CN – Brampton International Terminal ‘Best Practice’ Seminar Toronto, February 9, 2006
Feb 25, 2016
CN – Brampton International Terminal‘Best Practice’ SeminarToronto, February 9, 2006
BACKGROUND
Look back to 2 years ago!• Chaos, Bottlenecks, DelaysToday: • Carters embrace NEW
appointment system –
• Dwell time has been reduced. Fluidity has been increased!
_________ • We have effectively moved
towards a process driven system that works
What is today’s value proposition?
• For the International Freight Forwarder
• For the Railroad
• Are we to deliver a QUALITY product or are we to be price driven?
• CN too was caught in a fixed price environment – limiting growth due to non existent profitability
Today__________________
Quality and efficiencies can only be achieved through
better planning
At point of receiving
Knowing the constraints at the point of receiving will determine the period of advice required for appointments/reservations
Origin Pre-Alerts• Planning process must start with origin pre-alert to approximate ETA at BIT and commence file processing
• Frequently monitor vessel ETA – especially for Halifax (30 hrs R/R transit) and Montreal (8 hrs R/R transit)
Carrier Advice of ArrivalRemember short transit times fromHalifax and Montreal:• Customs Clearance mustcommence immediately uponship’s arrival
Tracing Processes• Use Port (not carrier) website to
confirm Container grounding at the ports:
• R/R’s do NOT know when Containers will be available at the port facility
• Then commence tracing process through CN
• Trace through CN website repeatedly to verify ‘Gone to Rail’ status and estimated ETA at BIT
• Use CN’s ‘Quick Trace Option’ to verify ‘arrived’ and ‘deramped’ times
Remember:
• ‘Arrive Times’ are estimates
• ‘Deramp Times’ are final and start the clock running
• Base your pick-up on ‘Deramp Advice’
BIT Extraction Activity
• On receipt of initial ETA (Arrive Time) confirm tentative delivery with customer and make p/u reservation with CN (or carter)
• Reconfirm ‘deramp time’ prior to pick-up
Remember:
The pick-up reservation can be changed if it was done initially with ‘Arrive Time’ estimates provided by CN
Customer Education
• Customer education is critical to avoid later disputes on storage and other extra fees
• If the new system is unworkable for your customer – then extra costs must be budgeted
Such budgets can include:
• Options such as movement to MISC at a reduced storage costs
• Usage of external yards• Other, customer driven alternatives
Conclusion
• Market MUST accept reality that long (and free) storage is not compatible with today’s fluidity requirements to meet ever increasing volumes
• We must understand limitations of facilities available
Thank You• Coffee Break• Question and Answers thereafter
Steve Valentine, President Cargo Alliance