Changing Shipping with Mobile Transport Trays

Changing the way we think about shipping

THE MOBILE TRANSPORT TRAY (MTT)
OCEAN - RAIL - TRUCK

william.gerst@innovativetransportsolutions.com
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The Mobile Transport Tray
(MTT)
 A Steel platform on rollers that slides like a tray through the rear doors of an Ocean Container,
trailer, or rail-box
 Standard units for Ocean come in 10’, 20’, or 40’ lengths to accommodate the internal
dimensions of Ocean Containers perfectly.
 Standard units for US domestic trucking or rail come in 17’, 26.5’. or 53’
 Customized units available to suit more complex cargo

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The Mobile Transport Tray
(MTT) continued
 MTT’s can come with side uprights to act as a wall as well as end bulk-heads
 Empty units multi-stack and allow for easy low cost positioning and return haul 13, 15, or 20:1
depending on the profile.

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Areas the MTT positively impacts

Driver
Long haul Crating waiting
flat-bed costs costs
Special costs
Ocean
Equipment
Dunnage
costs Per-
Excessive diem
Damages blocking and costs
bracing
Pool of
containers
High labor
costs
Trans-
Lack of loading A safer
equipment
availability process

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Do you really need all this heavy lift
and special ocean equipment?
 The MTT allows you to transition from
OPEN-TOP (OT) or FLAT-RACK (FR)
containers to regular DRY VANS creating
huge savings
 Leverage your buying power with an array
of ocean carriers, don’t get locked into
just 1-2 carriers offering OTs or FRs
 Increase equipment availability with DV’s
vs OPEN-TOPS or FLAT-RACKs
 Thousands saved in special equipment
surcharges, TACA filing 20’/$1500 & 40’/
$2000 per container in special equipment
surcharge
 Reduce, possibly eradicate all dunnage
and other complex securing methods
currently employed
 Simpler and superior securing method
 Pre-load & unload cargo from the MTT at
a time that suits you
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Do you really need all this heavy lift
and special ocean equipment?

 Load and unload the container in 10 minutes.
Commodity is irrelevant.
 Faster loading and unloading in a SAFE
ENVIRONMENT, no over-head lifting or
carrying

OR?

Exposed cargo Enclosed protected cargo

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GAP Analysis between DRY VAN (W/MTT)
and Special Ocean Equipment

ACTIVITY Dry Van loaded via MTT Open-top or Flat-Rack
Ocean Equipment readily available? ✔ ✘
<30 mins to load or unload CNTR? ✔ ✘ average 4 man hours
Dunnage Costs? ✔ ✘ average $150 per TEU
Special Ocean Equipment costs? ✔ ✘ Filed $1500 per FEU extra
Lift cargo over-head? ✔ ✘
1 Man Operation? ✔ ✘
Possibility to pre-load cargo? ✔ ✘
Secure method of shipping? ✔ ✔
All carriers offer ocean equipment? ✔ ✘
Generally live load and unload? ✔ ✘
Cargo exposed to elements? Salt? ✔ ✘
No driver detention costs? ✔ ✘
Assist in reducing per-diem? ✔ ✘

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Steel and other over-length cargo
 The OLD CONVENTIONAL
WAY
 Trans-loading
 Additional handling
 3 man operation
 Flat-bed delivery
 Crane required
 High costs and more transit
 Or use the MTT solution?
 Pre-load
 Handle once
 No crane hire required
 Live loading in 10 minutes
 No driver waiting
 No storage, no grief
 Little or no dunnage william.gerst@innovativetransportsolutions.com 8

Customized MTT – For Steel and
Other Over-length Cargo

Engineered designs
and customized
products available

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Rail is the future and an
alternative to Flat-bed costs
 Fuel surcharges have fluctuated between 12-52% over the past 5 years for OTR
flat-bed trucking (2012) giving the shipper no confidence or control over their
agreed contract pricing
 Cargo is exposed to the elements
 Flat-bed is riskier more expensive transport
 Rail is more environmentally friendly
 Flat-bed equipment is more scarce
 For long-haul traffic, very little transit (if any) is sacrificed on the rail. LAX to
ORD via truck is 4-5 days, rail is also 4-5 days.
 Disclaimer, Innovative Transport Solutions is
also a flat-bed service provider.

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Our alternative compared to
costly flatbed trucking

 Enclosed transportation via ocean containers repositioning steamship lines
containers or INTERMODAL BOXES at incredible rates via RAIL SERVICE
 Conventional equipment that is available
 Safe and secure transportation practices
 Rates that are stable and far cheaper
 Low fuel cost
 More environmentally friendly
 Plus all the benefits with faster loading and
unloading that you gain by utilizing our
MOBILE TRANSPORT TRAY

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Tiles and other heavy dense cargo
 10’ MTTs employed, 10 ton payload
per MTT
 Used to eradicate damages to
eradicate the dunnage used in
conventional shipping
 No double handling (staging) of
product
 Reduction in labor required to load
and unload product to/from
container
 Easier to load and unload from all
sides of the MTT compared to in
and out of the back of a container
or trailer

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Agricultural & Earthmoving
Equipment
 Transport cost saving of $6-8K per
large Backhoe shipped
 5 man operation down to 1
 Superior securing of product
 No dunnage required ($1200 saving
per 40’)
 Handling of cargo reduced 66% both
ends

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Cartonized products, the issues faced
with conventional methods
 All containers need to be dropped or driver
waiting time paid
 Reduced free-time at the rail road together with
vast unloading time results in hefty per-diem
charges
 3-20 man hours to unload floor loaded
containers
 All cartons need to be transferred to wooden
pallets at unload facility
 All pallets then need to be moved to storing
area.
 Fork-lifts running back and forth all day
 Do we really save $1000 in freight by doing it
this way? This is what it costs on average per
container (only 20% of containers have cartons
loaded right to the roof)

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Cartonized Cargo Continued…
We have an easier & cheaper alternative
 Live unloads, no drops, no driver detention -
$350 saving on average
 Wooden/Alloy pallets loaded and recessed
into the MTT – Cuts down on 50% of your
pallet costs and time to manipulate cargo
 Pull the load to your racking & storing area
– No more back and forth with the fork-lifts
 You will have access to all 4 sides of your
loaded MTT within your facility and if need,
you will trans-load the cartons to wooden
pallets in half the time. WE HAVE SEEN IT!!
 Yes, you may lose some load factor but
some need to give a little to get a lot.
(however, 80% of containers are not
effected by our low profile MTT).

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Avoiding expensive crating
 Here we have a client loading a
14,000 kilo Briquette machine into a
20’ container via a 20‘MTT™
 Client saved $1200 in transport
costs moving to a dry van container
verses an open top
 The client saved another $3000 in
crating expenses. There was no
need to crate with usage of the
MTTs self contained load binders.
The freight arrived in Africa without
any issues

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Multi-stacking – Double, Triple, the
payload

 For awkward cargo that cannot be stacked
 Free up 50% in floor space within the loading or unloading facility

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“A” Frame for glass / granite
 Reduction in handling of product by
50%
 2 hours saved in loading and
securing & safer work environment
 Superior and easier securing
 Increased payload – 20%
 90% reduction in time and money
for unloading and staging cargo
(MTT now acts as staging platform
within the unload facility).
 Total elimination of product handling
from container to staging and
storing area.
 No damages
 “A” frame is stored inside the MTT
after use, no impact on return factor
(13:1)

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Fragile?
Reduce Handling
 Drywall has been giving shippers
headaches for years
 Main factor here like with so many
of the products we deal with, a
company can now load from the
side.

 More careful thoughtful and creative
loading process
 Same benefits in the below
example. Being able to pre-load or
off-load from the side has great
advantages and saves time
 Here we also saw an increase in
possible payloads of some 15% by
adding a custom bracket
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Consolidated Cargo

 Ideal for Freight-forwarders and consolidators f
 Allows for pre-loading prior to ocean
equipment arrival at the facility
 Reduces labor costs
 Allows for loading and unloading to be done
from all sides allowing for loading process to
be much easier and faster
 Reduces time and motion of fork-lift back and
forth from cargo storing area saving more time
 We have seen over a 90% reduction in
damages compared to the conventional
process

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Mobile Transport Tray
Specifications (Imperial)
Model Description Length Width Height Weight Nested Return
per container

10‘MTTB 10’ 100MM Checker 115” 90” 5.9” 1543Lbs 25 per 20’
10‘MTTB 10’ 100MM Bearer 115” 90” 5.9” 1102Lbs 36 per 20’

10‘MTTA 10’ 140MM Checker 115” 90” 8.5” 1764Lbs 22 per 20’

10‘MTTA 10’ 140MM Bearer 115” 90” 8.5” 1323Lbs 28 per 20’








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Mobile Transport Tray
Specifications (Metric)
Model Description Length (cm) Width (cm) Height (cm) Weight (kilos) Nested Return
per container

10‘MTTB 10’ 100MM Checker 291 229 15 700 25 per 20’
10‘MTTB 10’ 100MM Bearer 291 229 15 500 36 per 20’

10‘MTTA 10’ 140MM Checker 291 229 21 800 22 per 20’

10‘MTTA 10’ 140MM Bearer 291 229 21 600 28 per 20’








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Smart Unloading & Loading –
Introducing the “Smart Dock”

 Ideal for companies with no docks
or major shortage of warehouse
docks
 No fork-lift required, motorized
winch system (electric powered)
 Load and unloading capable
 Safe environment
 Addresses per-diem and driver
waiting time
 SMART DOCK attached to the MTT
and pulls it out of the container.
Fork-lift then removes product from
the side.

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