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Searching for trucks, BCOs turn to dedicated drayage
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
<div>US beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) unable to arrange inland transportation are considering a new option — signing long-term contracts for dedicated drayage.</div>
Drayage
JNPT truckers strike over port productivity program
India Special Correspondent |
Truckers are unhappy with the administration of a key port productivity program at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru and are refusing to work.
International ports
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NY-NJ to start 'open choice' chassis pool
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The system's “interoperability,” which proponents argue will improve equipment utilization and allow a trucker to use any chassis between any start and stop location in the port area, is designed to aid terminal fluidity — a pivotal performance metric, as mega-ship calls pressure the gateway.
North American ports
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Analysis: US drayage shortage eases, but regional tightness persists
Lawrence Gross, president, Gross Transportation Consulting |
US shippers’ challenge in securing drayage capacity has eased since the peak eight weeks ago, but tightness persists in selected regions, and there are signs of more near-term difficulties.
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Long Beach pursues chassis support yard to boost fluidity
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Chassis support facilities are part of a larger trend, certainly on the US West Coast, to repurpose properties that may not be suitable for marine terminals for ancillary functions. Moreover, the ultimate goal, if achieved, would represent a business model advance for the sector.
North American ports
Trucking News
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FMC investigating canceled door deliveries
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The federal agency declined to elaborate on the identity of the beneficial cargo owners that issued these complaints or which ocean carriers received letters sent out on April 20.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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LA-LB project to boost velocity attracts $130 million
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Beneficial cargo owners and truckers in Los Angeles may experience improved cargo velocity and reduced gate congestion if a large container drayoff facility to be piloted at the Port of Los Angeles proves to be successful.
Port News
Drayage
Freight, asset ‘imbalance’ squeeze air cargo capacity
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Capacity problems abound on land and in the air, and experts say many of the solutions are the same, including earlier planning and sharing of forecasts by shippers.
Air Cargo
Drayage
Trucking News
LA-LB terminals weigh options to PierPass program
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
PierPass has its supporters and detractors, but port users agree that the largest US gateway could not handle 17 million TEU per year without a regular schedule of night and weekend gates.
North American ports
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Despite record volume, LA-LB productivity stable
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The latest LA-LB metrics show that extended gates, appointments, and improved cargo-delivery processes are working despite record volumes.
Marine terminals
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E*DRAY aims to get cargo from terminal to shippers quicker
Ari Ashe, Senior Editor |
The US trucking community has officially launched a digital platform that, if successful, would quicken the supply chain by creating a network of draymen capable of moving containers in a more efficient manner.
Trucking News
Logistics Technology News
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Addressing dislocation, DCLI shifts chassis to Chicago
Ari Ashe, Associate Editor |
Acknowledging chassis dislocation in Chicago this winter due to train delays, the company plans to move up to 1,600 chassis from the south Atlantic and Northeast to compensate.
Drayage
NY-NJ terminal upgrade’s goal is 25 percent turn time reduction
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The rapid progress of a $500 million upgrade at the Port of New York and New Jersey's Port Newark Container Terminal could attract shippers that are closely focused on speed and efficiency in getting containers in or out of a terminal, especially regarding boxes moving by rail.
North American ports
Drayage
Chicago intermodal rail delays ‘unprecedented’ since January
Ari Ashe, Associate Editor |
Although not limited to Chicago, the top US freight hub has been cited for the most severe gridlock and so much drayage demand that some motor carriers will not accept new customers until April.
North-American rail
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US drayage drivers: Little resistance to rate hikes
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Harbor truckers across the United States are increasing their drayage rates for beneficial cargo owners and shipping lines, due to increased driver and staff costs, driver shortages, congested marine terminals, and the electronic logging device requirement.
Trucking News
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Seattle-Tacoma assures drayage capacity in deal with drivers
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
<p>Northwest Seaport Alliance reahes compromise deal with owner-operators.</p>
North American ports
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Savannah, Charleston ports to launch new chassis pool
Peter Tirschwell |
The creation was propelled by need: the supply from chassis providers has not kept pace with the explosive growth at the region’s ports, a Georgia official said.
Drayage
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Port of Virginia sets date for NIT trucker appointments
Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
Virginia is the latest US port to introduce appointment systems for truckers as marine terminals try to better handle the import surges caused by mega-ship calls.
North American ports
Drayage
US trucking’s uncharted ELD rollout stings shippers
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Expected and unexpected challenges have marked the start of the electronic logging device mandate era — magnifying shipper concerns about inadequate truck capacity and rising rates.
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LA-LB tech’s quest: More trucker dual transactions
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truckers seek “dual transactions,” or revenue moves in both directions and at LA-LB, technology will play a key role in achieving that goal, which will also reduce turn times — getting cargo to its destination quicker.
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Logistic operations move closer to US docks
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Beneficial cargo owners see the advantage of warehouse space closer to the port, but that locale is not without a downside.
Supply chain
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Breakbulk News
Intermodal drayage market tightens more in frigid US cities
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Extended, frigid weather and high freight demand have collided in the US heartland’s freight hub, squeezing an already tight drayage market.
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Chassis sector eyes reforms to end fragmentation
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Nearly nine years after ocean carriers began transferring their chassis to lessors, beneficial cargo owners, truckers, and other supply chain participants are still wrestling with issues of cost, control, and choice, amid a fragmented system.
Truckload
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Rail News
Port of NY-NJ bans pre-1996 trucks Jan. 1
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The prohibition of engines dated 1994 or 1995, replaced a proposal that — until it was pulled two years ago — would have banned more than 4,000 trucks with engines dated 2007 or older.
North American ports
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Drayage
Without volume to warrant double shifts, US ports extend gates
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
“The question is how to pay for them.”
Marine terminals
North American ports
Drayage
Teamsters claim Charleston dray drivers unionizing win
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Teamsters said it hopes the vote will lay the groundwork for other victories in the union’s uphill, decade-long effort to organize US port drayage.
Drayage
Trucking labor
LA-LB big data drive to wring productivity from existing assets
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The ports and their stakeholders are using big data and data sharing to drive process improvements for trucker appointments, chassis management, and extended gate hours.
North American ports
Logistics Technology News
Drayage
NY-NJ truckers wary as chassis depot exits APM Terminals
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
Providing a smooth pick up and drop off of chassis is seen by port stakeholders as key to the port’s future efficiency.
North American ports
Drayage
Marine terminals
Miami terminal back to normal after brief driver protest
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Truckers who last week had complained of delays they said had stretched to several hours in some cases said the terminal now is turning around trucks in less than 90 minutes.
North American ports
Drayage
Hamburg rolls out new container slot booking system
Greg Knowler, Europe Editor |
A time slot booking system has been launched at Hamburg as the port tries to smooth out the spikes caused by increasing mega-ship calls.
International ports
Trucking News
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Thanksgiving marks escalation of LA-LB trucker fees
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Truckers in LA-LB, and increasingly at other ports, are charging beneficial cargo owner customers for excessive time their drivers spend at congested marine terminals.
Marine terminals
Drayage
Chassis providers push for 'open choice' for BCOs
Peter Tirschwell |
The competitive service contract market has required major international carriers to make chassis available to many customers, despite carriers' vision to end chassis provision.
Container lines
Marine terminals
Drayage
Trucker strike cripples DP World Cochin supply chains
India Special Correspondent |
Hundreds of containers are stranded at the terminal and off-site yards.
International ports
Drayage
Infographic: Clean air progress at LA-LB ports
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
<p>The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Nov. 2 approved new zero and near-zero emission guidelines.</p>
North American ports
Marine terminals
Drayage
LA-LB clean-air rules set to become US port industry norm
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The 2017 Clean Air Action Plan that the ports adopted this week is an environmental document that will guide investment decisions by terminal operators and motor carriers in Southern California for the next 20 years.
North American ports
Marine terminals
Drayage
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Houston port plans more night gates despite slow start
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Houston is adjusting operations and investing heavily in infrastructure to meet heightened competition for US resin exports.
North American ports
Trucking News
Drayage
Congressional bills seek to overhaul US port trucking
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Latest Teamsters organizing effort focuses on changing owner-operator model and federal pollution rules governing ports.
Trucking labor
Drayage
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Russel A. Graef, president of ContainerPort Group, dies at 70
JOC Staff |
Graef helped establish CPG in 1971.
Drayage
DCLI snags TRAC’s domestic chassis fleet
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
The second-largest US provider of chassis, Direct ChassisLink Inc., has agreed to acquire the domestic fleet of the sector’s top provider.
Truckload
Drayage
Continued innovation needed to defeat LA-LB congestion
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The ports’ sheer volume of cargo, and more importantly, the container moves per vessel call, are where the problem starts.
North American ports
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