Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest seaport, has won an
award for its “Container Vessel On Time Performance Incentive Program,” which rewards
container vessel operators that arrive within eight hours of their berth window
start.
The incentive program took home the “Forwarders Celebrating
Associates” award for Excellence in Innovation on Sept. 26 during the Canadian
International Freight Forwarders Association’s annual awards program, which
this year focused on industry’s contribution to the marine community.
Port Metro Vancouver’s Container Vessel On Time Performance
Incentive Program, through a combination of transparency reporting and wharfage
reductions, recognizes container vessel operators that arrive within eight
hours of their berth window start, which contributes to overall supply chain
consistency. In 2013, the program resulted in a ten-percent increase in vessel
on time performance on aggregate, according to the port.
In 2013, five shipping lines achieved an on-time performance
of more than 85 percent of their annual Metro Vancouver vessel calls: APL, CMA
CGM, Maersk Line, Mitsui OSK Line and OOCL. The Vessel On Time program paid out
$2.8 million in wharfage reductions to ten qualifying carriers in 2013.
“The noticeable increase in operational efficiency speaks to
the success of the program and the willingness of our carriers to cooperate
with other supply chain partners and service providers,” Peter Xotta, Port
Metro Vancouver’s vice president of planning and operations said. “This award
belongs to all of us.”
