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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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US container imports fall 10% in June, but west coast ports pull traffic back

In a reversal of the trend of the past year, US west coast ports fared better in comparison with their east and Gulf coast gateway rivals last month, recording a smaller decline in container imports.
According to the latest monthly statistics compiled by New York-based consultancy Blue Alpha Capital, container imports into the top ten US ports declined by 10.2% in June, compared with the same month of last year, to …

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California governor urged to reverse ports’ receding market share

California Gov. Gavin Newsom got a letter Monday asking that the state take action to reverse the loss of market share at West Coast container ports.

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), the first signatory, was joined by such organizations as the California Trucking Association, Harbor Trucking Association, California Railroad Association, Future Ports, Pacific Maritime Association, National Retail Federation, Agriculture Transportation Coalition, and Pacific Coast Customs Brokers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-governor-urged-to-reverse-ports-receding-market-share

Port of Long Beach posts 11.1% container decline

The Port of Long Beach said Friday the COVID-19 pandemic continued to drive down demand for goods in the second quarter of 2020, leading to an increase in canceled sailings and a decline in containers shipped through the gateway.

Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 602,180 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last month, an 11.1% decline compared to June 2019, the port said. Imports shrank 9.3% to 300,714 TEUs and exports dropped 12.2% to 117,538 TEUs. Empty containers shipped to Asia were...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-long-beach-posts-111-container-decline

Are trans-Pacific carriers guilty of price gouging?

container ship

Spot rates in the trans-Pacific ocean trade continue to reach epic new heights, leading to talk of price gouging.

“Container lines have done well during the global pandemic, but are they profiteering from the crisis?” asked U.K.-based consultancy Drewry.

“Perversely, lines look set to make more money than they have in a long time,” it continued. The practice of “blanking” (canceling) sailings “has paid off handsomely.”

“From a public-relations perspective, the optics of making big profits during a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/are-trans-pacific-carriers-guilty-of-price-gouging

Harbor Trucking: PierPass fee hikes drive away business

The traffic mitigation fee (TMF) at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, will increase by 4.2% on Aug. 1.

The adjustment matches the combined 4.2% increase in longshore wage and assessment rates that take effect in early July, according to the West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA), which announced the increase Tuesday.

Beginning Aug. 1, the TMF will be $33.47 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) and $66.94 for all other sizes of container. 

The WCMTOA said the TMF helps offset the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/pierpass-traffic-mitigation-fee-going-up

Need for speed drives ships toward Pacific ports

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The battle for Asian containerized exports rages on between West and East Coast ports. The East had been steadily gaining ground, but COVID-19 is changing the balance in favor of the West, at least in the short term.

Taking share from air

The most immediate effect of the coronavirus, reported by FreightWaves in late March, was a shift from air cargo to premium ocean service.

Advantage West Coast ports. Former air-cargo shippers with time pressures don’t take the long route to the East Coast.

Nerijus...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/need-for-speed-drives-ships-toward-pacific-ports

Career Tracks: Fifth-generation dockworker appointed to harbor board

Fifth-generation dockworker and union leader Bobby Olvera Jr. participated in his first meeting last week as a member of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Olvera, appointed to the board in May by Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, also serves as international vice president (mainland) of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). 

The Long Beach City Council unanimously confirmed Olvera to complete the term of Lou Anne Bynum that expires in June 2021. Bynum resigned from the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/career-tracks-fifth-generation-dockworker-appointed-to-harbor-board

Carrier capacity cuts send trans-Pacific rates into orbit

container port

There’s an old adage: “Forecasting is the art of saying what will happen and then explaining why it didn’t.”

Remember those dire warnings that ocean carriers could suffer catastrophic losses and go bankrupt en masse, crippling the global container-transport system? Today, carriers are obtaining very high spot rates on the China-to-West Coast route — and could theoretically end the year with big profits.

Copenhagen-based Sea-Intelligence laid out two scenarios back on April 6. In one, carriers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carrier-capacity-cuts-send-trans-pacific-rates-into-orbit

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