By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Reuters) – Railroads and importers must remove cargo that is stacking up at the nation’s busiest seaport in Los Angeles to avoid exacerbating supply chain…
https://gcaptain.com/rail-congestion-threatens-nationwide-logjam-las-seroka-says/
By Augusta Saraiva and Ngai Yeung (Bloomberg) — The White House is monitoring labor talks in the logistics industry as unions representing 115,000 rail workers and 22,000 West Coast dockworkers negotiate…
Negotiaions for a new labor contract for more than 22,000 dockworkers at U.S. West Coast ports have failed to reach a new agreement by today’s deadline, as both sides promise…
https://gcaptain.com/no-deal-in-west-coast-port-labor-negotiations-as-deadline-passes/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) This week, in the wake of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act that President Biden signed into law last month, US Congressmen John Garamendi and Jim…
https://gcaptain.com/us-congress-us-flagged-ships-exporters-port-privileges/
With a busy summer expected at the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, vessel traffic officials are reporting a new record low number of containerships waiting…
https://gcaptain.com/checking-in-on-southern-californias-containership-backup/
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – As container spot rates continue to wane and close in on contract rates two more ocean carriers have reported record first quarter earnings. Taiwanese carrier…
https://gcaptain.com/horizon-murky-for-container-shipping-as-carriers-report-big-returns/
The Port of Long Beach has completed construction of a new rail project which it says will increase efficiency of goods movement and reduce congestion on local roadways by shifting…
https://gcaptain.com/port-of-long-beach-completes-project-boosting-rail-capacity/
By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The U.S. should brace for another surge in the supply-chain crisis as manufacturers in Asia reopen their factories from Covid-19 lockdowns, causing new delays at American…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-ports-await-surge-from-chinas-covid-lockdowns/
By Ian Putzger in Toronto (The Loadstar) – Concern over lengthening container dwell times at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has caused U.S. transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg to…
https://gcaptain.com/alarm-west-coast-port-congestion-rail-support/
By Laura Curtis, Mar 26, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he expects labor talks to be resolved without significant disruption to the biggest U.S. ports — and an…