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PierPass * USA - Carrier Says PierPass May End
Lower freight volume in California leaves off-peak gates with excessive costs
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Peter Tirschwell -Jan 12, 2010: -- The popular PierPass program giving shippers incentives to move cargo at off-peak hours through Southern California ports may no longer be justified because of reduced cargo volumes, the U.S. head of NYK Line said Monday... He said the program, launched in 2005 to cope with congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has spread cargo movements to nights and weekends, reducing truck congestion at the nation's largest container gateway. Created by terminal operators including NYK Line subsidiary Yusen Terminals, the program offering discounts for goods moved outside the crowded daytime hours has been popular with shippers... But terminals say they are getting enoiugh money from the PierPass fee to cover the cost of night and weekend operations, and shippers and truckers recently complained when PierPass dropped some gate coverage, forcing them to move goods during the day and pay higher daytime fees... Keller said a bigger change is needed because terminal operators are now coping with the higher costs of keeping gates open with diminished freight volume... (Photo from portoflosangeles.org: YUSEN TERMINAL)
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