b'8American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(SHORTAGEcontinued froma federal credential.Report on Port of NY/NJ outlinespage 6) fication Credential (TWIC), which is thePort Authority,arepresentative massive economic contributionexplained. c oLLaboraTion anDu nDerSTanDingHenotedthatthePorthascre- k ey Tof inDingS oLuTionSto region ated a trucker resource center to assistFindingsolutionsrequiresan truckers, a comprehensive collectionunderstandingofthescopeofthe AreportreleasedbyShippingnew disruptions affecting internationalofonlineandon-siteresourcesspe- problem. ATRI,inpartnershipwith AssociationofNew YorkandNewcargo movements have emerged. Evencifically for the trucking community.theAmericanAssociationofState Jersey(SANYNJ)inOctoberout- with the evolving conditions, the eco- TheinformationhubfortruckersisHighwayandTransportationOffi-lines the multi-billion-dollar contri- nomic value generated by internationalthe Truck Service Center (TSC), andcials (AASHTO), has surveyed each bution of the Port of New York/Newcargo and passenger operations in thethe main digital portal for cargo logis- of the 50 states in the U.S to under-Jerseytotheregion.PortIndustryPort of New York and New Jersey hastics is PortTruckPass. stand costs and components of state supportsover580,000jobs,$18.1increased since 2022. TheTSCalsohasaphysicalprovisionoftruckparkingspaces. billion in tax revenue. locationatthePortinElizabeth,The study is also creating an inven-ThePortIndustryofNew YorkP orT ofny & nJ L argeST one aST NJ, that serves as the central hub fortory of truck parking spaces nation-andNewJerseysupportednearlyc oaST truckerassistance.TheTSChelpsally, a key factor in quantifying the 580,000jobs,accountedfornearlyThePortofNew York&NewwithissuesrelatedtotheSeaLinkscope of the issue.$18.1 billion in tax revenue, and wasJersey is the largest container port oncredentialingsystem,registration,PANYNJ is also doing a data col-responsiblefor$57.8billioninper- the East Coast and the third largestand troubleshooting. lection pilot to gather more informa-sonal and $163.7 billion in businessport in the United States. In addition,ForaccesstothePortofNewtion on truck turn times and time spent income in the region in 2024, accord- anincreasednumberofcruisepas- YorkandNewJersey,theSeaLinkon port property, intending to use the ing to a new economic impact studysengers utilized the Port in 2024, andcredential is a uniform truck driverdatatoimprovetrafficmanagement released today by Shipping Associa- the regions industrial space contin- identificationsystemissuedbyand reduce the amount of time trucks tion of New York and New Jersey. ued to grow with millions of squarePANYNJ. The Port Authority offersspend waiting.Thenewreportsummarizestwofeet added and occupied, accordingstreamlinedaccesstoallcontainerThe combined work of New York separateregionaleconomicimpacttothestudyconductedbytheRut- terminals through its PortTruckPassCity officials, the Port Authority, and streams generated by the New York- gers University Center for Advancedand SeaLink card, said a Port repre- the Trucking Association is leading to New Jersey Port Industry including theInfrastructureandTransportationsentative. PortTruckPass is an onlinereal solutions by working together and ongoing economic value of Port oper- (CAIT).ThestudyassessedtheportalrunbySustainableTerminalembracing new ideas.ations based on the 2024 internationalPorts impact on a 31-county regionServices, Inc., which allows truckersWecommendthemanystake-cargo and passenger flows and the eco- in New York, New Jersey and Penn- to manage and research informationholders who have worked diligently to nomic value associated with the hun- sylvania. It also provides data on theoncargotransactionsacrossmulti- address a serious issue, said Miller. dreds of millions of public and privateeconomicvaluegeneratedfortheple marine terminals. It is also whereThis collaboration is taking a proac-sector dollars invested in Port-relatedentire States of New York and Newdrayage trucks must register to gaintiveapproachandfindingsolutions infrastructure from 2020-2024 and theJersey. This report continues the eco- terminal access. thatarefairtoallinvolved,from billionsofdollarsanticipatedtobenomicimpactseriesthathasbeenTheSeaLinkcredentialisatruckingcompaniesanddriversto invested over the next five years. issued by the Shipping Association,uniformtruckdriveridentificationshippers and residents.Since the 2022 Economic Impactwith the support and input from Portsystem issued by PANYNJ. It is sep- Itwouldappearthatthecity Assessment, the super surge in cargoPartners, for more than ten years. aratefrom,andrequiredinadditionthatneversleepsalsofacesissues movementshassubsided.However,(OUTLINEScontinued on page 26) to, the Transportation Worker Identi- head-on and is driving results.'