SSA Marine keen to scale up ‘free flow’ trucking model to reduce idling

Having delivered truck turn time savings of 67.7 minutes on average at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 18 (T-18), SSA Marine is looking to widen the scope of its ‘free flow’ model.

Aiming to deliver a more efficient way of distributing inbound cargo from ships to trucks, the model involves a first come, first served approach when trucks arrive to pick up a container.

Participating motor carriers can aggregate containers from beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). Inbound containers are taken from the vessel and are collected into one area.