Drayage

Hanjin Shipping’s collapse has left US motor carriers and intermodal equipment providers scrambling to limit their financial exposure and wondering what to do.

Drayage companies in Los Angeles-Long Beach are using a mobile app that allows them to manage truck dispatching and avoid trouble spots in a real-time environment.

A U.S. federal mandate requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices by the end of next year won’t necessarily be the harbinger of a long-anticipated “capacity crunch.”

LA-LB terminal operators decide to individually negotiate hosting arrangements with chassis-leasing companies.

JNPT is the first major, or public, port to take advantage of a new policy under the Sagar Mala infrastructure development program.

Terminal operators and chassis providers spar over cause of equipment shortages in Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Authorities at the Port of New York and New Jersey are scrutinizing trucks bought under a program that awards grants to replace older, polluting drayage vehicles.

Show-cause petition by equipment lessors charges LA-LB proposed chassis services fee violates Shipping Act.

The Georgia Ports Authority has extended its five-year agreement with Consolidated Chassis Management’s South Atlantic Chassis Pool.

Beneficial cargo owners are lauding a peak-season program of flex and late gates.

XPO's North American LTL operations, the former Con-way, led the company's drive to its first quarterly net profit.

Terminal operators in Southern California faced criticism over this newest fee.

The North American Chassis Pool Cooperative is offering rentals of premium intermodal chassis near the port of Savannah.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is boasting of seamless gate operations and greater efficiency, bringing smiles to shippers.

The opening of the first bathroom solely for female truck drivers in one of the busiest terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey this month has highlighted the growing numbers of women drivers in drayage, which could prove vital to ameliorating the driver shortages plaguing the industry.

In trucking, warehousing and, in fact, in a number of industries, worker misclassification is possibly the hottest topic today in labor relations.

Trucks slowed to a crawl, and stopped entirely, creating an extensive traffic snarl at the Port of New York and New Jersey at lunchtime Monday.

Truck lines in Los Angeles-Long Beach got slightly longer in June.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is seeking shipper and trade support as it gets ready for a final decision on its truck toll.

Mario Cordero reacted quickly to an announcement of a traffic mitigation fee increase at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

A U.S. trade group has launched its own online portal to boost efficiency in the drayage sector.

Shippers are OK with paying an extra to help fund night gates at the Port of Oakland.

New direction for trucker-owned chassis cooperative.

“It’s not as bad as it was, I’d put it that way.”

Truck turn times at Cochin Port should improve greatly because of a new technological initiative rolled out by the port authority.

A new bill introduced in the California legislature aims to spur the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex to revamp its PierPass system.

Software glitches continued to plague terminal gates at the Port of Charleston’s Wando Welch Marine Terminal Thursday.

Cooperation between truckers and terminal operators has improved truck turn times at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

Chennai Port has overcome much of its access problems that have contributed to long truck queues.

Coalition calls for the port authority to reinstate ban on trucks made before 2007.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust said unscheduled gate closings by private terminals in India’s busiest container harbor have added to congestion.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is intensely focusing on productivity improvements.

Gate automation at terminals in the Chennai Port will increase productivity.

Details were still scant Thursday as to the exact problem that occurred. The port authority had yet to respond to a JOC.com request for specifics.

The Port of Virginia has closed its Virginia International Gateway terminal to inbound truck traffic.

Motor carrier offers SOLAS-aimed weighing service, believed to be the first in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

India’s port regulator has tentatively allowed Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust to charge tolls for truck cargo, but the matter is not yet settled.

The Port of Oakland’s largest terminal operator is addressing looming congestion problems by preparing to charge a fee to support night gates.

Drayage companies that service the Port of New York and New Jersey are once again squaring off with the Teamsters union.

An inter-terminal truck transfer system at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has had success.