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Vancouver B.C. drayage truckers organize
The Vancouver, B.C. port trucking community has formed a new organization in order to, “address the critical issues currently plaguing the sector, the new Port Vancouver Container Drayage Association (PVCDA) said in a press release.
The new group said it held its first meeting in Richmond, BC on May 28 and elected a board of directors for the new association, naming Gordon Payne as its founding chair, and naming Frank Pasacreta, formerly the president and CEO of the B.C. Maritime Employers Association, as president.
Pointing to what it termed have been “well intentioned” efforts by the Canada’s federal government and British Columbia’s provincial leadership for the past five years to deal with port trucking issues, the PVCDA said “these activities have not produced the intended results and the sector has continued to struggle to realize operational stability and the economic efficiencies enjoyed by other sectors of the container transportation business.”
The trucking group said in its statement that it would address critical issues that it feels plague the port trucking business in the Vancouver area by having its interests represented with the government and “other key stakeholders,” such as shipping lines, freight forwarders, brokers, importers, exporters and regulatory authorities.
Issues the PVCDA says it wants to address include: the Port Metro Vancouver container reservation system; the port truck licensing system and truck fleet sizes; compliance and application with regulatory tariffs imposed by government on the container drayage sector; engaging directly with all stakeholders on improving service and operational performance for container drayage; and achieving a health and benefit plan.
The group said it membership controls a truck fleet of more than 2,500 trucks and 10,000 chassis, handling approximately 35 percent of Port Metro Vancouver’s container trade, which, in 2009 was about 2.5 million TEU’S.
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