DWELL TIME

Never miss out on detention time reimbursement again

In the trucking industry, one of the most valuable resources is time.

There is a reason for the saying, “If the wheels ain’t turning, you ain’t earning.” Because of the steep operating costs for a single semi-truck, lost hours of productivity greatly impact margins over time.

One way that time is often utilized inefficiently, which is out of the control of a driver or carrier, is long detention times — or when trucks are waiting to be loaded or unloaded at shipping and delivery sites.

According to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/never-miss-out-on-detention-time-reimbursement-again

Port Houston moving forward with container dwell fees after delay

After two months of delays, Port Houston will begin implementing dwell fees at its two container terminals starting Feb. 1.

The fees are aimed at shipping companies that allow their containers to stay too long at the Texas port’s crowded marine facilities and keep goods moving efficiently to the consumers in the region, authorities said.

“The sustained import dwell fee is intended to minimize long-term storage of containers on the terminals and promote fluidity of cargo movement,” Roger Guenther,...

Repeated routes reduce driver dwell time at shippers, MIT researcher says

Regularly sending the same driver to the same shipper reduces the dreaded dwell time for freight loading and unloading, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher says.

“The amount of dwell that we expect a driver to experience at a facility drops almost exponentially with repeated visits to that facility,” David Correll, a lecturer and research scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, said Wednesday during a keynote at FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit. 

“The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/repeated-routes-reduce-driver-dwell-time-at-shippers-mit-researcher-says

Loaded and Rolling: Driver as a service and the dangers of dwell

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Driver as a service: J.B. Hunt becomes Waymo’s first self-driving freight customer

Waymo announced a long term-strategic alliance with J.B. Hunt, which will become Waymo Via’s first customer for fully autonomous, driverless freight routes. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., began trial runs with J.B. Hunt in June 2021 for its autonomous driving technology, involving daily routes along the I-45 corridor between Houston and Fort Worth, Texas. At the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-driver-as-a-service-and-the-dangers-of-dwell

Exclusive: AI Fleet finding higher pay for drivers by lowering dwell times

Technology-enabled trucking company AI Fleet announced Monday it has closed on a $21 million series A round led by Obvious Ventures with participation from Compound, Ibex Investors and angel investor Tom Williams.

Marc El Khoury, co-founder and CEO of AI Fleet, told FreightWaves the company’s goal is to build a trucking company highly focused on implementing technology to fix the major problems that drivers have with the job today.

“I worked with trucking companies in the U.S. and Europe and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/exclusive-ai-fleet-finding-higher-pay-for-drivers-by-lowering-dwell-times

LA/LB ports postpone congestion surcharge for 3rd time

Stacks of containers at a port and cranes in the background.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced Monday they will again hold off charging shipping companies for long-stored containers because of progress in reducing cargo heaps. Meanwhile, a major terminal operator took a different approach to the freight gridlock, saying it will introduce an incentive program that pays importers cash to clear out shipments faster.

It is the third time the twin ports have postponed the controversial fee since it was scheduled to kick in Nov. 15 as a way to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lalb-ports-postpone-congestion-surcharge-for-3rd-time

Retailers open pop-up container yards to bypass Savannah port jams

Stacks and stacks of orange shipping containers at a port.

Overflow lots set up by large retailers this month as temporary staging areas for imported containers have helped bring down congestion levels at the Port of Savannah, and Georgia officials expect further efficiency gains with this week’s opening of two more port-sponsored pop-up sites.

The Georgia Ports Authority, in partnership with the Norfolk Southern, will start accepting loaded containers on Monday at the freight railroad’s nearby Dillon Yard and later this week will begin routing shipping...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/retailers-open-pop-up-container-yards-to-bypass-savannah-port-jams

LA/Long Beach ports delay excess container dwell fees until Nov. 29

Two large container ships at a port, with cranes and containers on the docks.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for a second time have postponed collection of a new surcharge on long-dwelling containers, saying progress by ocean carriers and shippers has reduced the amount of aging containers on the docks by a third. Fees will not be assessed before Nov. 29, the port authorities said Monday.

The penalties of $100 per day on loaded import containers moving by truck that sat for nine or more days, and for units sitting for six or more days that move by rail, were...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lalong-beach-ports-delay-excess-container-dwell-fees-until-nov-29

Captive cargo: Small businesses most at risk from SoCal port gridlock

Aerial view of a large container terminal at a port, with cranes and containers.

Punitive charges that went into effect Monday at the Port of Los Angeles for containers left on the docks too long are a last resort to help shippers retrieve urgent cargo trapped under a massive backlog, said Executive Director Gene Seroka at Friday’s emergency Harbor Commission meeting. He implored large companies that don’t need products right away, and have overflowing warehouses, to find alternative storage in the region so small businesses can get orders they need to survive.

“There is no...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/captive-cargo-small-businesses-most-at-risk-from-socal-port-gridlock

Baton’s Andrus partnership: A lesson in effectively addressing dwell time

Andrus Transportation Service Inc., a trucking company based in Utah, announced it has partnered with Baton, a final-mile logistics platform. The partnership comes after a successful 30-day pilot program that reduced the dwell time, or wait time, the company experienced in Los Angeles.

Andrus’ operations director, Garrett Costly, explained that prior to the pilot, most drivers experienced 3.2 hours of wait time per load, in a market that is currently experiencing dwell time closer to 1.9 hours.

A...

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