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Equipment lessors ask FMC to reject new LA-LB chassis fee
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Show-cause petition by equipment lessors charges LA-LB proposed chassis services fee violates Shipping Act.
Marine terminals
Drayage
GPA extends contract with regional chassis pool
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Georgia Ports Authority has extended its five-year agreement with Consolidated Chassis Management’s South Atlantic Chassis Pool.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Seattle-Tacoma to flex and extend port gate hours for peak season
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Beneficial cargo owners are lauding a peak-season program of flex and late gates.
Marine terminals
Drayage
Cost controls, e-commerce power XPO to profit
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
XPO's North American LTL operations, the former Con-way, led the company's drive to its first quarterly net profit.
Logistics Technology News
LTL
Truck brokers
Drayage
Shippers say chassis fee to reduce LA-LB's port competitiveness
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Terminal operators in Southern California faced criticism over this newest fee.
Marine terminals
Drayage
Chassis co-op forms premium pool at Savannah
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The North American Chassis Pool Cooperative is offering rentals of premium intermodal chassis near the port of Savannah.
Truckload
Drayage
Busiest Indian container port boasts of recent productivity gains
India Special Correspondent |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is boasting of seamless gate operations and greater efficiency, bringing smiles to shippers.
International ports
Drayage
International rail
More female drayage drivers not enough to reverse driver shortage
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
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.
Drayage
Trucking labor
LA-LB drayage company arises after misclassification suits
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
In trucking, warehousing and, in fact, in a number of industries, worker misclassification is possibly the hottest topic today in labor relations.
Drayage
Trucking labor
North American ports
Protest of NY-NJ port hiring practices shuts down traffic temporarily
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
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.
North American ports
Drayage
Breakbulk News
Longer trucker turn times at LA-LB cost shippers
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truck lines in Los Angeles-Long Beach got slightly longer in June.
Drayage
Users of busiest Indian port to vote on truck tolls
India Special Correspondent |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is seeking shipper and trade support as it gets ready for a final decision on its truck toll.
International ports
Drayage
FMC chairman concerned over PierPass fee increase
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Mario Cordero reacted quickly to an announcement of a traffic mitigation fee increase at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Intermodal group launches app targeting port drivers’ empty trips
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
A U.S. trade group has launched its own online portal to boost efficiency in the drayage sector.
Drayage
North American ports
Rail News
Oakland fee to pay for night gates wins acceptance
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Shippers are OK with paying an extra to help fund night gates at the Port of Oakland.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
NACPC chassis co-op to lease directly to Houston truckers
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
New direction for trucker-owned chassis cooperative.
Truckload
Drayage
Charleston port’s gate system ‘learning curve’ improving, but delays persist
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
“It’s not as bad as it was, I’d put it that way.”
North American ports
Drayage
India's Cochin Port expects new tech to speed truck turn times
India Special Correspondent |
Truck turn times at Cochin Port should improve greatly because of a new technological initiative rolled out by the port authority.
International ports
Drayage
Bill aims to spur PierPass revamp
Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
A new bill introduced in the California legislature aims to spur the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex to revamp its PierPass system.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Gate glitches continue to plague Charleston terminal
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Software glitches continued to plague terminal gates at the Port of Charleston’s Wando Welch Marine Terminal Thursday.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Trucker-terminal cooperation cuts LA-LB truck turn times
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Cooperation between truckers and terminal operators has improved truck turn times at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.
Drayage
Chennai port makes strides in fight against truck congestion
India Special Correspondent |
Chennai Port has overcome much of its access problems that have contributed to long truck queues.
International ports
Drayage
Newark mayor presses for cleaner trucks at NY-NJ port
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Coalition calls for the port authority to reinstate ban on trucks made before 2007.
North American ports
Maritime
Drayage
Jawaharlal Nehru, port terminals argue over congestion cause
India Special Correspondent |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust said unscheduled gate closings by private terminals in India’s busiest container harbor have added to congestion.
International ports
Drayage
Leading Indian port accelerates productivity-boosting efforts
India Special Correspondent |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is intensely focusing on productivity improvements.
International ports
Drayage
Chennai port automates gates to speed truck moves
India Special Correspondent |
Gate automation at terminals in the Chennai Port will increase productivity.
International ports
Drayage
Gates reopen at Virginia terminal after reported IT issue
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
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.
North American ports
Drayage
Virginia terminal closed to inbound trucks after ‘IT issue’
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
The Port of Virginia has closed its Virginia International Gateway terminal to inbound truck traffic.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Trucking company offers NY-NJ port shippers SOLAS weighing service
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Motor carrier offers SOLAS-aimed weighing service, believed to be the first in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
North American ports
Drayage
Biggest Indian port one step closer to truck tolls
India Special Correspondent |
India’s port regulator has tentatively allowed Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust to charge tolls for truck cargo, but the matter is not yet settled.
International ports
Drayage
Oakland poised to levy fees to pay for night gates
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Port of Oakland’s largest terminal operator is addressing looming congestion problems by preparing to charge a fee to support night gates.
North American ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Drayage driver classification fight reawakens at NY-NJ port
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Drayage companies that service the Port of New York and New Jersey are once again squaring off with the Teamsters union.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Drayage
Inter-terminal trucking lifts productivity at India's top port
India Special Correspondent |
An inter-terminal truck transfer system at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has had success.
International ports
Drayage
Trucking News
Teamsters’ LA-Long Beach port driver organizing intensifies
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Teamsters union is accelerating its efforts to organize harbor truck drivers in Southern California.
Trucking labor
Drayage
Automation halves truck turn times at Long Beach port terminal
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truck turn times at the Port of Long Beach's newly automated Long Beach Container Terminal are half those at other terminals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.
North American ports
Drayage
NY-NJ port truckers buy chassis to cut costs, secure equipment
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Some truckers working at the Port of New York and New Jersey are turning away from the leasing system that dominates the industry.
Marine terminals
Trucking News
Drayage
Automation of chassis invoice reconciliation promises savings
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
With an average of 15 percent of chassis invoice charges inaccurate or subject to dispute, motor carriers that automate the reconciliation of invoices save thousands of dollars annually, according to a chassis billing specialist.
Drayage
North American ports
Major India ports told to automate gate systems to improve productivity
India Special Correspondent |
The government of India is looking to automate gate transactions at the country's major ports.
International ports
Drayage
Oakland drayage drivers look to smartphones for turn time efficiency
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Although port authorities and trucking organizations in Oakland and Los Angeles-Long Beach have been leading the way in implementing global-positioning satellite and Bluetooth technologies to increase cargo velocity, ports and truckers on the East and Gulf coasts are anxious to follow. Technology products are expected to surface at other ports in short order.
North American ports
Drayage
NY-NJ port drayage operators tap tech to boost efficiency
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The largest trade group representing drayage companies in the Port of New York and New Jersey has created its own web-based forum to connect truckers looking to make “street turns.”
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