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2006 November 16
2006 November 16: APM Terminals Jamaica, which
operates the Kingston Container Terminal, will impose a penalty of USD100 on
clients who fail to collect containers after making an appointment if they fail
to make a new request within 72 hours.
The new measure became effective on Monday
November 13.
According to a local news report, APM Jamaica
said it receives client instructions to move about 540 containers per day but
only 40% of those boxes are cleared each day as clients fail to meet their
appointments.
APM introduced the appointment system on July 10.
At the time, the expectation was that 250 containers would be moved out of the
Terminal daily. Client demand soon grew to 540 requests. Equipment would
therefore be assigned to move containers to the interchange area on request but
when clients did not keep their appointment, APM found that it had a new
problem. Equipment that could have been deployed otherwise for more productive
work were tied up moving containers that ultimately were not collected at the
appointed time.
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