[Source: Transport Topics] All parts of the U.S. supply chain — not just its ports — need to move to round-the-clock operations to alleviate snarl-ups and reduce overall costs, President Joe Biden’s supply chain czar said.

[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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.