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Delays - USA - Long Beach, LA ports delay truckers
LOS ANGELES,CAL,USA -The News Tribune (Tacoma,WA)/Associated Press,by ALEX VEIGA -Aug 28th, 2005: -- Some days, Wilfredo Jimenez logs almost as much time watching TV in his blue tractor-trailer as he does on the road, hauling cargo from the nation’s busiest port complex. But the longer he’s forced to wait his turn to pass through the procedural gantlet at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the less money he stands to make... The delays, which Jimenez said sometimes can drag on for several hours, cut into the port truckers’ ability to earn money, because drivers get paid for every load they move, not for every hour they work, like other port employees... A new program at the twin ports to expand the hours during which truck drivers can retrieve cargo was supposed to ease such delays, but Jimenez said he’s seen little improvement... Still, while the increase generally has been regarded as a sign the program is working, the persistent delays at some marine terminals could threaten the success of the ambitious initiative, said Robin Lanier, executive director of the Waterfront Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group that represents retailers, manufacturers and other cargo importers and exporters... Lanier said truck drivers have complained about delays during the evening shifts coinciding with whenever longshoremen take scheduled breaks...
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