Friday, May 9, 2014

Port Metro Vancouver invests $1.7M in truck GPS program

Port Metro Vancouver announced it would spend $1.7 million to expand its truck GPS program this year, moving sooner than planned to help resolve a labor conflict with truck drivers that occurred earlier this year.

By having a better grasp of the location of all of the container trucks in the fleet, the port said it hopes to reduce congestion and wait-times, which are key concerns of truck drivers who protested waiting in long lines at terminals to load or unload cargo.

GPS had already been installed in 2012 and 2013 in half the container trucks that operate under the port's truck licensing system, the statement said.

The port revealed that Transport Canada is contributing $855,000 to helps equip the remaining 50 percent of the container truck fleet with geo-tracking technology. Port Metro Vancouver's share is $595,000, and the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is responsible for $260,000.

Once the system is fully in place, Port Metro Vancouver reports it will be the only port in North America to have GPS-monitoring for its entire truck fleet.

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