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The shipment (60,000 pounds) originates at a customer location in Pittsburgh, located 30 miles from WeMoveIt's dispatch centre. A PUD (pickup an delivery) driver is dispatched from the WeMoveIt location at 8:30 a.m. on January 12,2024 and arrives at destination at 9:00 a.m. the same day. The shipment is loaded from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The PUD driver departs the customer location at 1:00 p.m. and arrives back at the WeMoveIt dispatch centre at 1:30 p.m. The sort process starts at 1:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. on January 12. It requires unloading the trailer, sorting, and repalletizing the load. This operation requires three dock workers, each working the same trailer for seven hours in the dispatch centre. The line-haul portion begins with the vehicle being dispatched from the Pittsburgh location at 8:30 p.m. on January 12, traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina, a distance of 481 miles, and arriving at Charlotte at 7:12 a.m. on January 13. The driver rests from 7:12 a.m. until 3:12 p.m. The trip continues with the vehicle departing Charlotte 3:12 p.m. on January 13 and traveling to Jacksonville, Florida, a distance of 389 miles, arriving at Jacksonville at 12:06 a.m. on January 14. The driver rests from 12:06 am until 10:06 a.m. The line-haul portion concludes with the vehicle departing Jacksonville at 10:06 a.m. and traveling to the customer's location in Miami, a distance of 369 miles and arriving at the distribution centre at 6:31 p.m. on January 14. The line-haul driver stays with the vehicle while it is being unloaded (two hours unload time). The driver then deadheads at 8:31 p.m. from the customer's distribution centre and arrives at a WeMoveIt dispatch centre located in Miami at 8:48 p.m.,15 miles from the distribution centre.

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