Port of Long Beach

But Japan’s biggest shipping line looks to restart Long Beach service after summer hiatus.

Gebrüder Weiss announced Aug. 8 that Heinz Senger-Weiss, managing director of the Air & Sea division, is resigning at the end of the year “for personal reasons” and that it has hired Lothar Thoma. Headquartered in Austria, Gebrüder Weiss is a transportation and logistics company with more than 7,100 employees and 150 company-owned locations. “We […]

Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian, former president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., was indicted by federal court in Los Angeles for allegedly evading $1.8 billion antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum shipments.

As peak shipping season gets underway and more containers arrive at ports, the ability of North America marine terminals to handle the extra truck traffic is coming into sharper focus. This stems from the experience seen in 2018 when many drivers sat in long queues and shippers faced delays in retrieving their freight. The issue […]

APM Terminals reached a deal with the longshore union at the Port of Los Angeles to retrain dock workers in repairing the automated cargo handling equipment that will take their jobs. The deal further paves the way for the Maersk subsidiary to start a project to install electrical charging stations and to make other upgrades […]

Sudden surge in marine fuel costs could spur shippers to consider switch to California over Panama Canal route.

Mexico’s government wants to build a new marine terminal that could nearly double the annual volume of containers moving through the country’s busiest seaport. The Port of Manzanillo said the federal government is considering a $1.2 billion expansion for the port, which is located in the western state of Colima. The expansion would include the […]

Chris Lytle to retire from top job at Port of Oakland, leaving a 53-year legacy

Appeals court rejects CMA CGM’s attempt to avoid paying up.

The November 2019 contract is being bid at $2.01/mile and falling.

Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage for truckload and less-than-truckload freight, wants to bring the same level of automation to drayage, said Chief Executive Alex Ryu.  He said the new service […]

This article brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking U.S. West Coast ports want to boost drayage efficiency for the upcoming 2019 peak season. They aim to do so through greater use of appointment systems, extending gate hours and other changes to improve cargo and turn-time visibility. The moves are a preemptive strike against the […]

NEXT Trucking is opening a new drayage facility in a bid to speed up truck efficiency at the busiest seaport in the United States. The 18-acre facility, which is about 10 miles from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, increases container capacity for NEXT’s Relay program, which is designed to maximize drayage efficiency, […]

The Port of Los Angeles saw May container volumes grow at their best year-to-date level since January, even as empty containers still account for most of the growth. To keep volumes going, the seaport’s employees will face a changing workplace in the coming years as new technologies improve cargo fluidity, the port’s executive director said. […]

The Port of Long Beach can be a challenge for truckers, even during the slow season. But the port and its tenant marine terminals are looking to software to ease the fraught process of returning and picking containers.    Drayage drivers that navigate the 3,200-acre facility juggle different websites, appointment systems, and changing instructions on […]

Isuzu with partners Supreme and Delivery Concepts have introduced a truck body designed for craft brewers, complete with taps. Plus, ports seek alternative fuels, concerns over fracking, and Walmart pressures suppliers.

As the 2018 import overhang lingers for a while, box ship rates may also suffer.

Big ships come to U.S. even as backhaul cargoes still lacking, and truckers deal with terminal shut-outs and chassis imbalances.

Lawmakers heard how costly fees and equipment shortages along the supply chain are hurting exports.

The Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the commercial truck driving age and the Port of Long Beach sees near-record volumes.