Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Infrastructure: The money is there but the clock is ticking

Now that President Joe Biden has signed into law the biggest investment in freight transportation in 65 years, the question turns to how quickly the money can reconnect the links of a broken supply chain.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes $110 billion for roads, bridges and major infrastructure projects, $66 billion for freight and passenger rail, and $17.4 billion for ports and inland waterway improvements.

It also sets aside $20.5 billion over five years for three major...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/infrastructure-the-money-is-there-but-the-clock-is-ticking

Port of New York and New Jersey reports slower growth pace after 13 months

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has registered a stable growth in its container volumes during September completing 724,418TEU, which translates to a slight increase of 0.5% year-on-year.

This number brings the total throughput for 2021 through September to 6,659,082TEU with more than 3.69 million lifts.

“For the first time in more than 13 months, cargo volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey rose at a slower pace in September,” noted the port authority in a...

https://container-news.com/port-of-new-york-and-new-jersey-reports-slower-growth-pace-after-13-months/

Regulator to order container detention reports from ocean carriers

A federal maritime regulator is ordering the world’s largest containership companies to provide her agency with container detention and demurrage information to ensure they’re meeting their legal obligations.

The orders, announced Wednesday by Commissioner Rebecca Dye of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), are being issued under Dye’s authority as the fact-finding officer for the FMC’s Fact Finding 29, “International Ocean Transportation Supply Chain Engagement.”

Ocean carriers operating in an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/regulator-to-order-container-detention-reports-from-ocean-carriers

NY ports tout $250,000/year driver pay in supporting under-21 CDLs

Truck drivers between the ages of 18 and 21 could be given the keys to a lucrative blue-collar career hauling ocean containers to and from terminals operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) if regulators lift commercial driver license (CDL) restrictions, according to the agency.

In comments filed this week with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in support of a pilot program allowing under-21 drivers to get an interstate CDL, PANYNJ Deputy Port...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ny-ports-tout-250000year-driver-pay-in-supporting-under-21-cdls

Ocean cargo ‘lone bright spot’ for Port Authority of NY/NJ

The Port of New York and New Jersey reported Thursday that it was continuing its recovery to 2019 levels and had surpassed its all-time monthly volume record. 

The port said it handled 720,969 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, a 15.4% increase from the 624,961 TEUs moved in the same month last year. From Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, the port handled 5,382,422 TEUs.

A statement from the port attributed September’s volume record to U.S. retailers stocking up for the holiday season as well as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ocean-cargo-lone-bright-spot-for-port-authority-of-nynj

‘Untraditional peak’ a good thing at Port of New York/New Jersey

The Port of New York and New Jersey expects container volumes that have rebounded sharply from the height of the coronavirus pandemic to remain strong through the rest of the calendar year.

Canceled — or blanked — sailings commonplace during the economic shutdown in the spring and early summer have waned. The port said there are only two more blanked calls on the books for this year.

And last month the port welcomed the CMA CGM Brazil, the largest container ship to call a U.S. East Coast port,...

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Largest container ship yet calls at East Coast ports

The containership CMA CGM Brazil arrives at the Port of New York and New Jersey Sept. 12, 2020, as the biggest vessel to call at the port. Port Authority of NY/NJ photo.

The largest container ship to call at U.S. East Coast ports began its tour in New York Harbor, transiting under the raised Bayonne Bridge that accounts for some of the billions of dollars in port improvements to accommodate the new generation of ultra-large container vessels.

The 1,200’x167’, 15,072-TEU CMA CGM Brazil arrived Sept. 12 at APM Terminals in Elizabeth, N.J., with a Moran Towing tug escort. The Brazil continued on to set vessel size limits at the Port of Virginia on Sept. 15 and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/largest-container-ship-yet-calls-at-east-coast-ports/

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/port-authority-of-new-york-and-new-jersey-performance-worst-ever

East Coasts ports optimistic for post-coronavirus recovery

Officials from South Carolina and New York/New Jersey ports see an end in sight to blanked sailings and lower volumes.

“Despite what’s happening right now, we are very optimistic. We think May and June is going to be the worst of it in terms of COVID impacts and then I think we’re going to bounce back quite strong,” Sam Ruda, marine director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), told the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) during its virtual annual meeting Thursday.

“...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/east-coasts-ports-optimistic-for-post-coronavirus-recovery

Inbound logistics Podcast on Port of New York and New Jersey rail capabilities

Completed in June of 2019, ExpressRail Port Jersey, operated by GCT Bayonne, is the fourth and final piece in The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $600 million ExpressRail intermodal network. The system also includes facilities in Elizabeth, Newark and Staten Island. In a recent interview for Inbound Logistics’ podcast, Port Authority employees Bob LaMura, Commercial Manager, and Cory Wyatt, Intermodal Rail Development Manager, discussed the importance of the completion of the...

https://container-news.com/inbound-logistics-podcast-port-new-york-new-jersey-rail-capabilities/

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