![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
TRUCKERS' COMPLAIN * USA: NY / NJ tariff charges
* New Jersey - NY / NJ truckers complain about tariff change
Newark,NJ,USA -JOC, by Joseph Bonney -Nov 21, 2014: -- Truckers are complaining about a tariff change that restricts their ability to collect detention payments for excessive wait times and subjects them to $50 fees for avoidable trouble-window visits at most Port of New York and New Jersey container terminals... Jeff Bader, president of Golden Carriers and of the Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers, said he has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to look into recent revisions to the New York Terminal Conference tariff. The revised tariff adds delayed ship arrivals and chassis shortages beyond terminals’ control to the list of reasons terminals may refuse to pay truckers’ claims for detention penalties... John Lair, assistant to the president of the terminal conference noted, that terminals incur heavy costs from off-schedule ship arrivals, and that charges for unnecessary trouble tickets have been discussed for years. He noted that terminals now provide information technology that allows motor carriers to use to pre-check and pre-clear shipments and minimize trouble tickets, which have long been identified as a leading contributor to congestion at marine terminals...
Labels: truckers' complain
posted by Unknown @ 6:44 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home