The harbor trucking industry is a vital component to the North American supply chain. The Waterfront Coalition is committed to ensure that harbor trucking operates in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.

TRB Study on Gate Turn Times

There are many challenges to this, however. Chief among them is a lack of unbiased research information regarding best terminal gate practices. From 2006 until the present the Coalition has engaged in a number of conversations with Terminals and Truckers to understand better the factors that lead to long terminal gate lines. Those confersations culminated in 2008 with a proposal to the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science for a study of terminal gate turn times. That study is now underway in the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Houston, and New York. The study is designed to create a toolkit that marine terminals and drayage companies can use to improve gate efficiencies.

And interim report on this research project is due in September 2009. The results will be available in Mid-2010. Watch these pages for updates on this study. More Information on this research project.