canadian National(8250 CNRU) & Canadian Pacific (5100 CPPU) (12,400 last year at this time)

around 3000 x 53’ containers made for ocean vessels (Trailer Bridge, Crowley, Sea Star, Alaskan Marine, Totem)

Container Fleet News

APL abandoned 53’ ocean containers

(53’s that sailed to/from China, APHU prefix)* Trailer Bridge, Crowley, Sea Star, Alaskan Marine, Totem all operate 53’ ocean containers

Schneider National launching company owned 53’ chassis fleet, 600 chassis received in October, two years to complete transition.

Schneider National Bulk Carriers launched liquid bulk intermodal service on new 40’ tank containers.

Refrigerated Container NewsCold Train opens Chicago office,

expanded 53’ reefer fleet to 300 (Washington state and Oregon to/from Midwest and East Coast)

New start-up company Tiger Cool Express has acquired 200 refrigerated containers from Quest Capital Group to begin operations in spring (principals Thomas Finkbinder, Thomas Shurstad, Theodore Prince)

IMC / FF / Broker News

5/2013 – Weiss-Rohlig relocated from Des Plaines to Elk Grove Village, IL (off

Estes Rd) into new 87,975 sq ft building (occupying 57%)

5/2013 – Yusen Logistics opened new 229,000 sq ft Warehouse in Elk Grove Village, IL (off Busse Rd)

1/2014 – Odyssey Logistics buys CMI Logistics / Orland Park (Odyessy owns Interdom Partners in Palos Heights, and Optimodal, Inc in PA, a domestic intermodal tank provider.. not the old Hub Group division)

IMC / FF / Broker News

1/2014 – Axsun opened new intermodal office in Chicago (HQ is Montreal, offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, has private fleet of 53’ reefer containers)

2013 – XPO Logistics expands downtown Chicago office to 100+, add drayage brokering.

1/2014 – XPO Logistics buys Pacer“This transaction will make us the third largest North American provider of intermodal services”

IMC / FF / Broker Triva

Did you know? People in downtown Chicago in or near Loop working at: CH Robinson / downtown …around

1000 Coyote / downtown …1000 Echo Global / downtown …1000 XPO Logistics (120), Total Quality

Logistics, Arrowstream, Load Delivered

* estimate 4000 people working at 3PL’s downtown

Drayage Trucking News

5/2013 – RoadRunner Intermodal acquires Adrian Carriers (serving Quad Cities

to Chicago ramps) and Wando Trucking (Charleston & Savannah ports)

8/2013 shipping line Maersk sells drayage subsidiary Bridge Terminal Transport to Platinum Equity (BTT is independent now)

9/2012 – RoadOne creates QLS Services, an agent network with US IntermodaLogistics being a brand name (agents in Chicago, NY/NJ, Syracuse, Norfolk, Houston)

Drayage Trucking News

10/2013 – ASF Intermodal opens Chicago terminal (ASF has 7 other drayage terminals in the southeast)

11/2013 – Knight Port Services closes Chicago and Houston dray operations (still have 8 other drayage terminals West and Gulf Coast)

1/2014 – OTR trucking company Forward Air buys Central States Trucking (CST founded in 1980, has 4 terminals in Midwest)

Drayage Trucking News

1/2014 – Mason Dixon Intermodal officially rebranded to “Universal Intermodal” (Mason Dixon name goes back to 1925)

Demand for drayage trucking still increasing: OTR trucking companies offering dedicated container drayage: Old Dominion, Schneider National Intermodal Services, Knight Port Services, Averitt Express, Werner

Drayage Trucking News

2013 – Whimsy Trucking is first in Chicago to buy light weight 5 x 40’ two-axle 3 x 20’ tri axle chassis with super single tires. Chassis weigh less and combined with

day cab tractors can haul several thousand lbs. more weight before needing overweight permit.

Radials – more reliable Low rolling resistance – better fuel

economy Two-axle tare weight just 5,000 lbs

Ocean Carrier News

Maersk recreating “Sealand” name for ocean service within the Americas (SeaLand pioneered the use of containerization in 1960s that we are familiar with today)

APL restructuring again, to better coordinate Scottsdale, AZ office with Denver with Detroit functions.

OOCL moves to new integrated center in Salt Lake City, 300 jobs

Intermodal Terminal News

2013 – Norfolk Southern continues to buy properties in Englewood (to expand 63rd Street terminal)

7/2013 – CN opens intermodal terminals in downtown Indianapolis (Indiana Railroad is operator) & downtown Joliet, IL (old EJ&E yard) Both primarily for grain going for export

9/2013 – Village of Elwood Trustees create “Elwood International Port Authority”

Miscellaneous

"An 18-wheeler 2007-2010 model year clean-diesel truck would have to drive 143 miles on the freeway to put out the same mass of particulates as a single charbroiled hamburger patty" study by University of California-Riverside (October 26, 2012 DC Velocity)

80,000 lbs. United States gross limit (started 1981)

97,000 lbs. Europe limit (44 tons) 103,000 lbs. Canada average limit (46.5

tons) (western province of Alberta, Canada: 140,000 lbs./63,500 kilograms) 107,000 lbs. Mexico limit (48.5 tons)

Final Remarks Domestic and International container

volumes expected to increase modestly again for 2014

Will be continued increase in truckload-to-intermodal conversion in 2014

Duplicate repair bills paid by multiple draymen for same chassis repair?

Has decrease in total number of chassis count with the better utilization (increased number of turns per chassis) causing the backlog of containers when bad weather strikes?

Thank you

Jason HilsenbeckPresidentLoadMatch & Drayage.comNaperville, ILwww.loadmatch.com = Equipment Matchingwww.drayage.com = Phonebook of Draymen630-428-9230 x114