[Source: Transport Topics] What began as a $510 small claims case brought by a trucking company has evolved into what some are calling a precedent-setting case, as the Federal Maritime Commission ruled that marine terminal operators may not impose detention and demurrage charges on days that port facilities are closed.
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Wisconsin Grants $5.3 Million to Ports; Goal Is to Improve Freight, Economy
[Source: Transport Topics] Wisconsin has awarded $5.3 million in grants for seven harbor maintenance and improvement projects to enhance its waterborne freight and economic development. Continue Reading
Trucking Groups Urge Reservation Changes at Southern California Ports
[Source: Transport Topics] Harbor Trucking Association and California Trucking Association are urging the leadership of the two major Southern California ports to create a pilot program for a single, interoperable, complexwide appointment system for drayage and other trucks. Continue Reading
Multiple Factors Turn California Ports Into ‘Dormant Volcano’
[Source: Transport Topics] A year ago in early January, a record 109 containerships carrying U.S. imports surrounded the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. — a bottleneck so long that the payloads of all those metal boxes lined up end-to-end would have stretched from the Baja Peninsula to Vancouver. Continue Reading
Congress OKs $350M for Great Lakes Icebreaker
[Source: Transport Topics] Congress has authorized funding for a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes, a priority that the shipping industry and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have sought for years to fight ice dams in the lakes and surrounding waterways. Continue Reading
Report: Ongoing slowing of imports, with retailers’ inventories at high levels
[Source: Logistics Management] For September, the most recent month for which data is available, import volume—at 2.03 million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—fell 10.2% compared to August and were off 4.9% annually. Continue Reading
Port of Oakland Turns to Agriculture to Replace Lost Cargo Volumes
[Source: Transport Topics] Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan says the port has embarked on a plan to play to its strength as one of the leading agriculture export facilities in the world to soften the impact of COVID challenges of the past three years. Continue Reading
BNSF Plans $1.5 Billion Rail Facility to Relieve California Port Congestion
[Source: Transport Topics] With a threatened railroad strike in the rearview mirror, BNSF Railway is hauling out a $1.5 billion plan for a new rail facility in Southern California that it says will relieve congestion around the critical ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Continue Reading
Port of L.A. Breaks Another Monthly Cargo Record
The Port of Los Angeles had its best-ever July, officials announced Aug. 17, outpacing the same month last year, which was the previous record, by 5%. Continue Reading
Shipping Bottlenecks Hit Port of New York and New Jersey
[Source: Wall Street Journal] The cargo surge swamping U.S. ports for almost two years is starting to overwhelm the Port of New York and New Jersey. A backup of container ships waiting outside the East Coast’s busiest port last week reached an average of 14 vessels a day, the highest it has been since… Continue Reading
