“Patience is wearing thin. Neither side imagined it would take this long,” says the head of the Port of LA on dockworker contract talks.
The dockworkers’ union and terminal employers are still sparring over wages and benefits more than a year after contract talks began.
Double demurrage in Seattle: A terminal operator is adding a second layer of fees for extended container dwell times.
As freight congestion weakens transportation links, AskWaves looks at potential federal funding options for supporting a move to 24/7 operations.
Shipping Asia-U.S. via regular ocean service and rail? “I would bet your goods will not arrive in time for Christmas,” says Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.
Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Graves joined port officials to discuss the importance of trade, infrastructure funding, lowering tariffs and job creation in Washington state.
Almost no container ships were stuck at anchor when 2020 peak season began. This peak season, terminals are pre-clogged.
“We know larger ships carrying increased volumes are coming. We want to be out in front of that curve.”
There have been no reported injuries, pollution or cargo losses aboard the vessel deployed on a ONE Atlantic service.
Prologis launched a new LEED program, Blume Global says it will be carbon-neutral very soon, and bays are seeing ecological recovery.
U.S. ports just booked their largest import hikes in memory, according to The McCown Report.
“Today we are in the seventh month of a historic import surge driven by unprecedented demand by American consumers,” says Gene Seroka.
Northwest Seaport Alliance reports January exports dropped 13.4% year-over-year.
Lending a hand includes everything from improving the environment to funding community initiatives to rescuing a skier mauled by a bear.
U.S. ports have seen “month-over-month strength across multiple business segments.”
1981: Civic pride and more than a little politicking have scuttled — at least temporarily — a controversial proposal to study whether the competing Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma should cooperate and, ultimately, merge.
Auto volumes are still down 25% year-over-year and closed West Seattle Bridge remains a barrier.
Northwest Seaport Alliance CEO John Wolfe is encouraged by an increase in imports so far this month.
Analysis concludes West Coast ports have lost 19.4% of market share since 2006.
Washington State Potato Commission wants you to get fries with that burger.
Northwest Seaport Alliance reports 39 canceled sailings in first four months of 2020.
COVID-19 has not hurt cargo flows between the Pacific Northwest and Anchorage.
Ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Houston, Jacksonville and Charleston all report drops in March.
Ports of Seattle and Tacoma still operating normally but handling less cargo.
The United States has plunged into a recession and imports may never recover, says the former Trailer Bridge CEO.
Congress urged to double Coast Guard budget over next decade.
Container industry veteran John McCown argues that the shift toward East Coast ports is inexorable.
Farmers and other shippers in Oregon got some good news this week when the South Korea-based container carrier SM Line announced it will bring weekly container shipping service back to […]
Truck engine maker testifies on prospects for “net zero” pollution by 2050.
Extension of “Maritime Silk Road” threatens U.S. economic, military standing.
Changing harbor tax could help smaller ports compete with trucks
“The Marines have embraced this because it saves lives and makes them the most lethal, most effective fighting force the world has ever known.”
The double-decker underground highway opened 10 years after then-Governor Christine Gregoire chose a tunnel to replace the elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Non-compliant trucks will be turned away.
How do you prepare for a seismic event experts predict will unleash the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States?
Can the multi-level warehouse model catch on?
Container traffic into the Port of Seattle is down 22.6% YTD, starving the city of freight. Trucking spot rates have cratered, and turndowns have dropped 75% since their peak in October as carriers are forced to accept lower prices.
Unilever has pulled back the veil of secrecy on its palm oil supply chain hoping that greater transparency into the process can create greater efficiencies.
