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NY-NJ chassis yard provides some interoperability
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Port officials said that although the depot is no substitute for a port-wide gray pool, it will help provide easier access to chassis.
North American ports
Marine terminals
Drayage
DCLI launches gensets pools in NY-NJ, Savannah
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The move is in response to signs that carriers are moving away from providing gensets.
Truckload
Drayage
US driver shortage becomes top trucking concern
Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
Concerns over the supply of truck drivers and the resulting increases in trucking rates will likely grow in the coming months.
Trucking labor
LTL
Drayage
Authorities approve JNPT truck toll hike
India Special Correspondent |
The revised rates took effect October 1 and will remain in force until March 31, 2019.
International ports
Trucking News
Drayage
DCLI opens premium Chicago chassis pool
JOC Staff |
The pool is the latest sign of the strong demand for chassis with radial tires and LED lights.
Truckload
Rail News
Drayage
Predictive visibility tech promises faster Long Beach truck turns
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Southern California truckers welcome eModal's new predictive visibility feature.
Drayage
Demise of NY-NJ pool shows continuing chassis challenges
Peter Tirschwell |
In the wake of the collapse of discussions to create a New York-New Jersey chassis pool, there has been a shrugging of shoulders among some in the industry.
North American ports
Drayage
NY-NJ truckers warm to GCT Bayonne’s appointment system
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Once skeptical of appointment systems, truckers at the Port of New York and New Jersey have warmed to the reservation system they say has cut turn times since its introduction in December.
Marine terminals
Trucking News
Drayage
Virginia port gets $1.55 million for truck appointments
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Virginia is one of several North American ports that are exploring or have implemented reservation systems for trucks.
North American ports
Trucking News
Drayage
Vancouver port considers tiered drayage appointment system
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) is also inching closer to creating a single portal for truck appointment systems.
International ports
Drayage
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
With drivers scarce, smaller trucking companies add capacity
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Shippers will have to dig harder to access new capacity as peak shipping season heats up.
Truck brokers
Drayage
JB Hunt: Transport costs rising 10 percent or more
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
“This is one of the highest periods of turbulence and volatility in supply we have ever experienced, and we don’t think it will abate any time soon,” John Roberts, president and CEO, and Shelly Simpson, chief commercial officer, said.
Intermodal providers
Drayage
NFI's plan to buy California Cartage advances consolidation
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
<p>NFI to emerge in southern California market in a big way with purchase of California Cartage</p>
Drayage
Uber Freight in no hurry to enter drayage market
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Uber Freight is most comfortable concentrating on truckload.
Truck brokers
Drayage
Port Houston chassis tight post-Harvey
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
“Whenever the business volumes reach the top quadrant, there will be chassis shortages, and that’s where we are now.”
North American ports
Marine terminals
Trucking News
Drayage
NY-NJ joint chassis pool collapses
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The Port of New York and New Jersey is searching again for a way to create an interoperable chassis pool after the latest effort collapsed.
Drayage
Marine terminals
Chassis providers crack down on unpaid Chicago dray tolls
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Motor carriers and their shipper customers have been footing the bill.
Drayage
Rail News
Texas ports come back to life after storm, floods
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The US Coast Guard on Tuesday reopened the Sabine-Neches Waterway.
North American ports
Marine terminals
Rail News
North-American rail
Trucking News
LTL
Drayage
Houston truckers struggle with slow, soggy restart
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Relief and recovery efforts get priority while commercial operations slowly get back on the road.
Drayage
LTL
RoadOne expands in US Midwest to meet drayage demand
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Acquisition of UGL will help nationwide drayage operator build density, add services in Chicago and throughout region.
Drayage
LA-LB ports repurposing land to aid truckers
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The landscape at many ports is changing rapidly.
Drayage
North American ports
Port Houston extends gate hours at Bayport terminal
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Change takes effect on Oct. 2. Longer hours at Barbours Cut to be phased in later.
North American ports
Trucking News
Drayage
NWSA extends gates to head off peak-season congestion
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Seattle-Tacoma resurrecting successful extended-gate program for peak season.
Marine terminals
Drayage
Rising LA-LB port truck turns a peak season warning
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truckers in Los Angeles-Long Beach are bracing for tougher times ahead.
Drayage
North American ports
Chicago drayage drivers’ unpaid tolls cost shippers
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Shippers are shouldering the cost of a sudden and often unexplained increase in unpaid tolls racked up by independent drayage drivers.
Truckload
Rail News
Drayage
Deadly dock accident sparks wildcat JNPT trucker strike
India Special Correspondent |
Negotiations between JNPT officials and other stakeholders are said to be in progress to resolve the impasse.
Drayage
NY-NJ’s APMT facility near full strength after cyber attack
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
APM Terminal (APMT) in the Port of New York and New Jersey says it will have mostly recovered from the cyber attack on Maersk by the end of the week.
North American ports
Container lines
Logistics Technology News
Trucking News
Drayage
LA-LB truckers expect few peak season bumps
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
LA-LB container terminals are handling alliance changes and the recent APMT cyber attack with only minor glitches, so truckers are confident they will handle peak-season volumes without significant congestion.
Marine terminals
Trucking News
Drayage
Trucker frustration with delays at NY-NJ’s APM Terminal mounts
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Trucker frustration builds at delays at APM Terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
North American ports
Trucking News
Drayage
Long truck waits continue at NY-NJ’s APM terminal
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Lengthy truck lines continued outside APM Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey Monday on the third day of operations since a massive cyberattack last week on parent company Maersk Group shut down the facility.
North American ports
Logistics Technology News
Trucking News
Drayage
NY-NJ under pressure to revive ban on older truck engines
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
A coalition of groups is calling on the Port of New York and New Jersey to revive a plan to ban all trucks with engines from 2007 or older from the port, expressing health concerns.
North American ports
Trucking News
Drayage
New Virginia truck gates open Friday
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
The $42 million North Gate project is part of a larger investment the Virginia Port Authority has undertaken to improve productivity for shippers.
North American ports
Trucking News
Drayage
NY-NJ’s GCT Bayonne boosts appointment slots
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
GCT Bayonne, the first marine terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey to introduce an appointment system, will increase the number of reservation slots by more than 60 percent.
Trucking News
Drayage
LA-LB drayage protest expands to target more motor carriers
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Teamsters expand picketing to additional motor carriers in LA-LB.
North American ports
Drayage
Congestion easing at Seattle Terminal 18
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
<p>SSA Marine the past two weeks has been opening its Terminal 18 in Seattle an hour early each day and is keeping its gates open through lunch and coffee breaks.</p>
North American ports
Drayage
BCOs push for FMC demurrage guidance idles
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
"There is other business pending that must be addressed before the commission can turn its attention to this matter,” an FMC spokesman told JOC.com
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Container lines
Marine terminals
North American ports
Drayage
‘Minimal impact’ expected from LA-LB trucker picket, ports say
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
“This system looks like sharecropping, just on wheels.”
Trucking labor
Drayage
New chassis business model would cut costs, trucker says
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
In the United States, there was basically one chassis model from the beginning of containerization in the 1950s until 2009.
North American ports
Marine terminals
Trucking News
Drayage
NY-NJ drayage truckers snap up chassis ahead of mega-ship arrivals
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
More drayage companies at the Port of New York and New Jersey are buying their own chassis or signing long-term leases to avoid the difficulty of rental pools.
Marine terminals
Trucking News
Drayage
New alliance business overwhelms Seattle’s largest terminal
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truck turn times at Seattle’s largest container terminal ranged from one hour to as much as one day.
North American ports
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