Port of Los Angeles to reward terminals for higher truck productivity

As labour shortages continue to lengthen turnaround times for truckers, the Port of Long Angeles has launched an incentive programme to move trucks faster and more efficiently through its container terminals.

The port’s Truck Turn-Time and Dual-Transaction Incentive Programmes offer terminal operators two ways to earn financial rewards: one for shortening the time it takes to process trucks dropping off and/or picking up cargo, and the other for trucks handling both transactions in the same trip.

Under the new incentive programme approved by the Los Angeles Harbour Commission, terminals that improve truck turn times by 5% to 20% can earn between US$0.50 and US$2.75 per loaded or empty teu.