News / China’s box and chassis monopoly is 'deeply concerning' to the US

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China’s “near de facto worldwide monopoly” of intermodal equipment “manufacturing should be deeply concerning”, according to US FMC commissioner Carl Bentzel.

He has released a report on the US’s almost total dependence on China for the manufacturer of containers and chassis.

A year in the making, Mr Bentzel’s 24-page report was provoked by acute shortages of chassis and containers that have hobbled intermodal operations in the US, and restricted its export market in the wake of the pandemic.

He said: “This report is important ...