Truck Drayage Productivity Guide (2011) / Chapter Skim
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• The time remaining in the driver's working day. It is critical to observe that motor carriers and drivers are rational, profit-motivated businesses.
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The rush to get newly unloaded import containers accounts for peak queues on vessel arrival days. Similarly, there is an export peak as vessel departure day approaches, and exporters work to get their outbound containers to the marine terminal before the vessel cutoff time.
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For that shipper to receive at 8 A.M. and ship at 5 P.M., the marine terminal would have to be open from 5:30 A.M.
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Since July 2005, all marine terminals in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have offered OffPeak shifts on nights and weekends. A Traffic Mitigation Fee of $50 per 20-ft equivalent unit (TEU)
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The trucks that have appointments equal 70%. Only 3% get trouble tickets.
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(One set of lanes is for trucks with no problems, another set is for trucks without appointments and those with trouble tickets, and another returns rejected trucks to the beginning.) At the second building, the driver swipes the TWIC.
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