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 admin NS OPENING LOTS IN MEMPHIS TO ADDRESS TERMINAL GRIDLOCK Norfolk Southern Railway opened two auxiliary lots to handle as many as 2,000 ocean containers to relieve the gridlock clogging its main terminal outside Memphis. ILWU SECURITY GUARD LOCAL AUTHORIZES LA-LB STRIKE While the security guard contract is separate from the coastwide longshore deal being negotiated, …
by admin CLASS I RAILROADS, MOBILE PORT GET MORE TIME TO WORK DEAL WITH AMTRAK The US Surface Transportation Board has given CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Port of Mobile more time to reach an agreement with Amtrak over the restart of a Gulf Coast passenger service. NY-NJ PORT TRUCKERS TEPID ON SATURDAY TERMINAL GATES NY-NJ marine …
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PORT CONGESTION, RAIL CAPACITY CONTINUE TO HAMPER TRADE Backups, delays, and disruptions continued to hamper supply lines this spring, with port congestion and rail capacity affecting the flow of trade nationwide. The Port of Savannah saw its worst vessel congestion levels in more than six months in May, according to recent data from logistics software …
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US DOT GIVES FUNDS TO GEORGIA INLAND PORT RAIL UPGRADES The US Department of Transportation has awarded $6.2 million to upgrading part of tracks that connect the port of Savannah to Georgia’s first inland port, part of the broader $368 million in grants the agency awarded as part of a nationwide railroad investment program. The …
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JACKSONVILLE LOOKS TO RAISE POWER LINES THAT LIMIT SHIP SIZES After dredging its main channel to handle larger ships, the Port of Jacksonville now needs to raise power lines that span the channel because they limit the size of the vessels that can readily call the port’s largest marine terminal by acreage. But another Jacksonville …
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FREIGHT SHUTTLE SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH PORT HOUSTON FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT -FSX, LLC, the developer of the Freight Shuttle System and Port Houston, have entered into an agreement to explore the steps required for deployment of Freight Shuttle’s Seaport System at the Port’s growing container facilities. The Freight Shuttle is an elevated, zero emission …
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PORT AUTOMATION DEBATE FLARES AHEAD OF USWC LABOR TALKS The temperature around terminal automation — long anticipated to be the most contentious issue in upcoming West Coast longshore labor talks — is heating up on the eve of the launch of formal negotiations.Diametrically opposed views of management and labor as to the use of automated …
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