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Under threat of fines, terminals act to speed pickups. (Up Front).(terminal operators serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach )

Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal
Publication Date: 14-APR-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Faced with the threat of stiff fines for tying up traffic outside of their gates, several terminal operators serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are implementing or planning to implement a Web-based scheduling system.

So far, five of the complex's 13 container terminals have a...

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...agreed to purchase single system that will help spread out the pickup and delivery arrivals by truckers who currently line up at terminal gates at the same early-morning hours. Another terminal company is developing its own software.

"It should reduce the waiting time by a noticeable amount," said Eli Bohm, manager of the Pacific Container Terminal, the first company at the ports to implement the scheduling system created by Irvine-based eModal.com.

Company officials claim it's a coincidence, but...

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