Final SACOG Phase 1 Goods Movement Report
Final SACOG Phase 1 Goods Movement Report
Final SACOG Phase 1 Goods Movement Report
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VI. Freight and Distribution Facilities<br />
Truck Terminals<br />
Freight handling within the trucking sector can include sorting, consolidation, deconsolidation,<br />
and transfer or transloading. Only a smal percentage of “trucking facilities” actualy handle the<br />
freight. The archetypical “trucking terminals” that split long-haul truckloads for local delivery or<br />
combine local pickups into long-haul truckloads are the limited province of LTL and parcel carriers.<br />
The vast majority of truckload common carriers do not have freight handling facilities.<br />
The vast majority of private fleet freight handling is accomplished at the production and distribution<br />
facilities they serve, not at separate truck terminals.<br />
LTL sorting and consolidation operations resemble warehouse operations in their trip generation<br />
and distribution patterns. The primary function of an LTL terminal is to consolidate outbound<br />
loads from local pickups and deconsolidate inbound loads for local delivery. LTL terminals do<br />
not fulfill orders or reconfigure shipments; instead they consolidate, deconsolidate and sort existing<br />
shipments.<br />
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Consolidation. Outbound LTL shipments are collected from local customers using<br />
smaller trucks or local tractors puling single 28’ semi-trailers. These shipments are<br />
brought to the LTL terminal to be consolidated (combined) into outbound trailers<br />
for over-the-road (or sometimes rail intermodal) movement to destination terminals.<br />
Deconsolidation. Inbound OTR shipments have been combined into trailer loads<br />
at origin and are now deconsolidated (split) into individual shipments for local delivery.<br />
Sorting. Outbound shipments are sorted into OTR trailer loads bound for destination<br />
terminals. Depending on the operating scheme of the carrier, trailer loads may<br />
serve single or multiple destinations. Inbound shipments are sorted into loads for<br />
local delivery trucks according the route or territory system in use.<br />
Less-than-truckload (LTL) truck terminals look much like warehouses and DCs but their purpose<br />
is materially different. Exhibit 60 through Exhibit 69 show LTL and parcel terminals in the<br />
<strong>SACOG</strong> region.<br />
090906 <strong>Final</strong> <strong>SACOG</strong> <strong>Phase</strong> 1 <strong>Goods</strong> <strong>Movement</strong> <strong>Report</strong> THE TIOGA GROUP<br />
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