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12/14/2011
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Damage prevention/loading group to become TTCI business unit
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The Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) recently announced that the Damage Prevention & Loading Services (DP&LS) group will be fully integrated into the center next year and become a TTCI business unit.
Gary Held will continue to serve as director of DP&LS and will manage both the closed car and open-top loading programs. DP&LS conducts programs and provides services for railroads, shippers and suppliers that focus on safe and damage‐free freight transportation. The group conducts impact, laboratory and rail environment simulation tests associated with box car, intermodal, automotive and open-top loading applications. DP&LS publishes approved methods as industry standards for the loading and transport of freight by rail.
The group also performs audits at motor vehicle loading and unloading facilities and presents training workshops for railroad, contractor and automotive manufacturer personnel involved in vehicle handling/shipping and maintaining multi-level equipment.
“The availability of evaluative tools and facilities at [TTCI] … makes the transition a good fit for developing industry freight loading standards for use by railroad customers,” said Held in a prepared statement.
Gary Held will continue to serve as director of DP&LS and will manage both the closed car and open-top loading programs. DP&LS conducts programs and provides services for railroads, shippers and suppliers that focus on safe and damage‐free freight transportation. The group conducts impact, laboratory and rail environment simulation tests associated with box car, intermodal, automotive and open-top loading applications. DP&LS publishes approved methods as industry standards for the loading and transport of freight by rail.
The group also performs audits at motor vehicle loading and unloading facilities and presents training workshops for railroad, contractor and automotive manufacturer personnel involved in vehicle handling/shipping and maintaining multi-level equipment.
“The availability of evaluative tools and facilities at [TTCI] … makes the transition a good fit for developing industry freight loading standards for use by railroad customers,” said Held in a prepared statement.
