East Coast ports

The Port of Savannah handled a record 5.6 million TEUs in 2021.

Containerized cargo volumes climbed in Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama

November volumes rose nearly 4% year-over-year, although on a sequential basis, volumes fell nearly 9% from October.

The board of commissioners for the Virginia Port Authority unanimously approved a $61.5 million construction bid for a project that would increase on-dock rail capacity to 1.1 million containers a year.

Fiscal year 2021 was a record year at the Port of Virginia, with an increase in loaded imports and volume growth for empty export boxes.

Fiscal year 2021 was not only a banner year for South Carolina Ports but also a roller coaster one as volume lows in July 2020 transitioned quickly to record number of TEUs handled.

Fleets on the East Coast need to make every attempt to maximize capacity and assets

Suez Canal accident aftermath: Extensive disruptions are ahead for key Asia-East Coast container shipping services.

Shippers are looking to speed up delivery and avoid long wait times by utilizing space on the East Coast. As a result, import volumes at eastern ports are on the rise.

National freight “outlook” is significant for states, municipalities and companies that may want federal money for rail or other transport projects.

Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.

Analysis concludes West Coast ports have lost 19.4% of market share since 2006.

Ship calls and volume expected to pick up in July, officials from South Carolina and New York/New Jersey ports tell the Agriculture Transportation Coalition

The trade war between the U.S. and China caused companies to adapt supply chains and the transportation of their products. Darren Prokop writes about those changes and their impacts.

Pricing data implies pendulum is swinging even more toward East Coast ports at expense of West Coast.

Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and COSCO will be the main market share “losers”, says Alphaliner.

Travel around the DuPont area of Washington remains snarled this morning as officials work to clear wreckage from the Amtrak derailment over Interstate 5, just south of Tacoma, that killed at least 3 people and injured dozens more.