Ports of Seattle, Tacoma foresee better volumes ahead

While volumes handled by the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) remain down year-over-year, the tide appears to be turning, according to CEO John Wolfe.

Wolfe said he was “encouraged” that total August volumes were down 13.8% year-over-year instead of the approximately 20% recorded in previous months.

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma handled a total of 276,407 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in August.

“That still holds us at about 17.5% down over last year year-to-date August for the container...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ports-of-seattle-tacoma-foresee-better-volumes-ahead

Freight consolidator Shipco sweeps away LCL ‘touch points’

Shipco Transport

Paper documents still dominate much of the labor-intensive less-than-containerload (LCL) pickup and delivery process at U.S. container freight stations (CFSes), but the coronavirus pandemic and state government social distancing measures to prevent its spread are hastening the drive to create a totally paperless and contactless environment.

Shipco Transport and its CFS subsidiary International Container Terminals (ICT), which had prior to COVID-19 implemented a warehouse management application...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freight-consolidator-shipco-sweeps-away-lcl-touch-points

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