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Port of LA records 11 straight months of declines

July was good — 24% better than June — at the Port of Los Angeles, but volume was still down 6.11% year-over-year.

The Port of LA moved 856,389 twenty-foot equivalent units in July compared to 912,154 TEUs in the same month in 2019. That brought the port’s seven-month total to 4,618,278 TEUs, down 15.3% from the 5,450,793 TEUs recorded between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2019.

“The July volumes were good — seventh-best month in our 114-year history here at the Port of Los Angeles,” said Executive...

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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey performance worst ever

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) did not sugarcoat the news. The headline on its press release read: “COVID-19-RELATED VOLUME DECLINE CAUSES SINGLE WORST QUARTER ON RECORD.”

Between March, when the full force of the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York area, and the end of June, the port authority’s revenue miss totaled nearly $800 million — about $200 million per month below budget. 

PANYNJ Chairman Kevin O’Toole called it “an unprecedented number.” 

“This region has been...

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How the FMC monitors ‘blank sailings’ and their competitive impacts

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission

The coronavirus pandemic has made the schedule-driven ocean container carriers seasick. To counter decreased U.S. import volumes and maximize vessel operations, these companies have resorted to the use of “blank,” or canceled, sailings.

Shippers and non-vessel-operating common carriers have struggled to manage their own fragile supply chains against hundreds of skipped-sailings announcements in recent months.

While blank sailings offer ocean container carriers a means to economize their...

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[Register] Drewry To Discuss COVID-19 Operational Problems in a Webinar

Drewry has planned to host a webinar to provide more stability and predictability for shippers, says a press release published on their website.

Ability to manage crisis

Drewry surveys of shippers and carrier schedules have shown that shippers have been subject to a high incidence of container roll-overs since March (up to 20%)

The shippers must be prepared to manage sudden carrier changes in capacity, services, and “canceled sailings” on a much higher scale than before.

Webinar to tackle COVID-19...

https://mfame.guru/register-drewry-to-discuss-covid-19-operational-problems-in-a-webinar/

Bridge ‘critical’ to Northwest Seaport terminal operations

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) officials said Friday it is imperative to terminal operations that the lower West Seattle Bridge (WSB) remain open.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Thursday declared the cracked upper level of the WSB, closed since March 23, a civil emergency.

In an editorial published Friday in The Seattle Times, NWSA Co-chairs Peter Steinbrueck and John McCarthy said, “Impacts to this transportation hub highlight our maritime economy’s dependency on the free movement of people,...

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FMC examines COVID-19 impacts on New York/New Jersey ports

Rebecca Dye, U.S. Federal Maritime Commission

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has entered “phase two” of a fact-finding investigation launched earlier this year by the agency into the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the regional ocean container supply chain.

Following the first phase of the investigation, which focused on the virus impacts at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, in this next phase the FMC will spotlight the ocean shipping industry’s experiences with COVID-19 at marine terminals across the New York and...

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South Carolina Ports volumes holding steady

TEUs during coronavirus pandemic

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) said it finished fiscal year 2020 with “relatively steady volumes” despite waves of canceled sailings and supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The SCPA finished the fiscal year with 2.32 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled at the Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals. That’s down 2.8% from fiscal year 2019.

The SCPA’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. It said the first eight months of the 2020...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/south-carolina-ports-volumes-holding-steady

Port of Oakland volume uptick pleasant surprise

The Port of Oakland this week reported June loaded import volume grew 1.9% year-over-year. 

“The gain was unexpected given that shipping lines canceled 10% of their scheduled Oakland visits due to the trade-related impact of the coronavirus,” the port said. 

The port attributed the uptick in imports to retailers accelerating shipments to the United States because of capacity restrictions as shipping lines continue to cancel sailings, as well as to an anticipated hike in freight rates.

Oakland’s...

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Scheduled third-quarter sailings sinking

THE Alliance and 2M have canceled 75 sailings scheduled for the third quarter.

In a joint announcement, THE Alliance — Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Ocean Network Express and Yang Ming — said Wednesday that it will continue to have blanked sailings through September at least. It said while the Asia-North Europe trade has been extraordinarily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, adjusted schedules in all trades will continue in order to match market demand.

Among THE Alliance services affecting U.S. ports,...

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Pandemic leads to ‘complete disruption’ of container flows

Juergen Pump, Hamburg Süd’s president for North America, provided a “put yourself in my shoes” scenario for shippers during the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) annual meeting this week.

Certainly canceled sailings are a headache for shippers and there have been a lot of them during the coronavirus crisis. But Pump pointed out that a rise in canceled bookings creates pain points for ocean carriers.

“Booking cancellations have increased significantly. Traditionally about 15 to 18% of...

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