Please note the following important instructions regarding the Delta Truck Staging Facility. Drivers are to follow staging directional signage.
Those drivers who enter the facility must follow the subsequent directions given via messages on the digital messaging signs directing them to queue in the assigned lane. They must only leave the staging facility when the event causing staging gets resolved and the Authority directs the trucks to leave and proceed to Deltaport. Failure to follow directions is a direct breach of the trucking companies’ Access Agreements, which also bind the drivers.
Effective immediately, the port authority will employ measures aimed at compelling compliance. Damage payments will remain effective and in full force, and future incidents of failing to follow staging directions related to the staging facility will also result in any or all of the following:
- Truck Licensing System (TLS) companies will be required to prepare and provide to the port authority for approval, operational safety manuals for all drivers accessing port terminals;
- TLS companies will be required to establish and compel their drivers to attend port authority approved company training sessions, specifically designed to ensure all drivers are familiar with port authority rules and the consequences of failure to follow those rules;
- Increased Access Agreement Charges and/or higher damage deposits;
- Suspension of driver port passes and truck access to all port authority terminals;
- Suspension of TLS company access to all port authority terminals; and
- Termination of Access Agreement.
Companies that are repeat offenders and/or those that have multiple driver offenders joined to their Access Agreement can expect future consequences to be at the most significant end of the spectrum of consequences, including, without limitation, termination of the company’s Access Agreement.
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority appreciates your attention to this matter. Please see their notice for more information.