U.S. Gulf ports

Lawmakers have introduced bills that would tap into unspent COVID-19 relief funds to help compensate vessel owners looking to reroute ships away from choked Southern California ports.

Direct ChassisLink has added 1,000 new chassis to the Gulf Coast region since its departure from the OCEMA Gulf Consolidated Chassis Pool earlier this year.

AAL Shipping, an operator of “mega-size” project cargo ships, expects rebound for smaller U.S. import and export project cargoes in 2021, if COVID-19 pandemic subsides later this year.