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MARITIME-SHIPPING5 MIN READ

Walk a Port-Congestion Contingency

Use a premortem to select contingency actions for port congestion.

Congestion warning Terminal congestion threatens berth timing, but the carrier has not issued a formal delay notice. Waiting for official delay may leave no drayage or delivery options. Premortem Imagine the miss, then interrupt the path The goal is not to predict perfectly. It is to expose the weak links early enough to act. Hope path Wait until the carrier confirms delay. The team acts on controllable risk before certainty arrives. The best time to manage a failure path is while it is still hypothetical. 01 Failure 02 Controls 03 Message Assume the miss It is Friday. The cargo missed…

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