port congestion

President Biden was Professor Biden at the Port of Baltimore, explaining Supply Chain 101 to the American people.

Just five days before emergency SoCal container fee is set to begin, offshore traffic jam reaches new heights.

Lawmakers have introduced bills that would tap into unspent COVID-19 relief funds to help compensate vessel owners looking to reroute ships away from choked Southern California ports.

President Biden got input Tuesday from express carriers and large retailers on the supply chain crisis.

The Biden administration is racing to cut red tape so the government can expedite port and freight transportation infrastructure investments.

Lack of data sharing regarding nonscheduled vessels is adding to the congestion in San Pedro Bay and impacting the ability to plan for container processing.

As the holidays loom, a congressman wants to eliminate legal hurdles banning 18-to-20-year-old truck drivers from moving containers in and out of ports.

Private marine terminals in Tacoma are putting more pressure on importers to pick up containers that are left for weeks and choking the movement of cargo.

A trucking trade group is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to enforce a state law to prevent terminal operators and ocean carriers from charging excessive per-diem and demurrage fees and using port truckers as “a convenient ATM to bolster their profits.”

California congestion hits charter rates as ship operators waste millions waiting to get to terminals.

A whopping 40,000 of those containers have been at the Port of LA for nine-plus days, which is considered lingering.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are turning into makeshift warehouses. Officials hope new fines on lingering cargo will end the practice.

TCA and Blume Global will present a free webinar on the current congestion at the ports and how digitization can help ease the backlog.

Amid global shipping congestion, GEODIS urges importers not to overlook their customs responsibilities.

The Port of Los Angeles is hoping to scare the freight community into more efficient behavior with big fines for the slow retrieval of containers.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach haven’t informed federal regulators yet about their plans to hit ocean carriers with big fees for excessive storage of containers.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are turning to heavy-handed tactics to address a container logjam that is gumming up supply chains.

Shippers, carriers and logistics companies aren’t getting many answers yet about hefty surcharges for lingering containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Companies stymied by the chip shortage have figured out a way to keep operating while cutting their losses.

The daily surcharge fines begin Monday, but there has been no immediate surge of container activity.