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Jan 20, 2016

TRUCKING TESTS * USA: To measure truckers' wait times

* NY / NJ - Port truckers testing tech that could lead to hourly surcharges

-- Port truckers at the Port of New York and New Jersey will soon test ways to measure their wait times both inside and outside container terminal gates, providing visibility that could be the basis of an hourly surcharge to drayage customers... The information provided by the use of a number of applications and sources will allow truckers to show their customers detailed records of their waiting times at the second-busiest U.S. gateway for containers... Over the coming weeks the Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers will review a number of options that can track turn and wait times in the port, the association said... While there are already metrics for how long trucks wait inside terminals, the inability of truckers to track and record their waiting times outside terminal gates, and bill customers, has been a source of frustration for harbor drivers. By providing the statistical groundwork for an hourly surcharge for the time truckers spend waiting to enter a terminal, drivers could greatly increase their earning potential, Edisson Villacis, who heads up the PDA, said... 
(Credit: Port Driver - Trucks wait to enter the Port of New York and New Jersey)   --  NJ, USA - JOC.com, by Dustin Braden - Jan 18, 2016

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