PORTLAND TERMINAL 6 AID ‘URGENTLY’ NEEDED, REPORT SAYS A maritime shipping coalition led by the Port of Portland is asking the state for money to keep Oregon’s only international container terminal running while it searches for a private operator for the money-losing facility. Calling container shipping through Terminal 6 “essential” to state businesses, the port …
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WEST COAST CONTAINER PORTS REGAIN SOME MARKET SHARE WITH LABOR SITUATION RESOLVED U.S. container import volumes increased slightly in August compared to the previous, consistent pre-pandemic peak season patterns. U.S. container import volumes in August 2023 rose by 0.4% from July 2023, totaling 2,196,268 TEUs. Compared to August 2022, TEU volume decreased by 13.2%, but …
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PORTS OF SINGAPORE, LONG BEACH, AND LOS ANGELES SIGN GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR PACT The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Port of Long Beach, and Port of Los Angeles, along with support from C40 Cities, signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a green and digital shipping corridor. The purpose of the corridor is …
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CMA CGM TO ACQUIRE TWO KEY TERMINALS AT PORT OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY French shipping group CMA CGM will acquire two key container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The terminals, GCT Bayonne in New Jersey and GCT New York on Staten Island, are currently held by Global Container …
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RAILROAD STRIKES ARE RARE BUT CRIPPLING TO PORTS AND FREIGHT The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again. Fears of a strike in September 2022 prompted the Biden administration to pull out all the stops to get a deal between railroads and the largest unions representing their employees. That deal hinged …
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LA-LB, NY-NJ AT OR NEAR NORMAL CARGO FLUIDITY: APM TERMINALS The cargo surge that began with the COVID-19 recovery in mid-2020 forced US ports to develop a new playbook to cope with the unprecedented port and inland supply chain congestion that resulted, according to APM Terminals MOBILE’S BREAKBULK DOCKWORKERS TO STRIKE TUESDAY AFTER TALKS HALTED …
by adminCMA CGM REVAMPS US-LATIN AMERICA NETWORK AMID TRANSHIPMENT DELAYS CMA CGM will reconfigure its current services connecting the US Gulf with Brazil in November and commence a new string between the US East Coast and West Coast of South America in December. CONGESTION EASING AT BNSF ST. LOUIS, FORT WORTH TERMINALS BNSF Railway has lowered …
by adminPORT OF NEW YORK MOVES AHEAD WITH NEW THRESHOLD FOR EMPTY CONTAINER FEE ON OCEAN CARRIERS The Port of New York and New Jersey is moving ahead with new shipping container requirements for ocean carriers and fees for violations. The container late fee, which was originally to be implemented on Sept. 1, was delayed allowing …
by adminNEW SAVANNAH TARIFF PRODS OCEAN CARRIERS TO PICK UP EMPTIES The Georgia ports authority is lowering the number of empties carriers can store at its terminals and increasing fees for storing empties that exceed those allotments. WEST COAST DOCKWORKER TALKS IMPERILED BY SEATTLE TERMINAL DISPUTE A dispute over the assignment of work at a terminal …
by adminOCEAN CARRIERS STEP UP NY-NJ EMPTY SWEEPS UNDER THREAT OF NEW FEE The Port of New York and New Jersey has seen an uptick in empty container sweeps by ocean carriers after its decision to impose a tariff aimed at empty boxes lingering in the region. PORT OF LONG BEACH SEES PANDEMIC-ERA IMPORTS SURGE EASING …
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