Chassis pool operator Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) said it has deployed 300 newly refreshed red SACP chassis to Port Tampa Bay as part of its strategy to invest in locations with growing demand and freight patterns.
The refreshed chassis include safety and efficiency upgrades such as anti-lock brakes, LED lighting, and radial tires. According to Rockaway, New Jersey-based CCM, those changes will improve reliability, visibility, and fuel efficiency for the motor carrier community.
Those chassis arrived shortly before the inaugural call of the Maersk/Hapag-Lloyd IAM America Shuttle 2 service to Tampa, which brough a surge of containers and pushed the new fleet to a 72% utilization rate, confirming strong local demand and the value of refreshed asset deployment.
“CCM’s strategy is simple: go where the demand is,” Paul Nazzaro, CEO of CCM, said in a release. “With e-commerce growth, last-mile delivery, and new fulfillment centers expanding across the Tampa Bay region, this is clearly a market ready for investment. These 40-ft premium red chassis are more than upgraded equipment—they represent our long-term commitment to Tampa’s fast-growing freight ecosystem.”
More broadly, CCM said the move marks the first step in its strategy to align chassis availability with shifting trade flows and customer needs across a growing network of high-demand markets.
In March, CCM had also marked the rollout of its 12,000th refurbished chassis to the South Atlantic Chassis Pool (SACP), completing the first phase of refurbished chassis deployment in the region, with the entire CCM fleet of nearly 45,000 units expected to be fully upgraded by the end of 2027.
