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Truck marshalling

​An electronic sign on Tydeman Road, North Fremantle advises truck drivers of vehicle flow

Fremantle Ports has provided a Truck Marshalling Area (TMA) on part of an area of land at Rous Head, North Fremantle that was reclaimed in 2010 as part of the Inner Harbour deepening project.

The TMA is a parking facility for truck drivers who cannot go directly to their container park/terminal due to congestion.

In 2010, an electronic congestion management system was developed by Fremantle Ports in consultation with the WA Port Operations Task Force, Main Roads WA and industry to manage the flow of vehicles through the TMA.

The system became operational in November 2010 and won the 2010 WA Transport and Logistics Innovation Award.

It involves using variable messaging signs on key approach roads to divert drivers to the TMA when congestion is occurring. Port users activate the system by logging on via a dedicated website.

As trucks arrive at the marshalling area, their registration and time of arrival is recorded electronically, enabling a call-up system to operate fairly and effectively.

When activated, sites are able to clear any congestion in an orderly way and roads in the North Quay area are kept clear of congestion.

This first stage is being constantly improved to include more automation, in particular, to monitor authorised arrivals and link in with key container terminal operating systems.

With the reconfiguration of the North Quay - Rous Head precinct, permanent infrastructure measures will be put in place to take congested traffic off public roads, while still allowing the container parks/terminals affected by a traffic build-up to call through vehicles in an ordered manner until congestion has dissipated. A permanent TMA will be established in the precinct.

 

 
The Truck Marshalling Area at Rous Head

Read more in the information bulletins and presentations below. They are in Adobe PDF format. Click to download the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF items.

 

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Congestion Management Bulletin 8.PDF
  
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Congestion Management Bulletin 7.PDF
  
437 KB
Congestion Management Bulletin 6.PDF
  
407 KB
Congestion Management Bulletin 5.PDF
  
333 KB
Congestion Management Bulletin 4.PDF
  
336 KB
Congestion Management Bulletin 3.PDF
  
332 KB
Congestion Management Bulletin 2.PDF
  
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Congestion Management Bulletin 1.PDF
  
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Truck Marshalling Congestion Management System - October 2010 presentation.PDF
  
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Truck Marshalling Congestion Management System - September 2010 presentation.PDF
  
909 KB