* California - Preliminary data shows no correlation
-- Truck appointment systems are one of the “innovations” port and industry leaders tout will help optimize the supply chain. The hope is that such systems would decrease truck congestion and turn times by creating a more orderly process for trucks arriving at terminal gates. If port drivers had an appointment, the theory goes, they would not cue outside the terminal hours before the gates open, jockeying to get through the gates first in hopes of getting their container and back out more quickly. Recent data made available by the Harbor Trucking Association does not support this theory, at least in their execution to date. Preliminary results from the five terminals that implemented an appointment system in 2015 were mixed, failing to show a correlation between an appointment system and improving turn times... Critics of appointment systems point to the fact that if drayage companies and drivers are the only ones with “skin in the game” to comply with these systems, there will be little motivation for other stakeholders to change their behavior, leaving the drayage community to yet again bear the increased costs in the supply chain... This case study presents a strong argument for drayage industry consolidation being a critical piece of the puzzle for improving port efficiency...
Los Angeles, CAL, USA - American Journal of Transportation - Mar 11 2016Labels: transport and logistics reports
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