Marine Containers on Chassis: Safety Issues

This project is to investigate safety related problems involving chassis used for transporting marine containers on US highways. In recent years, much concern has arisen regarding the safety implications of allegedly substandard container chassis maintenance and inspection practices. This recognition is reflected in the recent effort to pass federal legislation mandating more effective container chassis inspection.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ntrci.org/projects/u04.html
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This project is funded by National Transportation Research Center Inc. NTRCI-UTC which is a separate entity from the University of Tennessee Regional UTC called the "STC"

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $85216.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT-06-G-0043

  DTRT-06-G-0043-U04

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Transportation Research Center, Incorporated

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37932
• Project Managers:

  Petrolino, Joseph

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Knoxville, TN  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Chatterjee, Arun

• Start Date: 20070301
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20080831
• Source Data: RiP Project 14380

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chassis; Container traffic; Highway safety; Policy, legislation and regulation; Research projects; Truck traffic; Trucking; Trucking safety
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01464823
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Transportation Research Center, Incorporated
• Contract Numbers: DTRT-06-G-0043, DTRT-06-G-0043-U04
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:50PM