The Disputed Dockside Clause Samples

The Disputed Dockside. Reefer Work at T6 9 A system also exists for the Port electricians’ office to receive an automatic email that provides the same information. rier representative and requests instructions as to whether to accept a “bad load.” On occasion, the carrier might request TMC, the carriers’ equipment maintenance subcontractor at the site, to have a mechanic inspect and correct the problem if pos- sible. If the TMC mechanic quickly succeeds, the reefer might be accepted; if not, the carrier might direct the marine clerk to reject the reefer for shipment. Regardless, the carrier makes all decisions about the handling of questionable loads. Estimates as to how frequently a bad load arrives ranged from once a week to once every 3 weeks. Absent any problem, a TMC mechanic (also provided notice about the arrival of a reefer) meets the truckdriver at the desig- nated container location, removes the genset (also owned by the carrier) and takes it to the TMC shop at the terminal. When that is complete, a Local 8-represented operator employed by ICTSI “decks” the reefer, i.e., removes the reefer from the truck chassis utilizing a machine called a “reach stacker” and puts the reefer into the designated spot at the container yard, which might involve stacking the reefer on top of one or more reefers already decked in that designated spot. After the reefer has been decked, the Local 48-represented Port electrician then plugs the reefer into a receptacle on a nearby reefer electrical bank, checks briefly for the proper operation of the container’s refrigeration unit, and enters the reefer into a monitoring log maintained by the Port electricians. Typically, a reefer will remain in the container yard a few days awaiting shipment. During that time, Port electricians monitor the reefers twice daily to insure that the temperature and ventilation settings have remained at the specified level. The monitoring process requires a visual inspection of each reefer and recording the readings reflected on the reefer’s gages in the monitoring log.10 Although it varies by season, usually there are about 60 reefers at T6 awaiting shipment at any given time.