An Investigation of Code 5 and Direct Procurement Method (DPM) Personal Property Shipments Transiting Military Ocean Terminals.

The Military Traffic Management Command MTMC manages the international movement of DOD personal property. The responsibility for the movement of Code 5 and Direct Procurement Method DPM personal property PP overseas shipments is divided between the commercial line haul carrier and MTCMs ocean terminals. This thesis focussed on operating procedures, existing regulations, and contractual agreements which affected the processing time for import and export PP shipments through three major CONUS MTMC Wester Area and two major CONUS Eastern Area ocean terminals. Documentation review, personal interviews, and telephone interviews were used to facilitate this research. A data base of import and export PP shipments was obtained from HQ MTMC and statistically analyzed with respect to the personal property 15 day time-in-terminal standard. This research resulted in the identification of six recommendations to improve the PP shipment program at MTMC CONUS ocean terminals. It was concluded that the 15 day time-in-terminal standard is crucial to the formulation of minimum Required Delivery Dates RDDs, and therefore must be accurate to prevent establishing unreliable minimum destination RDDs.