The Truck Appointment System (TAS) The Truck Appointment System (TAS) allows truckers to make booking arrangements with

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The Truck Appointment System (TAS) The Truck Appointment System
(TAS) allows truckers to make booking arrangements with terminal
operators for the delivery or collection of empty and full
containers. Although the application sports a simple and intuitive
user interface for the creation, approval and rejection of
appointments, it also provides advanced tools for the effective
management of appointments by all parties involved. While the TAS
standardizes the appointment management experience for the entire
community, it allows granular control for various players including
terminals who require the flexibility to manage some parameters
such as the number and size of time slots per day and the
prioritization of containers and trucking companies.
As it is part of a greater container release authorization
framework, truckers can use it to determine if containers are
entirely cleared (by Customs, Terminals etc.) and positioned for
collection before making an appointment or heading to the Terminal.
Once an appointment has been made, the Terminals will also be
notified accordingly. The following processes will be covered:
Export Empty Container Collection Export
– Full Container Delivery Import
– Full Container Collection Port Terminals
– Receive portions of the manifest for billing purposes
Import
– Empty Container Return Benefits To Trucker Traditionally,
trucking companies handling containers within the Jamaican port
community were unable to operate efficiently due to the fact
that they could not effectively plan their daily activities or
utilize their resources. This was partly due to the fact that
Terminals did not have a structured method of organizing truck
appointments and because truckers were never afforded visibility on
container availability and delivery queues.
This would result in trucks queuing at Terminal gates for hours,
awaiting entry approval and container positioning. This often meant
wasted fuel, under-utilized equipment, overpaid drivers, missed
bookings, penalties, unfair treatment and additional payment for
overtime. Moving forward, these problems will disappear as truckers
will benefit from the TAS' single, standardized interface which
allows them to comprehensively manage their activities across all
Terminals. Its calendar-based design provides a unique and
informative view into the Terminals' current situation including
entry/exit authorizations as well as container and time-slot
availability. Given that the PCS will manage the appointments'
queues, it will enforce fairness in Terminals' vetting of companies
and allow truckers to use a "Just-In-Time" approach, enabling
better resource management. To Terminal The lack of a structured
approach to handling trucker interactions led to significant
inefficiencies for Terminals. Without a system in place, Terminals'
Gate Operations teams were left to deal with truckers turning up in
a haphazard manner and causing congestion at their gates. Due to
the lack of predictability, the ensuing chaos would essentially
lead to constant fire-fighting situations with Terminal operators
scrambling to secure additional container positioning equipment to
service deliveries. This would often spin-off into other problems
around the Terminal, especially in Vessel Operations and Security
Management. The TAS will provide a reliable and structured means of
organizing trucker appointments, enabling efficient planning and
management for Terminal Operators. As the PCS will integrate with
the Terminals' Operating Systems, it can autonomously verify
container location and clearance status as well as handling
bookings, relieving gate staff to carry out more important duties.
As truck queues are typically positioned on public thoroughfares,
just outside Terminal gates, the TAS' Just-In-Time appointment
approach will help to remove the congestion, alleviating safety,
security and other concerns for the Terminal Operators. THE impasse
between haulage contractors at the Kingston container terminal and
operators, Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), has been
resolved for the moment. July 21, 2017 The truckers who staged a
protest on Monday are now back at work. General Manager of the Port
Trailer Haulage Association (PTHA) Ricardo Valentine told the
Jamaica Observer yesterday that the workers have been in dialogue
with the KFTL and assurances have been given that their complaints
about slow turnaround time and issues with equipment were being
dealt with. The truckers had threatened to stay off the job until
the KFTL made a commitment in writing to address the long-standing
problems, which also sparked a protest in December of last year.
Then, the contractors also lamented what they said was the
worsening situation which was causing them to lose revenue. “It's
very frustrating because they (drivers) are paid based on the
amount of moves they make and oftentimes based on the challenges on
the port they can only make one move in one day. If a trucker has
six containers to move, for him to guarantee trying to move those
six containers he has to use six truck heads… so essentially you're
operating at a loss,” Valentine said at the time. He claimed that
this has been a persistent problem since the port changed
management last year. The Government in July signed a 30-year
concession agreement with French container transportation and
shipping company CMA CGM, to manage and expand the Kingston
container terminal, through local company KFTL.
Put a report to your transportation manager, of the challenges
you encountered as a truck driver and what strategies could be
implemented to reduce or eliminate future occurrences.