Port News

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.

Mexico's port of Tuxpan has found a niche offering an alternative to truck and rail on cross-border trade, as the port seeks to fulfill its potential.

Many variables have affected capacity, but heightened economic activity has been the main factor squeezing US capacity since 2017.

The gridlock is another example of how a small piece of equipment can cause havoc to the supply chain.

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.

An unpredictable influx of tariff-related freight has constricted chassis supply, emphasizing the need for new solutions.

Trucking logistics stakeholders are debating: do ocean carriers really incur an operating expense per street turn, or is it an excuse?

Bangladesh shippers have nearly tapped out containerized rail capacity on the Chittagong-Dhaka route.

The Competition Commission of India has found merit in concerns expressed by PSA International regarding inter-terminal rail operations at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

The intermodal sector enters 2019 with cautious optimism amid adequate US economic growth; however, factors point toward more-competitive conditions.

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.

The summer/autumn beat-the-tariff front-loading of imports to West Coast ports is now spreading inland.

For the new fee, the port promises timelier inspections and fewer detention and demurrage charges.

A slew of upgrades, efficiency improvements, and new services are all aimed at boosting business.

Oaktree, primary shareholder of now-insolvent Hansa Heavy Lift, in January became a key partner with Kansas-based transportation provider Watco Companies.

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.

The cause of the extreme gridlock at Los Angeles-Long Beach is manifold.

APM Terminals' proactive, customer-support measures are netting substantial results.

Nuisances are popping up that irk port authorities and customs brokers.

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.

The history of and the battle between trailers and containers parallels the history of US transportation.

Shippers that export goods from Mexico may find the process faster and more reliable under a blockchain project in development at the port of Veracruz.

The alliance of Hongkong International Terminals, Modern Terminals, COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong), and Asia Container Terminals is aimed at improving terminal utilization and efficiency.

Chassis supplies are low at the Port of New York and New Jersey due to high cargo volumes and chassis dwell times.

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.

A host of technology providers in the North American surface transportation space have released tools to access previously hidden capacity.

IANA believes its educational guide can become a standard textbook for the chassis industry.

Competitors demonstrate that West Coast ports need to efficiently transfer containers to trucks and trains, as well ship-to-port, to retain shipper business.

Truckers and shippers complain that it’s taken weeks to get containerized imports.

The company's chief operating officer said tech innovations helped achieve the strong performance.

A general strike began Tuesday morning.

Shippers are concerned that they will pay for service consolidation.

A space shortage from high tariff-threat-induced volume has prompted shippers and 3PLs to seek alternative, nearby container space.

It’s the fourth terminal in the port’s rail system.

A passel of newly finished and ongoing projects aim to smooth the trucking of cargo in the Northeast US.

Excessive rail dwell times continue to be a problem.

PSA said two factors are driving the railed cargo and transshipment handling improvement.

The Shenzhen port of Shekou has opened a consolidation center that will ease customs restrictions on China's growing LCL cargo imports.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific increased for the second straight week.

When imports increased strongly last summer, due in part to front-loading of shipments to get ahead of the Trump administration’s tariffs on China, spot rates soared by more than $1,000 to each coast.