[Source: American Shipper] Ahead of the expected busy peak season, the Port of New York and New Jersey will implement a container fee on any long-dwelling import or export containers. The goal of the tariff is to reduce an excess of empty containers dwelling at the port and free up space for container pickup.… Continue Reading
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Lockdowns Hinder Operations at Key Chinese Ports
[Source: Transport Topics] — Congestion in the key Chinese ports of Shenzhen and Hong Kong due to COVID-19 lockdowns has risen to the highest level in five months, posing possible delays to goods heading to the U.S. this summer. Continue Reading
White House Continues Supply Chain Response Strategy in New Year
[Source: Transport Topics] — For months, bottlenecks at freight hubs have contributed to delivery disruptions of goods to retailers, suppliers and distributors. The White House has acknowledged these supply chain woes, and last week, port envoy John Porcari emphasized that the administration still is assisting stakeholders where it can. To view the complete article please… Continue Reading
Supply Chain and Ports Bend but Don’t Break During Holidays
[Source: Transport Topics] — As traditional brick-and-mortar and online retailers reported record holiday shopping numbers, experts say the nation’s transportation sector handled the crush of moving hundreds of millions of packages, for the most part on time, and gave consumers their first or second choices for gifts. Continue Reading
Nation’s Ports Have Historic Year, and No Slowdown Expected
[Source: Transport Topics] — It is unlikely that in the long history of the Port of Los Angeles and its adjacent partner, the Port of Long Beach, have those facilities and others across the nation received as much news coverage as in 2021 because of the supply chain crisis. Continue Reading
2021 Top 10 Stories Cover Array of Issues as COVID Still Casts Shadow
Here are the 10 most-read stories on the Transports Topics website in 2021, based on Google Analytics. Unlike in 2020, when eight of the top 10 stories were directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic, only one story in 2021 had a direct relation. Two others, however, were related to the snarled supply chain that was… Continue Reading
Supply chain stakeholders offer incentives to keep trucks moving through West Coast ports
[Source: Transport Dive] Supply chain problems, many jointly related to trucking and West Coast ports, have frustrated transport executives and national leaders for months. But the regulatory relief may be chipping away at a persistent problem in 2021. Much of that relief, of late, has been aimed at the trucking end. Continue Reading
L.A., Long Beach Delay Container Fees as Shippers Clear Stacks
[Source: Transport Topics] The country’s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will postpone the start of a fee on ocean carriers that fail to clear containers off the docks, which was set to begin Nov 15. Continue Reading
West Coast Ports, Dockworkers Face 2022 Clash Amid Port Snarls
[Source: Transport Topics] With a near-record 75 containerships waiting outside the U.S.’s largest port complex in Southern California, unionized dockworkers have strengthened their indispensable role in the supply chain. Continue Reading
Exclusive: Congested Port of LA receiving empty containers from Gulf, Southeast
[Source: American Shipper] American Shipper is reporting another wrinkle facing the Port of Los Angeles as it tries to clear the massive congestion. Thousands of additional empty containers are en route to the Port of Los Angeles from East Coast and Gulf Coast ports. Continue Reading
