Customers and Industry Partners,
As most of the industry is aware, the empty return situation in LA/LB is as bad as it gets right now. When terminal lines are forming out on the 710 freeway, you know things are bad. When they go all the way back to the 405, well that is absurd. For those attending TPM next week…we will all be able to see firsthand.
With that being said, all of us need to work together. Blind copied on this are BCOs, MTOs, IEPs, POLA, POLB, steamship lines and associations.
BCOs – we cannot return empties to a terminal that is closed or to a yard that has no space.
Lines – we cannot be held liable for per diem when we cannot return empties.
MTOs – you have no appts or space to return empties.
IEPs – we have your chassis, but can’t return it because there is a box on it that we can’t return.
Ports – you are helping and facilitating the best you can.
Associations – please keep the information flowing.
We can all fight each other or we can all work together to get the job done. As a supply chain, under force majeure, there should be no added days for per diem or charges for chassis charges. I understand the value of an asset as my yard is full of empties and my trucks are sitting because work has slowed due to the coronavirus. We are all in this together. Please act responsibly and professionally, then we can all get out of this together.
Thank you,
Peter Schneider – Executive Vice President
T.G.S. Transportation, Inc.
