The DOT is going to begin safety inspections of truck container chassis. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced recently that DOT would launch a safety inspection program for intermodal container chassis. The inspection program will provide oversight to ensure that the trailer beds used by truckers to haul cargo containers are safe. Intermodal container chassis are the flat trailer beds that cargo containers are loaded onto when being transported by truck. They are used to transport more than $450 million in cargo value entering and leaving the United States annually. "Every day millions of dollars worth of cargo are transferred from ships and rail to trailer beds and hauled away by trucks," said Secretary Mineta. "It is essential that we have a full and complete safety program focused on the trailer beds used to haul cargo containers."
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