TCA executive David Heller sees the trucking industry as having made the necessary adjustments to deal with the Baltimore harbor closure.
Regulators are weighing more options to help truckers deal with hours-of-service issues as congestion clogs highway arteries in the Northeast.
In this edition: The aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge destruction, and UPS and the U.S. Postal Service form a partnership.
Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine, the companies that own and manage the cargo ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, want a federal court to limit their liability in the deadly disaster.
The MV Dali container ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was involved in a collision in 2016.
Divers recovered the bodies of two men who died when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a cargo ship crashed into it.
The Port of Baltimore’s indefinite closure could cost the state of Maryland as much as $1 billion in total value of goods and services, analysts say.
“The whole bridge just fell down!” an officer said on an emergency call as authorities raced to close the Francis Scott Key Bridge just before it was struck by a container ship.
Hauling autos into Baltimore is a big business that is going to scale back dramatically in coming weeks and months.
The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could significantly disrupt supply chains as shippers and carriers scramble to relocate shipping services to other East Coast ports.
President Joe Biden said he’s not waiting on foreign ship companies before getting the Port of Baltimore up and running.
Early Tuesday, a container ship collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore caused a major collapse, leading to a halt in port operations and creating severe traffic disruptions.
Ocean carrier Zim will increase the frequency and size of ships used for its e-commerce Baltimore Express service.
Last week saw a number of updates on port infrastructure funding and terminal project statuses.
The Federal Railroad Administration grant will be used to upgrade the intermodal rail yards at the Seagirt Marine Terminal.
Five hundred containers were removed from the Ever Forward to lighten its load and help salvage crews refloat the vessel stuck in Chesapeake Bay.
If at first you don’t succeed, switch to plan B.
The refloating of the container ship stuck in Cheseapeake Bay could be a “long, laborious operation.”
Maritime authority Lars Jensen says the “reality is that vessels do at times get stuck and this is not an event with major global ramifications.”
The Coast Guard said it is working with the Maryland Department of the Environment to refloat the grounded Ever Forward.
Heightening the clearance of the Howard Street Tunnel will enable double-stacked trains to run in and out of the Port of Baltimore.
President Biden was Professor Biden at the Port of Baltimore, explaining Supply Chain 101 to the American people.
The project to expand the Howard Street Tunnel has received federal environmental approvals, bringing the $466 million project closer to fruition. The expansion will enable the tunnel to accommodate double-stacked container trains, which could benefit the nearby Port of Baltimore.
Former Bethlehem Steel plant site at Sparrows Point, Maryland, attracts shippers and 3PLs to build Northeast distribution centers.
Bill Doyle has been steering the Dredging Contractors of America
Maryland port’s Seagirt Marine Terminal will not move cargo Monday and Tuesday.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen laying off 2,500 workers in the United States and Mexico, retiring and recycling about 15 vessels.
Baltimore terminal reduces working hours; Georgia ports brace for volume dive
Cars and containers also reach new benchmarks in 2019.
The state has enough funding to allow construction to proceed, but the details are still forthcoming.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) said Maryland has received a $125 million federal grant that the state hopes will lead to an expanded rail tunnel in Baltimore to allow for taller trains to travel to the Port of Baltimore.
Project first suggested in 2002 may yet go forward as Port of Baltimore vies for hinterland freight movements.
Record $1.5 billion in U.S. DOT grants “rebalance” investments into rural areas.
