- Reduced diesel emissions and fuel consumption because truckers won’t wait in line to return empty containers
- Less crowding at marine terminal gates
- Bigger paydays for drivers who can haul more cargo by making fewer Port visits
Driver creates app to get truckers out of line at Port of Oakland
posted by AJOT | Apr 25 2016 at 11:20 AM | Intermodal | Ports & Terminals
Third new feature in a month, helps with container swaps away from terminals
Oakland, Calif. - Another mobile phone app has been developed to get truckers out of line at the Port of Oakland. The difference this time: it’s the brainchild of a harbor driver.
Filex Fok, a licensed motor carrier at the Port, introduced the new app last week. Called Jupigo, his technology helps harbor truckers exchange empty cargo containers without ever entering the Port. The objective: keep truckers on the road, not waiting at busy terminal gates.
The app is the third introduced at the Port of Oakland this month to shorten lines at terminal gates. The others, called DrayQ and DrayLink, gives drivers real time metrics on gate queues and terminal transaction times. They were developed for the Port by Reston, VA-based tech firm Leidos.
Jupigo functions like a dating app for truck drivers who have equipment needs. Drivers with empty containers to return post their equipment availability on Jupigo. Truckers searching for empties post their requirements as well. The app automatically alerts both drivers, who can then initiate a container exchange.
“Imagine the benefits when there is a match on this platform,” said Mr. Fok; “two trucks off the waiting line and on the road making productive trips.”
Mr. Fok said the benefits of his app include: