Truck Drayage Productivity Guide (2011) / Chapter Skim
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These recorded turn times range from a minimum of about 10 minutes for a completed simple transaction to as much as 8 hours. Marine terminals have no data on drayage activity outside those gates.
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of the transactions (about two standard deviations from the mean) in the expected range and 5% outliers.
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Figure 5–4, from the same source, shows that the variability of the CY process is also far greater than the variability of the gate processes. Accordingly, CY processes are a major focus for identifying potential bottlenecks.
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The bigger issue is the division of lift capabilities and staffing when vessels are in port. • Exceptions and trouble tickets add an average of about an hour to affected moves.
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This intermediate position requires both drayage firms and marine terminals to cope continually with unevenness of demand, inconsistent priorities, mismatched information flows, and cost pressure. Truck Turn Times 43 Figure 5–5.
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Although marine terminal operators do pay attention to the needs of importers, exporters, and drayage firms, the ocean carriers pay the bills. Many marine terminal operators, such as Eagle Marine Services and APM Terminals, are ocean carrier subsidiaries.
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Although terminal operators do not earn more revenue for faster drayage turns, they do bear the additional costs for clerical handling of trouble tickets and additional CY staffing or equipment to handle congestion. Truck Turn Times 45
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These meetings include ocean carriers, marine terminal operators, International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) representatives, drayage firms, customers, and third parties.
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