Container traffic at the second-busiest U.S. port complex will come to a halt Oct. 1 absent a new contract covering 45,000 union longshore workers from Texas to Maine.
The International Longshoremen’s Association has adopted a resolute stance in negotiations with East Coast port employers from Maine to Houston. There’s speculation that sympathy work stoppages could spread to West Coast container gateways.
The Port of New York-New Jersey was the latest gateway to benefit from the early peak shipping season as importers stocked up on holiday inventory to circumvent a host of supply chain issues.
The CEO of the Port of Long Beach boss cited restocking ahead of the Lunar New Year as the driver for import growth in January.
Cargo volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey were 7.5% higher than November 2019 but 11% lower year over year.
Shipowner Grimaldi says a Jeep Wrangler used to push non-operating automobiles onto the vessel sparked the deadly fire.
New Jersey container imports are unscathed “so far” but the port’s automobile trade faces fallout from the ongoing fire.
Two New Jersey firefighters died fighting a blaze aboard the Grimaldi car carrier Grande Costa d’Avorio at Port Newark on Wednesday night.
America’s imports are not signaling a recession, at least not yet. Inbound volumes are rising from the bottom.
Remaining queues of waiting ships are dwindling, another sign that supply chain pressure is winding down.
Container shipping lines are gradually getting their services back on schedule, but they still have a long way to go.
GCT will sell its terminal operations in Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, to shipping giant CMA CGM.
Imports remain 7% higher than pre-pandemic levels, with volumes steadying last month after September’s plunge.
East and Gulf coast ports handled more volume than ever before in August, pulling far ahead of West Coast rivals.
Spot container rates for U.S.-bound cargoes are falling fast, yet import numbers at U.S. ports remain near their peak.
California’s container-ship traffic jam is almost gone, replaced by stubbornly high backlogs off the East and Gulf coasts.
Importers have been shifting to the East Coast since 2021, but the full realization of this has peaked over the summer. The shifting import pattern has strong downstream effects for surface transportation providers.
Trucking companies want the FMC to require better container storage data from the ocean carriers to speed cargo flow at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Spot rates on most global shipping routes continue to fall. The trans-Atlantic market is the exception: It’s holding firm near its high.
U.S. imports accelerated in July, with inbound cargo from China reaching a year-to-date high, according to Descartes.
Federal regulators are considering a congestion emergency order to require carriers to share cargo data with shippers, railroads and trucks.
A traditionally strong backhaul market, San Antonio experiences headhaul market activity for the first time, and the amount of imports diverted to Gulf ports is being felt in the truckload market.
Federal regulators are pressuring carriers at the Port of New York and New Jersey to compensate shippers and carriers for container storage.
The Port of New York and New Jersey has announced a container fee on long-dwelling import or export containers, aiming to reduce an excess of empty containers dwelling at the port and free up space for container pickup.
The drop in ships waiting off Southern California is deceiving. The number of ships off all three coasts is back to all-time highs.
America’s goods imports hit a capacity ceiling during the COVID-era boom. Volumes are still bouncing around near the top.
Higher amounts of loaded imports and empty export boxes contributed to a nearly 15% increase in volumes.
There were 125 container ships waiting offshore on Friday, including 36 off Savannah, 24 off Southern California and 20 each off Houston and New York.
Port of New York and New Jersey executive director says the flow of trade originally bound for the West Coast and redirected to the East Coast has been substantial.
May was one of the busiest months in history for the container ports of Long Beach and Charleston.
Maersk said it can provide end-to-end supply chain solutions with its ships calling its APM Terminals Elizabeth, followed by clearance through Maersk Customs Services and finally storage, fulfillment distribution and inland transportation through Performance Team.
The number of container ships waiting off Los Angeles/Long Beach recently sank to 25, the lowest tally since July 2021.
The Port of New York and New Jersey’s outgoing and incoming directors discuss container migration, reliance on data and how they avoided problems plaguing West Coast ports.
According to maritime expert John McCown, the U.S. ports with the strongest April performance were Charleston, South Carolina; Houston; and New York/New Jersey.
Deputy director for the past three years, Beth Rooney will become leader of the Port of New York and New Jersey on May 2
Congestion could go from bad to worse as liners steer a record number of container ships toward East Coast ports.
A one-on-one talk with the head of maritime operations for the Port of New York/New Jersey.
They can take my gravy when they pry it from my cold, greasy skillet.
Shippers are “fed up” with the West Coast logjam and “happy” to pay extra for East Coast destinations.
Popular interest in the supply chain may have faded, but the pileup of ships waiting offshore keeps growing.
Carriers and shippers are turning to East Coast ports as Los Angeles/Long Beach remains mired in congestion.
The Health Industry Distributors Association said that between 8,000 to 12,000 containers filled with millions of critical medical supplies are delayed.
Wreaths Across America kicks off, helping newly unemployed truckers land on solid ground, and the fastest way to import goods to the U.S. from China.
A new report by Shifl shows the impact the massive congestion off the coast of Los Angeles and Long Beach has had on transit times from China.
The terminal says it has “abundant space” at the Millennium Marine Rail facility in New Jersey, as well as competitive import dwell time.
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As freight congestion weakens transportation links, AskWaves looks at potential federal funding options for supporting a move to 24/7 operations.
“By investing more than $2 billion in port infrastructure in recent years, we have the capacity to handle the influx of imports we are seeing today,” says SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.
Queue of container ships off U.S. ports keeps building, with months’ worth of peak-season cargo still to unload.
“The supply of container equipment is currently one of our industry’s biggest challenges,” says Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
Get your cameras ready along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.
Exported empties contribute to the Port of New York and New Jersey’s monthly volume record.
Container shipping spot rates haven’t budged from COVID-fueled peaks. Cargo shippers’ hopes for a rate pullback are fading.
“Imagine a port where a ship slows down on approach to reduce emissions, plugs into the electrical grid at berth instead of burning fuel to run vital systems and is worked by zero-emissions cranes, yard vehicles and trucks. That’s our reality in Long Beach.”
Suez Canal accident aftermath: Extensive disruptions are ahead for key Asia-East Coast container shipping services.
Anchorages are filling up with ships off multiple ports — not just California’s. Yet the reasons behind the traffic jams are not always the same.
“As we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to accelerate our throughput and growth,” says Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf.
Lending a hand includes everything from improving the environment to funding community initiatives to rescuing a skier mauled by a bear.
The Port of New York and New Jersey is committed to fluid operations during cargo surges.
The World Shipping Council responds to assertions from FMC commissioners of potential Shipping Act violations.
Allegations of service and rate violations ocean carriers against U.S. exporters are increasing, according to FMC commissioners.
Container flows into U.S. ports have grown faster over the past three months than they have at any other time in the past decade.
Quick action comes on heels of a call for action by key trade group; Commissioner Maffei says it may not be enough
Air cargo carrier names Yulia Celetaria health care director and forms vaccine task force.
Partners called on to help ensure the supply chain remains fluid.
Flurry of port activity could point to “growing concerns of future supply chain disruptions.”
“Port partners are taking proactive steps to add more resources and service hours to support this untraditional peak cargo volume season.”
YM Mandate leaks fuel oil in New Jersey, and the Hong Dai runs aground in Virginia.
Earnings reports from retailers show a clear shakeout between winners and losers.
Changes with significant impact on rail customers are taking place across New England.
The 15,072-TEU CMA CGM Brazil earns the honor as the biggest container ship to call the East Coast.
U.S. importers turn to Chinese sellers in the wake of COVID.
Timothy M. Murray had guided vessels in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey for more than eight years.
Ports on the Atlantic are losing imports from Europe as well as Asia.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission found during its Fact Finding 29 investigation that the Port of New York and New Jersey showed supply chain resolve during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. shippers importing cargo from Asia are getting some price relief.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission enters “phase two” of its fact-finding investigation into COVID-19 impacts on container shipping in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
E-commerce and coronavirus fallout are buoying container services from Asia to the West Coast.
New data from eeSea reveals that U.S. ports will see capacity plunge by up to 20% this month.
The Comfort and Mercy, now assisting America through the COVID-19 pandemic, started as crude oil tankers.
An in-depth look at coronavirus risks to Panama Canal transits.
The Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey also announces hall of fame inductees.
More and bigger ships are calling on the East and Gulf Coast, setting the stage for regional logistics development.
Latest round of DERA grants allots up to $4 million per project.
Container industry veteran John McCown argues that the shift toward East Coast ports is inexorable.
East Coast port expects container volumes to double over next 30 years.
Data confirms that U.S. importers are increasingly opting to bring Asian cargoes into East Coast ports.
Larger ships now calling as liner services have to reach Southeast Asia ports for East Coast discharge.
Shippers responded to the last round of tariff increases on imports from China by front loading containers into U.S. ports in July, the National Retail Federation said. After bottoming out […]
Third busiest U.S. port prods carriers and owner-operators to use low- and zero-emissions trucks.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection marks the 230th anniversary of the first customs processing of a ship in the new United States.
Sudden surge in marine fuel costs could spur shippers to consider switch to California over Panama Canal route.
Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage […]
Changing harbor tax could help smaller ports compete with trucks
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Terminals moving out backlogs of containers and improving turn times; outbound freight demand still strong as drayage remains tight.
Volumes continue to remain strong even during seasonal slow patch and trucking capacity still remains tight in the region.
Record-breaking year also showed strains in supply chains as busiest U.S. East Coast port.
