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LOGISTICS the available options was completed, was an easy one. Juan is allowing cargo to be delivered and dispatched from the “We went the way of using an existing provider just recogniz- terminal 50 percent faster than it had been previously, provid- ing that they offer and have developed the systems they have, and ing customers with increased supply chain velocity. Trucks have had a lot of opportunity to fne-tune it. It was pretty easy for move faster because Crowley workers – previously exposed to us to decide that we’re not going to ‘home grow’ this,” explained the elements – now work indoors, in a gate control center, in-

Hourihan, adding, “Frankly, we’ve gained the realization that teracting with the truck drivers via kiosks. Safety is improved we’re better off dealing with a package off the shelf that’s tested because gate workers are no longer in the truck lanes. The and proven, as opposed to try and do it all ourselves.” operation is now paperless. Eventually, the TOS in San Juan

Already, the new terminal operating system (TOS) in San will improve effciencies in the way Crowley stows its vessels,

We view the customer supply chain into Puerto Rico as an extension of the U.S. domestic transportation system. So obviously, the 53-foot (van) is a cornerstone of the U.S. land transportation system and so to offer the greatest amount of seamless fexibility in terms of the supply chain and what we have had for the last 60 years, these can ‘roll on, roll off’ with our barges. That was a natural extension of the 53.

– Frank Larkin,

Crowley’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, logistics and commercial services

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