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Hapag-Lloyd hit with FMC rail demurrage complaint
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The filing is just the latest in a barrage of complaints made against various container lines with the FMC in recent months, a flurry accelerated by major reform of US shipping law that went into effect in June.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Container Shipping News
Container lines
Drayage
Rail News
Intermodal providers
North-American rail
M&A in US trucking, logistics cross ‘asset lines’
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
US transportation companies with cash on hand are acquiring asset-based truckers and non-asset freight brokers alike to add services and shipper customers and build network density.
Truckload
Drayage
Truck brokers
RoadOne acquires Texas drayage provider
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The latest acquisition by RoadOne strengthens its national intermodal drayage fleet, connecting customers and containerized freight from the Northeast to the US Gulf Coast.
Drayage
NY-NJ port truckers tepid on Saturday terminal gates
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
NY-NJ marine terminals have been almost constantly offering Saturday gates over the last two years to help move import volumes, but those gates have accounted for only about 5 percent of total truck transactions.
North American ports
Drayage
RoadOne adds to transload footprint in Oakland, Norfolk
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
RoadOne sees demand for transload services as being sustainable enough to outlast any economic downturn as it invests in facilities in Norfolk and Oakland.
Rail News
Drayage
Trucking News
New clean truck rule puts California dray capacity on chopping block
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
As a new clean truck rule in California looms, replacing older trucks with compliant vehicles is becoming increasingly difficult — and costly — amid shortages of microchips and other parts.
Drayage
LA-LB truckers add to push for FMC action on empty box returns
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
The Harbor Trucking Association says it will provide evidence to the FMC about the burdens that West Coast drayage carriers face in returning empties to Los Angeles–Long Beach marine terminals.
North American ports
Drayage
NY-NJ port to impose dwell fee targeting empty containers
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it will start charging an export container dwell fee in a bid to prod ocean carriers to remove more containers than they drop off.
North American ports
Drayage
US truckers flip back into drayage as long-haul spot rates dive
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Drivers are returning to port drayage as long-haul trucking rates slide and operating costs for small, independent motor carriers rise.
Drayage
Brokerage model offers post-AB5 path in California
Peter Tirschwell |
Some California trucking companies have already taken the brokerage plunge, enabling them to contract at arm’s length with independent truckers who have set themselves up as single-truck carriers.
Drayage
Delays rise at Ontario rail ramps amid surge in Vancouver volumes
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Canada’s Class I railroads have been dealing with a surge of freight from Vancouver that has taxed a shrinking pool of available truckers across the country in Ontario.
North-American rail
Drayage
New KlearNow product ties customs to drayage network
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Customs software provider KlearNow has added a drayage service to its product in order to sync cargo availability to capacity from its network of dray providers.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
Freight shuttle developer eyes Houston port for first roll-out
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Amid supply chain gridlock throughout the US, the Port of Houston has signed an agreement to investigate the potential use of an electric rail shuttle system for inland container movement.
North American ports
Drayage
Wan Hai pays $850,000 fine to settle FMC detention case
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
For the second time in two weeks, a container line has been assessed a US civil penalty for collecting detention fees last year when it allegedly did not provide drayage providers with a means to return empty containers.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Drayage
Container lines
Maritime
Asian freight surge puts pressure on NY-NJ empty box returns
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Seven ocean carriers blocked empty container returns to New York-New Jersey marine terminals last week as import volumes swell due to West Coast freight diversions.
North American ports
Drayage
Carriers see progress in US empties sweeps, but issues remain
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Ocean carriers say they have swept more of the empty containers that have plagued truckers who have had to make extra trips further away from ports to store the boxes.
North American ports
Drayage
NY-NJ truckers say off-dock empty box returns adding to costs
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Truckers working the Port of New York and New Jersey say they are not always being paid enough for increasingly longer trips away from the port to deliver empty containers.
North American ports
Drayage
TRAC taps startup US chassis maker amid ongoing shortage
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Intermodal equipment provider TRAC is turning to a one-year-old US chassis manufacturer as it seeks to increase its fleet of marine container chassis.
Drayage
Truckers, shippers unite on California bill targeting ocean fees
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
The Harbor Trucking Association and other California groups are backing proposed legislation that would strengthen an existing law that limits the circumstances when container fees can be charged.
Drayage
Yang Ming waives import box fees, but empties the issue: truckers
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Yang Ming is extending waivers on fees related to import containers lingering at marine terminals because of congestion, which truckers claim is due to empty boxes.
Container lines
Drayage
Drayage provider NEXT adds to LA-LB peel pile options
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Drayage provider NEXT Trucking is piloting a peel pile program in Southern California that links vessel stowage at origin with quick unloading of containers at warehouse destinations to narrow total transit times for shipments.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
Container lines
Drayage industry pioneer Bob Curry Sr. dead at 90
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Bob Curry Sr., a drayage industry pioneer who grew Cal Cartage from a Southern California less-than-truckload operator to a logistics provider for the container shipping industry throughout the US, died last week at 90.
Drayage
Canada-bound truck freight drops 10 percent amid protests
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Visibility software company FourKites is tracking a drop in cargo volumes and on-time performance in northbound shipments as protesting Canadian truck drivers bring more disruption to the US-Canadian border.
Truckload
LTL
Drayage
Shift in drayage drivers tightening capacity
William B. Cassidy and Ari Ashe, Senior Editors |
A historic drayage capacity shift from larger carriers to small companies and owner-operators is complicating efforts by importers to secure capacity and move containers inland.
Drayage
Singapore drayage tech provider snares expansion investment
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Singapore-based drayage technology provider Haulio has landed an investment that it plans to use to grow its footprint in Southeast Asia.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
Trucking News
Outlook 2022: Houston port pushes infrastructure plans to keep ahead of growth
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Houston is seeing a surge in imports thanks to the upsizing of vessel services from Asia as other Gulf Coast ports look for a similar uplift.
Maritime
North American ports
Breakbulk ports
Drayage
Holidays, Omicron hit NY-NJ berth capacity at start of 2022
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
The port of New York and New Jersey saw more ships wait longer for an open berth to start 2022 as holidays and the Omicron outbreak dealt a swift hit to port-wide capacity.
North American ports
Drayage
Outlook 2022: US Southeast ports lay groundwork for congestion mitigation
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Several Southeast ports will expand container capacity in 2022, but the question for most is when will Savannah clear all the anchored vessels outside its harbor?
Maritime
Intermodal providers
Drayage
RoadOne expands dedicated trucking network
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The acquisition of EHS Trucking allows RoadOne to connect East Coast and Midwest intermodal and truckload operations.
Trucking News
Drayage
Chicago spot truck rates surging from East, Gulf coast ports
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Increases in spot truckload rates to Chicago from eastern US ports are outpacing rate hikes off the West Coast, as the spot market enters 2022 at record price levels amid “extraordinary” demand.
Truckload
North American ports
Drayage
Drayage appointment tech gaining traction in LA-LB amid record congestion
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Technology systems used to identify first available empty return appointments at Los Angeles and Long Beach container terminals may be a key in unlocking congestion in the key import gateway.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
K+N taps Blume Global to manage US drayage puzzle
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Kuehne + Nagel and Blume Global are partnering to provide the forwarder a way to manage existing and potential drayage partners in a more efficient manner as shippers focus on their needs at destination.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
Startup targeting logistics messaging nabs $1.3 million investment
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Vendorflow, a new platform to harmonize communications between logistics providers and the carriers they use, has secured funding from a range of venture capital investors with previous logistics expertise.
Logistics Technology News
Truck brokers
Drayage
Drawbacks of email at center of Mohawk-MSC demurrage fight
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
A demurrage dispute between a New York customs broker and Mediterranean Shipping Co. unmasks the degree to which key communication of shipment milestones is overly reliant on email.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
Logistics investors plunge cash into ‘proof of delivery’ tech startup
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Taking aim at a lack of proof-of-delivery certainty in global logistics, Clockwork Logistics Systems has received financial backing from a range of logistics-focused investors.
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
RoadOne acquires eastern US drayage operator
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
National drayage operator RoadOne is filling in gaps in its service network through acquisitions, and expanding transloading services as container backlogs build up at ports.
Drayage
Ocean delays lengthening already stretched US inland transits
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A rising tide of late shipments in the trans-Pacific trade is tying knots in US surface transportation networks and increasing the need for safety stock.
Drayage
LTL
Maritime
Chassis tire issues hitting Gulf Coast, Midwest drayage
Michael Angell, Associate Editor |
Motor carriers say that chassis providers need to step up efforts to replace older, bias ply tires with radial tires as blowouts and repairs increase in the summer months, further crimping tight equipment supply.
Drayage
EDRAY gets $7 million boost from investor Leto
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Technology provider EDRAY, flush with new funding, has expanded its range of solutions to include a drayage marketplace and visibility tools.
Logistics Technology News
North American ports
Drayage
EDRAY gets $7 million boost from investor Leto
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Technology provider EDRAY, flush with new funding, has expanded its range of solutions to include a drayage marketplace and visibility tools.
Logistics Technology News
North American ports
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