3. Intermodal
• Equipment Imbalances-Low exports (domestic business)
• High trucking costs-limited truck power
• Limited logistical alternatives (ex: Barging & railroad)
• Infrastructure
• High Storage rates & low Free pool
• Lack of off dock bonded facilities
• High costs as a whole
4. Maintenance and repair
• Central America & Caribbean
• Equipment Supply (Reefers-Costa Rica)
• Dry containers upgrade (food grade)
• New M&R providers
• Tariff Grid, Process and Procedures
• Reefer Spare Parts (Supply and Prices)
• Equipment Segregation
• West Coast South America
• Equipment Supply (Reefers-Ecuador)
• Remote allocations (M&R Depot providers)
• Lack of units in upgradable conditions
• High Reefer Volumes hence High Repair Costs
• On board & Transshipment Reefer Repairs
5. Logistics
• Central America & Caribbean
• Terminal productivity & Resource reliability
• Schedule delays
• Inaccurate reporting
• Equipment Imbalance- specific requirements
• Fluctuations in booking forecast on reefers
• Inconsistency in the equipment demand
• Venezuela
• West Coast South America
• Move restrictions
• Delays in empty return from inland points
• Delays in information flow
• Low space and allocation for evacuation
• Idle empty equipment evacuation
• Equipment Imbalance – specific requirements.
• 40’ RH requirement and stock buffer
• Weekly reefer report and continuous communication with these countries help to cover week to week
6. Marine Operations
• Central America & Caribbean
• Politic interference – Trinidad & Tobago
• Infrastructure & Investment – Caribbean islands & Guyanas
• Security – All countries
• Efficiency
• West Coast South America
• Breakwater – Chile
• Depth – Ecuador
• Berth window – Peru & Colombia Pacific
• Customs - Mexico
