Port of Long Beach

U.S. ports have seen “month-over-month strength across multiple business segments.”

“Not only are we at the height of the Christmas season, but we’re at the height of the Y2K concern as well. Importers and major trading houses are trying to move their goods now to beat any chance of problems with the changeover to the new millennium.”

Nearly 700 dockworkers in California have COVID. Hundreds more are out due to quarantines. Pleas for fast-track vaccinations intensify.

FreightWaves identifies importers who use the Asia-West Coast service.

The 8,113,315 TEUs moved in 2020 stacked up as a record year for the Port of Long Beach.

CIEM’s Pioneer Chassis is gearing up to play a key role in squelching port bottlenecks and filling the chassis shortage gap.

There are more container ships stuck off California than at any time since 2004. What’s behind the pileup? When can it be cleared?

Like clockwork, liner operators sharply reduce their sailings each year during the Chinese New Year holiday. Not in 2021.

Cranes arrive, environmental prizes are awarded and cruise ships are welcomed.

Asia-U.S. container rates had held firm at a record high since September. Now they’re on the move again — and headed even higher.

The World Shipping Council responds to assertions from FMC commissioners of potential Shipping Act violations.

Ocean carrier Maersk says it is “working closely with the Agriculture Transportation Coalition and local trucking associations to address their concerns of equipment availability and detention and demurrage issues.”

Drugs valued at more than $411 million are offloaded at Port Everglades, and the new Long Beach bridge shines bright.

More than $32 million worth of fake Viagra pills, knockoff Air Jordans and other counterfeit products were found in shipments arriving from China, authorities said.

Container imports far exceed sales, raising concerns that 2020’s transport binge could lead to a big headache in 2021.

“Sharing this information is highly beneficial for the supply chain, especially as we cope with both seasonal and unanticipated peaks and valleys in cargo volume,” says Executive Director Mario Cordero.

Allegations of service and rate violations ocean carriers against U.S. exporters are increasing, according to FMC commissioners.

Container flows into U.S. ports have grown faster over the past three months than they have at any other time in the past decade.

Removal of dislodged containers is expected to take more than a month, and none of the 1,816 units that fell into the Pacific have been recovered.

Empty containers returning to Asia jumped 55% to 283,563 units.