Generator · Marine terminal
Ship-to-shore barge slops — 6 hours from post to first bid
The situation
A marine terminal in Deer Park discovered an unexpected ~150 bbl slop load on a barge scheduled to offload the next morning. They needed a qualified hauler — USCG-certified, experienced with ship-to-shore transfers, available on short notice.
The terminal's usual contact was unavailable. Normally this would trigger 90 minutes of phone tag with the duty dispatcher at three different haulers.
Instead, they posted it on Dispo
- Audience filter: USCG + ship-to-shore capability + ISN + $5M insurance.
- Specials: “Ship-to-shore transfer required. Tide window 0600–1000.”
- Job posted at 3 PM. Four qualifying haulers in Deer Park + La Porte got the notification.
- First bid at 3:42 PM — 42 minutes. Two more by 6 PM.
- Accepted at 6:30 PM. Driver arrived at 0550 the next morning.
What Dispo unlocked
- Three qualified haulers simultaneously, not serially.
- Tide-critical job made on time without the night-shift dispatcher working the phones.
- Written Terms Record meant the “who's paying the tide-window premium” conversation happened before the work, not after.