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The results are earning accolades from
truckers.
“From an industry standpoint, it was
extremely positive,” said Douglas Ball,
Vice President of the Specialized Carriers
& Rigging Association. “We had the will-
ingness of government to champion the
cause and recognize if we have better flow,
we can have better efficiency. It’s really
refreshing when you have people willing
to sit down and recognize a problem and
do something about it.”
Added Paul Ross, Vice President of
Operations for Keen Transport, “It allows
for freer movement of goods in and out of
the Port. For trucking companies, the total
time involved in getting a load either into
or out of the Port has now been cut down.”
Stacey Golden, Terminal Manager for
Daily Express Inc., said, “The escort costs
have been reduced, which has obviously
reduced costs for us, which in turn means
we can reduce costs for our customers. It
makes life easier for us if we don’t have to
wait for police escorts, especially on those
routes which are very short and that our
drivers drive every day.”
Not only was the old system costly in
both time and money, it was difficult to
ensure that truckers complied with both
City and State requirements.
“When we started looking into this, we
[at the State] were issuing 27,000 permits
— and they weren’t all going to the Port,
but most of them were — and the city
was issuing 13,000, so it was clear people
were avoiding getting the City permit,”
Czorapinski said.
David M. Thomas, MPA Director of
Operations, added, “It was complicated
— a lot of jurisdictions were involved and
we felt it was too expensive.”
The first step to simplify the system
was forming partnerships across various
agencies.
“We said, ‘What if the State office col-
lected the money for the City?’ ” said Sam
Azzarello, General Manager of Logistics for
the MPA. “It made it easier and simpler for
trucking companies and, in effect, reduced
the cost of doing business.”
Though the streamlined permit
process began about two years ago,
changes in recent months addressed
superload permits. The Colgate Creek
Bridge and the Keith Avenue viaduct
bridge were reclassified to accommodate
90-ton loads, which reduced the number
