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Jan 19, 2010

California's PierPass * USA - To Maintain Port Hours

President says terminals will keep for extended-hour gates open weekly

Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Jan 18, 2010: -- The head of Southern California’s PierPass, rejecting suggestions the marine terminal program is too costly to operate with the downturn in container volume, says the terminals will continue to offer at least four extended gates each week... Bruce Wargo said terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach agreed unanimously at a meeting Friday there will be no immediate changes in the PierPass schedule for night and weekend hours... Some terminals offer both night and Saturday gates and some offer only weekday night gates, but they all agreed to continue offering a minimum of four extended gates each week...

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Jan 12, 2010

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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Jul 23, 2008

OffPeak Program * USA - PierPASS Diverts Nine Million Truck Trips from Daytime Traffic

Independent Evaluation Concludes OffPeak is Meeting Objectives in Moving Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Traffic to Nights and Saturdays, Over First Three Years of Operation

Long Beach,CAL,USA -MarketWatch -Jul 23, 2008: -- PierPASS Inc. today announced that its OffPeak program has diverted more than nine million truck trips from peak daytime traffic since the program's start three years ago today... The program, which created nighttime and Saturday shifts at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, has eliminated costly bottlenecks in the ports, reduced gridlock on area freeways and curtailed air pollution from idling traffic... The nine millionth truck trip occurred during the week of June 23... As OffPeak approached its third anniversary, terminals operators have reviewed it to determine whether it continues to meet its objectives... PierPASS retained an independent economic research and strategic planning firm, BST Associates, to conduct the review... "The OffPeak program has caused a significant shift of port truck traffic from day to evening hours," the BST report concluded. "Without the financial incentive of the OffPeak program it is likely that traffic would shift back to daytime peak hours. The OffPeak Program has met its objectives and should be continued."... As part of its evaluation, BST reviewed Caltrans traffic data collected on freeways near the ports... Another study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California and California State University, Long Beach, concluded that "the PierPASS program achieved its objective of shifting truck traffic out of peak periods. In doing so, it offset about two years of port growth."...

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