container dwell times

CPKC container dwell better but still a concern at top Canada port

Container dwell times at the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s busiest intermodal hub, continue to be a significant issue since the start of the year.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has been particularly affected, with over 89,000 feet of containers sitting at Deltaport for more than seven days, according to port data. This is an improvement from the peak of nearly 160,000 feet in mid-March, but still presents a substantial challenge. In contrast, Canadian National (CN) has managed to decrease...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cpkc-container-dwell-better-but-still-a-concern-at-top-canada-port

IMC selling SmartStacks as smart approach to container piles

IMC Companies is touting its SmartStacks app as “the biggest breakthrough in drayage since the container.” 

SmartStacks is IMC’s proprietary approach to the “peel pile” process and is designed to increase cargo movement and driver productivity, decrease container dwell times and loosen supply chain bottlenecks. 

Collierville, Tennessee-based IMC, with its fleet of trucks and chassis and integrated network of smart depots, moves cargo to and from all major rails and ports in the country. 

IMC...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/imc-selling-smartstacks-as-smart-approach-to-container-piles

New York port truckers press FMC for emergency order

trucks moving containers at marine port.

Ocean carriers and marine terminals should be forced to share more accurate container storage data to improve cargo flows at the Port of New York and New Jersey, according to trucking companies serving the facility.

Those companies, which specialize in intermodal container drayage, are responding to a comment request from the Federal Maritime Commission on a potential emergency order mandating such data sharing with trucking, shippers and railroads.

The FMC was required to consider the proposed...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-york-port-truckers-press-fmc-for-emergency-order

Container xChange warns of ‘ripple effect of disruptions one after the other’

Despite the fast turnaround of containers, the latest partial port lockdowns in China as a result of the country’s zero-COVID policies have supply chain operators voicing concern.

“As the omicron variant brings more disruption, with Chinese New Year around the corner and some ports including Ningbo already facing lockdowns, we are expecting a volatile start to the year for ocean freight logistics,” said Johannes Schlingmeier, co-founder and CEO of Container xChange, an online marketplace for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-xchange-warns-of-ripple-effect-of-disruptions-one-after-the-other