Overview
On Friday February 20, the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports. The agreement, which is subject to ratification by both parties, is expected to allow the terminal operators at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach to resume fully staffed operations and reduce the congestion that spiked during the nine-month labor negotiations.
January truck gate statistics at the two ports reflected high levels of congestion.
PierPass Monthly Transaction Data
Average in-terminal turn time in January 2015:
- 60.9 minutes day shift
- 55.8 minutes night shift
For comparison, the average in-terminal turn time in December 2014 was 55.9 minutes for the day shift and 58.4 minutes for the night shift.
In-terminal turn time is the average amount of time a truck is inside a terminal to complete a transaction. Truck activity information is derived from RFID data, and excludes lunch hour, breaks and trouble tickets. Turn time at individual terminals will vary depending on time of day and other factors. For more information about turn times and how we measure them, please see our Q&A at http://goo.gl/PiOjBp.
Average daily moves per truck for frequent callers* in January:
- 5 or moves per day: 4%
- 4 moves per day: 10%
- 3 moves per day: 27%
- 2 moves per day: 38%
- 1 move per day: 21%
*The ports define frequent callers as trucks making one or more moves per weekday. Average moves per day by frequent callers tells us how many moves a truck can make if it is working every day. In January, 14 percent of frequent callers made four or more moves per day.
Gate moves during Peak and OffPeak/exempt shifts:
- Total Peak gate moves: 307,473 (56%)
- Total OffPeak/Exempt gate moves: 242,961 (44%)
A gate move occurs when a container enters or leaves a marine terminal via the truck gates. Peak shifts are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. OffPeak shifts are Monday through Friday, 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday night and Sunday shifts, which are not regularly scheduled, are considered “exempt.”
Note: Two terminals were closed during the first shift on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, and one terminal was also closed during the second shift that day.
To learn what it takes for a truck to drop off or pick up a container at a marine terminal, please see http://youtu.be/P9IJN1yIIJ4.