In this edition: West Coast labor union talks get ramped up a notch; Canada goes head-to-head with Mexico; and C.H. Robinson finds a new CEO.
Inside this edition: West Coast port labor talks continue; sustainability initiatives increasing stock prices; and another acquisition on the books.
By the start of the 1900s, about 40 U.S.-flag ships were operated by the country’s lumber titans, proving to the industry at the time that marine transport was more efficient than rail.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said it will open a transload facility to serve Southern California’s ports. The move follows several other recent initiatives aimed at upping intermodal service.
West Coast port employers and labor won’t extend their contract during bargaining, as business groups would like them to do.
Lawmakers and shippers urge quick wrap-up of new dockworker labor pact on the eve of the contract deadline.
Both Democrats and Republicans representing the Pacific Northwest say the creation of a ship-to-rail container port at the existing Port of Coos Bay could boost West Coast port capacity by as much as 10%.
With concerns over freight markets heating up, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is staking out its priorities.
FreightWaves is pedal to the metal for 2022, Russian cargo is no longer a concern for global shipping market, and port congestion might be easing, someday maybe.
Longshoremen along the U.S. West Coast say they won’t touch any shipments for Russia.
Requirements from the carrier point of view, Suez Canal tolls get a hike, and it’s time to renegotiate the West Coast Longshore and Warehouse Union contract.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to concerns about a lack of truck parking during a Capitol Hill infrastructure hearing.
Pandemic gridlock, the Ever Given, COVID outbreaks, container shortages, flooding, Ukraine. The next shoe to drop: a labor dispute.
The port chaos cocktail: Mix 12 months of container bottlenecks with contentious contract talks for dockworkers.
Harbor Trucking Association CEO Matt Schrap chats with FreightWaves rail and intermodal market expert Mike Baudendistel about the challenges that the West Coast drayage community faced in 2021 and what stakeholders need to do to overcome those challenges this year.
RFP process improvement, East and West Coast rivalry hits the roads, impending nor’easter issues, and quarterly earnings roundup.
Forecasting is great, till it isn’t, drivers are not at fault for West Coast port congestion, and Houston didn’t get the homecoming celebration it was hoping for in the World Series.
Third-party logistics provider GSC Logistics plans to add 100 more drivers and 400 chassis to meet the container volume surge on the West Coast.
Amazon may get the headlines for promising fast deliveries, but if it can’t get the product from overseas, the efficiency of trucks and delivery vans won’t make a difference.
Two FreightWaves SONAR charts illustrate Union Pacific’s views of the West Coast intermodal spot market.
National freight “outlook” is significant for states, municipalities and companies that may want federal money for rail or other transport projects.
Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.
“Employer groups should not play American ports against one another,” says longshore union leader.
Total number of TEUs moved in June down 17.1% year-over-year.
Analysis concludes West Coast ports have lost 19.4% of market share since 2006.
Agriculture Transportation Coalition hears pandemic’s effect on global movement of goods
The 19,200-TEU MSC Anna is retrieving empty containers piling up during the coronavirus crisis to return to Asia.
Coronavirus-caused supply chain disruption has led to port congestion but has not burned reefer market.
The trade war between the U.S. and China caused companies to adapt supply chains and the transportation of their products. Darren Prokop writes about those changes and their impacts.
Pricing data implies pendulum is swinging even more toward East Coast ports at expense of West Coast.
Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and COSCO will be the main market share “losers”, says Alphaliner.
Labor unions claim the effect on jobs is not being properly considered.
Air cargo volumes dropped again in July, but may be stabilizing based on new data.
Canada’s largest port saw increases in tonnage and containers during the first half of 2019, but individual cargo types painted a more complicated picture.
The November 2019 contract is being bid at $2.01/mile and falling.
West Coast ports post strongest volumes ever; Norfolk Southern is moving to Atlanta; flatbed tender rejections stay down; expect electric trucks in 2020; pregnant XPO Logistics warehouse workers suffer miscarriages; E2open buys Inttra; Iraq produces more oil but can’t rebuild.
The song of 2018 remains the same—and tariffs or no tariffs, it projects to remain so even as infrastructure on the rails and ports expand.
