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.
The daily surcharge fines begin Monday, but there has been no immediate surge of container activity.
Biden-backed plan to tackle container congestion could make logjam even worse, critics believe.
The Los Angeles/Long Beach cargo community is confused about punitive fees on ocean carriers designed to expedite the clearance of containers from marine terminals.
Company shoots out the lights in the third quarter with soaring profits and EPS.
To make room for more containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, UP and BNSF are offering incentives to ocean carrier customers to move out the containers already there. UP is also temporarily pausing westbound marine container movement to its Long Beach facility.
Upward of 2,000 empty containers are being sent to LA, potentially creating more burden on the congested port.
The port congestion crisis is Southern California is not getting any better.
Amazon Freight positioned to sneak its way into the brokerage world, Flock Freight’s unicorn status achievements, and how much is sitting off the coast of LA and Long Beach?
California port congestion is as bad as ever. Some imports have been stranded offshore for over a month.
The Biden administration is pushing industry to take immediate and long-term steps to get ports and intermodal transport working smoothly.
As freight congestion weakens transportation links, AskWaves looks at potential federal funding options for supporting a move to 24/7 operations.
A top Biden administration official believes securing data among supply chain competitors will be the key to rolling out a nationwide 24/7 strategy.
Every facet of the supply chain must be participating in an equal fashion in order to successfully complete the 90-day sprint.
Collaboraion is the future of 3pls, U.S. waterways widely under utilized, Seroka wants retailers to come pick up their shipments.
Big-box retailers, FedEx and UPS have detailed plans to speed up container processing at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Ahead of talks with President Biden, the ILWU is calling out foreign carriers’ focus on profits as a hurdle to solving supply chain disruptions.
Pullback in trans-Pacific shipping rates: beginning of the end or brief reprieve with end still not in sight?
Yes, despite the headaches, the ocean carriers are making boatloads of money.
