Port of LA Launches Cargo-Tracking Tool
The Port of Los Angeles launched a digital tool to allow traders to access truck capacity information and track cargo, which should help shippers and cargo owners better “predict and plan” cargo flows. The “Control Tower” data tool, launched Feb.…
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24, provides traders “snapshots” of truck turn times at the port’s terminals and “recent and future trending volume data,” the port said. Updates throughout the year will add more features. Port Executive Director Gene Seroka said the tool will help “get critical and reliable information to San Pedro Bay port stakeholders so that they can improve decision making and efficiencies.” The port is among many that have struggled to relieve container congestion since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a rise in detention and demurrage fees (see 2102090028).