CONTAINER YARD

Project44 launches Yard Solutions offering

Project44 adds integrated yard management capabilities through Yard Solutions

Just over two weeks after project44 announced a European expansion and a new offering aimed at providing more accurate delivery windows, the company is again making waves with the launch of Yard Solutions, a set of automated dock, yard and asset management capabilities.

The new product will offer three core services — slot booking, yard visibility and yard management — and can be directly integrated into the Chicago-based company’s suite of first-, middle- and last-mile visibility solutions.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/project44-launches-yard-solutions-offering

Port of Oakland plans empty container yard to help ag exporters

Aerial view of containers at a big port.

The Port of Oakland, in collaboration with California and federal officials, is redoubling efforts to remove hurdles making it difficult for agriculture exporters to reach overseas markets. 

The port authority announced Monday it is setting up a 25-acre staging area on port property where empty containers can be stacked and made available for rapid access by exporters, partnering with state and federal agencies to promote the facility and reiterated calls for ocean carriers to restore service to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-oakland-plans-empty-container-yard-to-help-ag-exporters

Port of Savannah ramps up container capacity as cargo delays ease

A parcel of land being cleared to expand an existing container storage area.

Congestion at the Port of Savannah continued to improve last week, and an infusion of 1.6 million shipping units of yard capacity in the next six months should further enhance cargo flow, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.

The number of container vessels at anchor off the Atlantic coast port waiting for a berth fell to 13 as of Monday, down from 15 a week ago and 23 on Nov. 2, as temporary off-dock storage sites and customers clearing cargo more quickly freed space for new shipments to be...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-savannah-ramps-up-container-capacity-as-cargo-delays-ease

Retailers open pop-up container yards to bypass Savannah port jams

Stacks and stacks of orange shipping containers at a port.

Overflow lots set up by large retailers this month as temporary staging areas for imported containers have helped bring down congestion levels at the Port of Savannah, and Georgia officials expect further efficiency gains with this week’s opening of two more port-sponsored pop-up sites.

The Georgia Ports Authority, in partnership with the Norfolk Southern, will start accepting loaded containers on Monday at the freight railroad’s nearby Dillon Yard and later this week will begin routing shipping...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/retailers-open-pop-up-container-yards-to-bypass-savannah-port-jams

Supply chain desperation: Georgia airport to store ocean containers

Giant container ships ring the harbor at a port.

Cargo congestion at the Port of Savannah is so severe that officials plan to use a small airport in Georgia as a temporary overflow yard, one of several locations being rushed into emergency service to relieve port infrastructure buckling under the strain of record volumes.

The Georgia Ports Authority on Friday said it is setting up multiple inland locations as temporary container yards to expedite the flow of imports and exports at Savannah, the fourth largest container port in the nation....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-desperation-georgia-airport-to-store-ocean-containers

Tacoma marine terminals impose $300 surcharge on container overstays

Waterside view of the Port of Tacoma, with a ship at berth, tall cranes and a snow-capped mountain in the background.

Two marine terminals at the Port of Tacoma in Washington are following the lead of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports by implementing steep fees on long-resting containers to reduce a large overflow that is gumming up operations and slowing the delivery of cargo.

Husky Terminal & Stevedoring on Monday began assessing a $315 charge for containers that have dwelled on the docks for more than 15 days to improve velocity, according to a customer notice. The fee is due before cargo will be released.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tacoma-marine-terminals-impose-300-surcharge-on-container-overstay

City of Long Beach allows logistics companies to stack containers higher

Stacks of containers at a port, with trucks in the background.

The city of Long Beach on Friday issued an emergency order allowing businesses to temporarily increase how high they can stack ocean containers in their lots in an effort to reduce the massive gridlock gripping the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The rule change does not apply to terminals at the Port of Long Beach, which routinely stack containers up to five high. Many media reports over the weekend didn’t make a distinction between the port and inland zone, making it appear the port had...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/city-of-long-beach-allows-logistics-companies-to-stack-containers-higher

Supply chain gridlock dominates Sunday talk shows

Trucks moving containers through port gates.

The Biden administration is touting a 90-day industry push to help relieve freight gridlock at Southern California ports. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg acknowledged on Sunday, however, that consumers waiting for Christmas orders won’t see immediate results because improving the efficiency of maritime supply chains is a long-term process involving multiple stakeholders.

Federal officials began looking at expanded port hours early this year as part of a supply chain policy review, but...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-gridlock-dominates-sunday-talk-shows

ContainerPort Group sells container yard, depot division to ITS ConGlobal

A photograph of a train hauling intermodal containers.

Cleveland-headquartered ContainerPort Group (CPG) will sell its container yard and depot division to ITS ConGlobal (ITSC), the company said Tuesday.

The sale by CPG, a drayage trucking and logistics company, also entails transferring the container sales division and a rail lift operation in Indiana that connects to CN (NYSE: CNI) to ITSC. The transaction is expected to close March 15.

CPG says the sale is part of a wider focus implemented by parent company World Group to streamline CPG’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/containerport-group-sells-container-yard-depot-division-to-its-conglobal

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