·          Reduce trucker time at the facilities

·          Improve fluidity and capacity at the facilities

·          Benefits include Automatic recalculation of the storage free time and 24/7 shipment visibility is available via BNSF’s Display Intermodal Lot Location.

·          All requests of mounting must be submitted via the DLL pre-mount program

·          The cutoff for requesting a next-day appointment is 6:00 pm local time

·          The shipment will be mounted made available by 6:00 am on the requested pre-mount date.

·          Notification will be sent via email to the pre-mount requestor once the pre-mount request has been completed.

·          If BNSF does not meet the –pre-mount request, a notification will be sent to the pre-mount request party and the unit storage free time will be recalculated.

·          BNSF will no longer perform live lifts requested at the gate for grounded containers.

·          Starting July 1, 2005, international containers will incur a $100 per day charge in addition to applicable storage charges if the container is not removed from the facility by the midnight on the requested pre-mount date.

Well, I really don't have time to list everything that is not working and how much loss of revenue this so-called new procedure has created for everyone using this facility;  but simply above mentioned changes are not working right now, and this will create a bigger problem for all international community who uses BN LPC unless these issues are resolved immediately.

What PBI has done to make this work.

·          Effective May 2, we changed our system to automatically trace pre-mount status every 15 minutes.  Although the pre-mount request has to be requested manually, this automated tracing freed up dispatchers and customer service representatives' valuable time.

·          We are still getting automatic updates from steelroads every hour to our system.