SYDNEY Ports Corporation has announced the results of a comprehensive port industry road trial to assess stevedore and road transport carrier performance.
According to Sydney Ports, this is the second trial of the NSW Government’s reforms. The first test assessed proposed performance and penalty frameworks for stevedores and transport carriers at Port Botany between 13 to 26 April 2009.
Sydney Ports claims the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy is aimed at improving efficiency, transparency and consistency to reduce truck congestion and freight delays at the port landside interface.
The first trials found that the operations of stevedores and carriers continue to be concentrated during peak periods, adding to the risk of continued congestion at the port across the day. Sydney Ports identified a need to drive demand towards off-peak periods.
During the second trials, ‘stack runs — empty and full’ were analysed as was the measurement of ‘job complete’ at the stevedores. The in gate and out gate operations of the empty container parks were also measured for the first time, as were the operations of AQIS at Port Botany.
The results also show that approximately 61 per cent of total operating capacity of participating container parks was utilised during the trial.
During trial two, preliminary penalty criteria were also applied to both road transporters and the stevedores when trial performance standards were not achieved.
The trial two results will be discussed at the Industry Briefing on 3 June 2009 at the Stamford Airport hotel.
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