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TCD-75-2 1 (1975-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagwx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASH I NGTON, D.C. 20545 TRANliPORTATION AND CLAIMS DIVISION B-145455 FE_8 10 |iwb The Honor able The Secretary of Defense Dear ir. Secretary: According to information provided by Headquarters, United States Army, Europe (USARCUR), the military services have in- curred potential costs of over $1 million during fiscal year 1974 for delays in unloading seavans at the Kaiserslautern Cold Stores (KCS) warehouse in Germany. Because of increases .n current seavan delay charges, the costs for fiscal year 1975 could exceed $1.8 million. we believe the causes for this problem are essentially (I) the warehouse has insufficient storage capacity and (2) the agencies involved in the distribution system--the Defense Per- sonnel Support Center (DPSC), the Eastern Area Military Traffic Management Command (EAMTRC), the Military Sealift Command (NSC), and USAREUR--are not coordinating their actions to insure an orderly flow of goods to the warehouse. SAC %GROUWD The KCS warehouse, constructed in 1959, was designed to store 440 short tons of refrigerated cargo. Since then the amount of goods to be stcred there nas expanded consideraDly, principally because of increases in the amount and number of items stocked. Presently the warehouse can unload 15 seavans a day. When the amount of goods to be unloaded exceeds the capability to unload and store them, the seavans must Le detained in the KCS unloading yard, the German rail yards, or tne ocean carrier port facilities. oepending on the type of transportation contract involved, ocean carriers allow 3 to 4 days for unloading the seavans without a penalty charge. Delays oeyond that are chargeable at rates up to $60 a day. TCD-75-2

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