METRIS News

Turn Time in the San Pedro Bay Ports

PierPASS Inc and Ability/TriModal released the study, "Taking the Pulse of the Ports: Duration of Truck Visits to Marine Terminals" conducted by DGRC for the Truck Turn Time Stakeholders Group. "The study points to ways to further increase efficiency of container moves," said Bruce Wargo, President and CEO of PierPASS. "Trucking companies can reduce wait times by avoiding breaks and shift changes and arriving during underutilized hours. Terminal operators should carefully review their lunch hour and break practices to minimize the amount of waiting in the yard." [Press release]. [Executive Summary].

In February 2011, PierPASS Inc, on behalf of Ability/TriModal Transportation Services Inc, the Truck Turn Time Stakeholders Group, and the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, commissioned DGRC to analyze METRIS archives to document turn time at the San Pedro Bay ports.

USDOT Funds METRIS Deployment

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration funded a consortium led by the University of California, Santa Barbara to deploy METRIS in the San Pedro Bay ports (Los Angeles and Long Beach), and to develop analyses and models for freight congestion mitigation. The news release from USDOT states: "The University of California, Santa Barbara is one of several universities selected to partner with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) to improve transportation system performance and reduce construction and maintenance costs through remote sensing and spatial information technologies. The University of California, Santa Barbara research team will work with state and local agencies, industry partners and service providers to reduce freight congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach through a network of remote sensors and technology support systems." Part of the National Consortia on Remote Sensing and Transportation (NCRST), the consortium includes the University of Washington, the California Marine and Intermodal Transportation System Advisory Council (CALMITSAC), and consultants Patty Senecal and John Glanville. TeleAtlas, DigitalGlobe, APL, the Port of Long Beach, California Department of Transportation and Los Angeles Department of Transportation are cost-sharing partners.

Press Citations

2010-09

“GPS System Offers Insights into What Is Going On Second-by-Second on the Freeways and in the Terminals.” George Cunningham, Cunningham Report, 15:36, pp 6-7. [Issue 15:36]