No Contract Yet – Labor Slowdowns Adding to Congestion?
Reportedly, the dockworkers have targeted several terminals at Los Angeles-Long Beach requiring additional steps in the normal safety inspections on trucks and chassis as they exit the facilities. This is causing insufferable delays with the already terrible congestion problems.
From JOC:
Our sources are telling us the ILWU is purposely slowing down operations,
said Eric Sauer, vice president of policy and government relations at the California Trucking Association.
These actions would be disruptive at any time at the busiest West Coast ports; they are particularly harmful during this time because the ports have already been struggling with congestion brought on by strong cargo volumes, severe chassis shortages and delayed rail service.
From a trucking executive email:
Drivers are required to follow some new and additional steps after transiting basic roadabiliy stop. Drivers are now also required to make a secondary stop where drivers are asked to turn off their truck, step down from their truck, step away from the truck as mechanics inspect the truck, container and chassis before letting the driver leave. As you can imagine, this is a very tedious process and has congested the terminals.
To read more: JOC
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