Most experienced American owner operator trucking or trailer trucking professionals could probably tell you a tale or two about a congestion problem they’ve had to deal with at a container terminal in the United States. Of their frustration at having to wait for an hour or two in a line that was hundreds of yards long and composed of any number of trucking transports. What would you say if you had to wait for half a day in a 5 kilometre line of trucks? This was exactly the situation for truckers working in the Durban Container Terminal in South Africa back in February. Truckers always have the right to protest of course. If anybody is paying attention, the trucker in question better grab them quick because congestion problems in the Durban Container Terminal are nothing new and may fall on seeming deaf ears.
The other day there were more reports of congestion problems in the Durban Container Terminal, which must be slowing down the job of trucking services in the terminal, and causing a little frustration for all involved in this affair. It doesn’t appear, so far at least, that the wait times and length of the line of trucks waiting to make it into and out of the container terminal is as long as back in February, but they still have time to see what they can do about setting a new record.
American truckers working in the container ports of American that complain about their wait times and the length of the line of trucks they wait in while working can read this and realise what a wonderful trucking life we have in America as compared to many parts of the world. It might even make them aware that waiting in line can be an opportunity to take care of other tasks or even to do a little light reading or paperwork. The best lesson of this situation being that attitude on the job is important and the things we think on the job often determine our mental attitude and the way we work.
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