The Port &Terminal Truck Interface

Presentation by:

R. Gordon Payne, Chairman: HLCSI

THE PORT INTERFACE

Harbour Link Container Services Inc.

A Truck Carriers Expectation at the Port Interface

To achieve congestion free access and the fast turnaround of trucks at the terminal

To optimize two way container moves whenever possible

o Move an export or empty container into the terminal

o Move an import or empty container out of the terminal

To secure timely pick-up and delivery reservations that match the requirements of the Customer’s supply chain

Harbour Link Container Services Inc.

Today’s Successful Truck Carrier

Is a multi million dollar “Asset Based” business that provides:

• The seamless integration of services to match the customer’s supply chain

• Offers integrated container terminal and container transport solutions “Port to Door” “Door to Port” “Port to Port”

• Uses vigilant truck/chassis and driver safety protocols to ensure full compliance with NSC and US-DOT safety standards using “Best Industry Practices”

• Uses leading edge information technology that integrates the dispatch and billing functions with the real time tracking of all trucks, chassis, containers using GPS, Geo Fencing and bar coding technology

• Provides customers with the ability to track and monitor the status of shipments within the supply chain between the Port and Door.

• Uses Industry Best Practices and monitors driver and truck performance every step of the way.

Harbour Link Container Services Inc.

Truck Carrier Customers: Who are They?

HLCSI’s Customers Include:

• Shipping Companies

• Big Box retailers

• Freight forwarding & 3PL service providers

• Importers and Exporters that route their containerized cargo through:

The Vancouver Gateway and the CP & CN Railheads

The US Gateways of Seattle and Tacoma and all points within Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest States of the USA.

Harbour Link Container Services Inc.

Truck Service Requirements

Today’s Service Requirements Include:

•A “Sufferance Bonded” Off-dock container terminal to enable customers to pre-stage import/export cargo to coincide seamlessly with their production/cargo flow requirements.

•The integration of Off-Dock and trucking services to eliminate the uncertainty of the transfer of containers between the port and the customers doors on a 24/7 basis.

•The resources, technology, knowledge and operating processes to manage the peaks of each customer’s business

•Understanding all facets of the customer’s Supply Chain to ensure the right solution is chosen to fit the requirements of the customer’s supply chain.

•Performing services as a component of the customer’s business

•The ability to foresee changes to market needs and to plan ahead for them: Night gates - weekends

Harbour Link Container Services Inc.

Features of HLCSI’s Computer Technology

• Integrates job order, dispatch, navigation, truck chassis and container tracking, messaging, wage capture, billing and accounting system.

• Combines the dispatch functions and the tracking of all trucks, chassis and containers on a real time basis using GPS technology.

• Uses geo fencing to capture cycle times at all port and rail facilities plus at HLCSI’s Off dock terminal and other high activity locations such as Cross Border points

• Bar coding technology to track the deployment and location of our fleet of over 300 chassis

• PDA’s (personal data assistant devices) used by drivers:

To receive dispatch assignments

To relay messages pertaining to each assignment

To obtain electronic signatures for the receipt of containers by customers.

Harbour Link Container Services Inc.

Features of Dispatch System (continued)

• Enables the Company to track and monitor the actual location and status of every truck in the fleet.

• Provides the ability for customers to track the status of their shipments in real time using web based technology.

• The system is unique to Harbour Link and is designed to optimize dispatch, driver communication, truck turn-around, transport security, driver safety and to maximize two way movements and overall trucking performance.

• The system was adapted from a system used in Europe by the courier sector.

• The system was developed jointly by the UK supplier and Harbour Link to fit the unique requirements of the NA container drayage sector.

• The system is presently exclusive to Harbour Link

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Job Preparation

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