Einride will be building electric vehicle charging stations to support Maersk’s deployment of its E-truck, starting with a facility near the Port of Los Angeles.
Southern California ports are being hit by double-digit import drops as the COVID-19 cargo boom winds down.
Declining imports have led to fewer container ships waiting off ports, injecting more capacity into the market, a negative for spot rates.
East and Gulf coast ports handled more volume than ever before in August, pulling far ahead of West Coast rivals.
Executive Director Mario Cordero says the Port of Long Beach is “making great strides in reducing the number of ships queuing to enter the San Pedro Bay ports complex and quickly moving imports and empty containers out of the terminals.”
U.S. containerized imports are still near record highs, but not in Los Angeles, where they’ve fallen sharply.
The Georgia Ports Authority says the Navis system “eliminates data silos, improves velocity across our terminals and enables us to more easily integrate with our customers to provide the data and insights they need.”
California’s container-ship traffic jam is almost gone, replaced by stubbornly high backlogs off the East and Gulf coasts.
Importers have been shifting to the East Coast since 2021, but the full realization of this has peaked over the summer. The shifting import pattern has strong downstream effects for surface transportation providers.
The Mojave Inland Port could reduce congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Spot rates on most global shipping routes continue to fall. The trans-Atlantic market is the exception: It’s holding firm near its high.
U.S. imports accelerated in July, with inbound cargo from China reaching a year-to-date high, according to Descartes.
With East Coast ship queues high, port executive Gene Seroka says: “For cargo owners looking to rechart their course, come to Los Angeles.”
The drop in ships waiting off Southern California is deceiving. The number of ships off all three coasts is back to all-time highs.
Peak season imports are expected to remain strong but rail delays require ‘immediate’ attention, says Port of LA’s Gene Seroka.
Southern California ports can’t evacuate import containers fast enough. The backlog has yet again reached critical levels.
There were 125 container ships waiting offshore on Friday, including 36 off Savannah, 24 off Southern California and 20 each off Houston and New York.
The number of import containers sitting at LA/LB terminals for nine days or more has more than doubled since February.
America’s peak cargo importing season will start early this year, by the end of this month, says the Port of Los Angeles boss.
President Biden made his case for getting ocean carrier reform on the books by accusing ocean carriers of jacking up prices for consumers.
