Category Archives: OffPeak Schedules

POLA and POLB Marine Terminal Gates Closed Thursday, June 21, 2018, from 5 p.m.

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Dear Users of OffPeak Gates,

PierPass Inc. has been notified that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will observe a special stop work meeting for union business on Thursday, June 21, 2018, starting at 5 p.m. As a result, no marine terminal gates at the Port of Los Angeles or the Port of Long Beach will operate between the hours of 5:00 p.m. on June 21 through 3:00 a.m. on June 22. There will be no OffPeak shift Thursday night June 21.

Please check with individual terminals for substitute or alternative gates.

This labor shutdown falls under Rule 5 of the Marine Terminal Operator Schedule No. 1, which is available at:

https://www.pierpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WCMTOA-Schedule-12-4-17.pdf

PierPass Inc.

POLA and POLB Marine Terminal Gates Closed Thursday, May 3, 2018, from 5 p.m.

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Dear Users of OffPeak Gates,

PierPass Inc. has been notified that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will observe a special stop work meeting for union business on Thursday, May 3, 2018, starting at 5 p.m. As a result, no marine terminal gates at the Port of Los Angeles or the Port of Long Beach will operate between the hours of 5:00 p.m. on May 3 through 3:00 a.m. on May 4. There will be no OffPeak shift Thursday night May 3.

Please check with individual terminals for substitute or alternative gates.

This labor shutdown falls under Rule 5 of the Marine Terminal Operator Schedule No. 1, which is available at:

https://www.pierpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/WCMTOA-Schedule-12-4-17.pdf

PierPass Inc.

CUT Terminal Closing – Last OffPeak Shift is Thursday 7/13; No TMF From 7/17

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California United Terminals Inc. has announced it is closing its terminal at the Port of Los Angeles. Its last OffPeak shift will be Thursday night, June 13.

CUT is currently working its last vessel. It has advised that effective Monday, July 17, it will no longer offer an OffPeak shift, but will keep labor during the day to work the gates and yard through the end of July, when it will cease those operations as well.

Beginning Monday, July 17, CUT will no longer collect a Traffic Mitigation Fee on cargo moving during day shifts. For more information, please contact CUT at 310-521-5000.

A new schedule of OffPeak gates beginning July 17 is available at https://www.pierpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RollingSchedule-170717_2.pdf and has been posted below.

POLA and POLB Marine Terminal Gates Closed on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 5 p.m.

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Dear Users of OffPeak Gates,

PierPass Inc. has been notified that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will observe a special stop work meeting for union business on Thursday, August 4, 2016, starting at 5 p.m. As a result, no marine terminal gates at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach will operate between the hours of 5:00 p.m. on August 4 through 3:00 a.m. on August 5. There will be no OffPeak shift Thursday night August 4.

Please check with individual terminals for substitute or alternative gates.

This labor shutdown falls under Rule 5 of the Marine Terminal Operator Schedule No. 1, which is available at:

https://www.pierpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/8-8-16-MTO-Schedule.pdf

PierPass Inc.

Customer Service Advisory: WBCT Will Suspend Saturday OffPeak Gates Starting July 25

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Dear PierPass Customers,

Please be informed that West Basin Container Terminal (WBCT) at the Port of Los Angeles will stop operating Saturday OffPeak gates as of July 25, 2015. Current gate schedules for all container terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are available at https://www.pierpass.org/offpeak-information/.

Customer Service Advisory: YTI Will Suspend Saturday OffPeak Gates Starting March 7

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Dear PierPass Customers,

YTI terminal in the Port of Los Angeles will stop operating Saturday OffPeak gates starting Saturday, March 7, 2015. Gate schedules for all terminals are available at https://www.pierpass.org/offpeak-information/. Please note that the gate schedules change effective Feb. 26 and again effective March 6.

GGS Suspends Saturday OffPeak Gates Starting February 28

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Dear PierPass Customers,

GGS terminal in the Port of Los Angeles will stop operating Saturday OffPeak gates as of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. A new gate schedule for all terminals, effective Feb. 26, 2015, has been published and is available at https://www.pierpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/RollingSchedule.2.26.15.pdf.

Terminals Operated 55% More OffPeak and Sunday Truck Gates in November

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Marine Terminal Operators (MTOs) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November continued to work additional shifts to alleviate recent congestion. MTOs operated 118 additional gates (shifts open to truck traffic) in November, a 55% increase over the 213 OffPeak gates originally scheduled for the month.

The MTOs have been spending $3 million per week on additional and unbudgeted costs since September 1 to manage congestion. In addition to adding unscheduled gates and shifts, terminals have been working overtime and through lunch and breaks, and paying truckers to move containers between terminals to load on-dock trains.

The terminals have been working with industry partners to relieve a surge in congestion caused by a disruption in chassis availability and other factors.

The MTOs operated 73 additional gates in September, a 30% increase, and 86 additional gates in October, a 33% increase. These additional gates include both OffPeak shifts (Monday through Saturday nights and Saturday daytime) and Sunday shifts, which fall outside the OffPeak program. The regular schedule of gate operation is available at https://www.pierpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PierPass-Offpeak-Schedule_10-25-14.pdf. Monthly scheduled totals vary according to the number of business days and holidays in each month. The number of regularly-scheduled OffPeak gates was 245 in September, 258 in October and 213 in November.

Majority of Terminals Operating Truck Gates Through Lunch & Shift Changes, as GGS Adds Saturday Shift

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Dear Users of OffPeak Gates,

As you may know, congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has increased over the past several months amid disruptions in the supply of chassis and other factors. The marine terminal operators, while not owning chassis themselves, have been working with other key parties including chassis leasing companies to help mitigate the problems. The chassis disruptions have been compounded by ocean carrier alliances that are dispersing cargo among more terminals, the arrival of larger ships, a shortage of rail cars and locomotives, and the struggles of trucking companies to retain drivers.

In the meantime, the terminals continue providing additional labor to ensure sufficient capacity at the truck gates. The majority of the 13 international container terminals at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are keeping truck gates open during lunch hours and shift changes. As the accompanying schedule of relief and flex gates shows, 77% of the terminals are hiring additional labor to keep terminal gates open during the day shift’s contractually-mandated lunch hour from noon to 1:00 p.m., while 85% are keeping gates open during the OffPeak shift’s 10 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. dinner hour.

Terminals are also opening gates early in the morning (flex gates) and keeping them open between shifts. Ten of the 13 terminals (77%) are running truck gates between the end of the day shift at 5:00 p.m. and the start of the OffPeak shift at 6:00 p.m., while eight (61%) are opening an hour before the 8 a.m. start of the day shift.

In addition, terminals continue to adjust OffPeak shift availability to meet demand. Beginning on Saturday Oct. 25, Global Gateway South (GGS) terminal at the Port of Los Angeles will begin offering an OffPeak shift during the daytime on Saturdays, bringing the total number of terminals operating Saturdays to eight. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights each have 12 terminals open to trucks, while all terminals are currently open Tuesday nights.

While we anticipate congestion will ease somewhat as the peak season passes, we expect it will take several months for the chassis situation to significantly improve. Although the current delays aren’t due to availability of truck gates, the terminals are monitoring the situation closely and will continue to adjust gate hours as needed.

Regards,

John Cushing
President, PierPass Inc.

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Customer Service Advisory: Periodic Chassis Shortages

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Dear Users of Peak and OffPeak Gates,

PierPass has been notified by several terminal operators of chassis shortages.
We strongly encourage your drivers to please bring in an export, empty or bare chassis when picking up an import. Please have your drivers ensure that chassis are in good order to prevent delays and/or issues with out-gating.

For additional information please contact the respective chassis pool provider.

PierPass Inc.