First Name | Israfil |
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Last Name | Haniff |
Email Address | imghaniff@hotmail.com |
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Subject | Logistics/ Companies to have a scale for pallets/Overloading of pallets |
Comment | Shippers love to overload a containers. The max gross load over any western division states is 80,000 lbs max on the road surface. When trucks usually go pickup loads, the shippers sometimes overload the truck. I wouldn't say all, but there are some that would love to squeeze more, sometimes to a gross load of 84,000lbs. The truck usually has to go several miles to get to the nearest scale to scale and weigh, and in some cases having to go back to the shipper to unload, because they have overloaded the trailer. The shipper should have knowledge on how much a container can take, if they didn't know, a miniature scale would be handy to be able to measure the weight of each pallet of goods. To my experience, I find problems in the area of produce logistics since there is non uniform products we are dealing with. Non-uniform products such as heavy fruits (ie., fruits: melons, oranges, taro, potatoes and of the like), that usually have to go long distances. My concern is the number of trips a truck must make before he/she can really get the product to the destination on the path of work. Sometimes it can take nearly half a day(Note: A driver can only be on-duty for 14 hours, 11 hour driving period) because a shipper didn't load the product properly because it was overweight. If you can imagine hundreds of trucks running to the scale and having to go back to the shipper because they were overweight, and/or improperly loaded, is a lot of pollution entering our atmosphere. Now there are 53' containers, particularly refrigerated containers, to my knowledge that can take over 44,000lbs max in the container (utility trailer, 3000R). I think every shipper should have a guarantee that they won't overload, because overloading causes unnecessary pollution. I believe a system needs to be established in order to load the trucks the right way, the first time, so pollution can be minimized. Sometimes the scales are far in distance and the produce is not getting any closer to the customer. I believe the Air Resource board should also be looking at what's going on in the shipment department as well. I'm not going to get into the science or statistics of how much more pollutants can be entered into our air due to these problems, but it can be reduced by some mandation. If you have any feed back and/or comments, please contact me. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2013-05-20 10:48:10 |
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