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Difficult solutions to US chassis chaos emerge
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Beneficial cargo owners pay the price when there is a chassis shortage, so what are the options to address these chronic issues? Each idea has some pros and cons for shippers.
Marine terminals
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JNPT cargo dwell time decreases substantially
India Special Correspondent |
Stakeholders at the public container gateway worked harder to improve efficiency, amid ever-challenging market conditions.
International ports
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LA-LB port congestion shows signs of ebbing
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Container and chassis dwell times in Los Angeles-Long Beach edged lower in December.
North American ports
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Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Storm to compound Chicago rail congestion
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Patience is the key right now, logistics professionals say, because many BCOs and truckers are dealing with the same challenges, caused by large volumes, a chassis shortage, and now Arctic cold.
North-American rail
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Oakland portal to post current truck turn times
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truck turn time information is the latest feature added to the Oakland portal.
North American ports
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Infographic: Where the US truck drivers are
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Since 2012, small trucking companies (100 trucks or fewer) have been hiring truck drivers twice as fast as large carriers (500+ trucks).
Trucking News
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NY-NJ truckers plead for port ‘backlog’ relief
JOC Team |
High cargo volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey and shortened workweeks due to the holidays have prompted the call for Saturday hours.
North American ports
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Congestion eases at UP’s Memphis ramp
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The congestion is subsiding, according to draymen and logistics providers.
North-American rail
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Faster supply chains creating US truck capacity
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Sharing information on shipments digitally will help companies make more efficient use of existing capacity.
Trucking News
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Infographic: Navigating LA-LB port pain points
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
With 12 container terminals handling more than 16 million TEU per year, including 30,000 gate moves per day, Los Angeles-Long Beach is the nation's most complex port environment.
North American ports
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Container lines
US truckload capacity pressure eases slowly
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Many variables have affected capacity, but heightened economic activity has been the main factor squeezing US capacity since 2017.
Truckload
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Memphis chassis shortage worsens
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The gridlock is another example of how a small piece of equipment can cause havoc to the supply chain.
North-American rail
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Venture capital focuses on tech for big BCOs
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The hefty capital injection for NEXT, announced Wednesday, places it among the biggest individual raisers of capital in the most recent wave of logistics technology startups.
Truck brokers
Logistics Technology News
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Long tail of US chassis shortage snaps shippers
JOC Staff |
An unpredictable influx of tariff-related freight has constricted chassis supply, emphasizing the need for new solutions.
Trucking News
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New fees spark US truck turn cost debate
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Trucking logistics stakeholders are debating: do ocean carriers really incur an operating expense per street turn, or is it an excuse?
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Challenges mount for US intermodal rail
Lawrence Gross, president, Gross Transportation Consulting |
The intermodal sector enters 2019 with cautious optimism amid adequate US economic growth; however, factors point toward more-competitive conditions.
North-American rail
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US regulators weigh truck HOS changes
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The 2019 regulatory schedule isn’t clear, but what is clear is that there will be many more hours of debate over truck driver hours of service.
Trucking News
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Container congestion ripples to US interior
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The summer/autumn beat-the-tariff front-loading of imports to West Coast ports is now spreading inland.
North-American rail
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Infographic: New US chassis model emerges
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
There are two popular operating models for running a chassis pool, but truckers want to create a third version they believe will improve cargo deliveries.
Trucking News
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LA-LB port set for another month of congestion
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The cause of the extreme gridlock at Los Angeles-Long Beach is manifold.
North American ports
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Trucking News
More equipment just part of US chassis solution
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
Chassis are one piece of the puzzle, and all parts must fit together in sync for the supply chain to remain smooth in the future.
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US intermodal’s last battle? Equipment types
Theodore Prince, chief operating officer, Tiger Cool Express |
The history of and the battle between trailers and containers parallels the history of US transportation.
North-American rail
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NY-NJ port volume surge makes chassis scarce
JOC Team |
Chassis supplies are low at the Port of New York and New Jersey due to high cargo volumes and chassis dwell times.
Marine terminals
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Container lines levy US street turn fees
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
At least two ocean carriers will initiate US street-turn fees next month to reduce administrative costs for this measure; truckers and BCOs say it will increase supply chain costs.
Container lines
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Technology’s true value for shippers? Finding capacity
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
A host of technology providers in the North American surface transportation space have released tools to access previously hidden capacity.
Logistics Technology News
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Guide lays path for better maintained chassis
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
IANA believes its educational guide can become a standard textbook for the chassis industry.
Trucking News
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APM Terminals promises NY-NJ relief
JOC Team |
Truckers and shippers complain that it’s taken weeks to get containerized imports.
Marine terminals
North American ports
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Shippers rush for LA-LB storage amid backlog
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
A space shortage from high tariff-threat-induced volume has prompted shippers and 3PLs to seek alternative, nearby container space.
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Infographic: Projects boost truck fluidity at NY-NJ port
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
A passel of newly finished and ongoing projects aim to smooth the trucking of cargo in the Northeast US.
North American ports
Trucking News
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Vancouver port fluidity improves, hurdles remain
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Excessive rail dwell times continue to be a problem.
International ports
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LA-LB terminals: Backlog will ease mid-January
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
A ‘perfect storm’ of factors combined so far this winter to create the LA-LB backlog.
North American ports
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NY-NJ port extends gates to handle backlog
JOC Team |
The extended gates, intended to clear a short-term logjam, come amid an ongoing debate among port stakeholders about whether the terminals should open for longer hours to improve cargo fluidity.
North American ports
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Trucking News
Chittagong yard to boost container storage tenfold
Bangladesh Special Correspondent |
With annual handling volume increasing substantially, Chittagong faces yard congestion throughout the year.
International ports
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Intermodal providers
Extended port gates come slowly to North America
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
As the initial experience indicates, North American port extended gates adoption, despite increasing container volume and truck congestion, is coming in fits and starts.
North American ports
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Virginia port’s faster truck system comes with cost
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
A reservation system is one tool to improve fluidity, according to port officials, but the trucking community believes restricting access is a step in the wrong direction.
North American ports
Trucking News
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Port of LA-LB pledges congestion relief
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The Los Angeles and Long Beach executive directors promised shippers and truckers they would deliver several action items within six months to relieve mounting congestion.
North American ports
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Trucking News
Glitches mar India's digital container portal
India Special Correspondent |
One shipping-trade group representing foreign carriers in trade to/from India, questioned why authorities went live with the revamped, single window system without an adequate trial-run process.
Logistics Technology News
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Truck turn-time data drive US port efficiencies
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
“We use the data to make efficiencies happen,” Weston LaBar, CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association, told the JOC Port Performance North America Conference this week in Newark, New Jersey.
North American ports
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Trucking News
Montreal port encourages off-hour cargo pickup
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Montreal’s extended gate hours have improved fluidity since their introduction in September. Now, amid rising volume and construction, among other factors, port officials would like to see the off-hours cargo pickup continue to trend higher to further decease congestion.
International ports
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What US truck shippers need to watch in 2019
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The electronic logging device transition period has passed and the trucking industry has found a new normal. On the rails, intermodal volume has grown each week, year over year, except week one. What do the aforementioned mean for rates and capacity for each?
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