by Alex Pappas | Jul 17, 2015 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
FMC Report on U.S. Port Congestion – The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) released a report this week on U.S. Port Congestion. Below is an expert from the report citing chassis availability as a major issue. The lack of chassis availability emerged, alongside...
by Alex Pappas | Jan 30, 2015 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
State of the Port Long Beach – The Port of Long Beach hosted its annual State of the Port event on Thursday. Chief Executive of the Port, Jon Slangerup, focused on current and future development plans including the Middle Harbor Terminal project as well as a new...
by Alex Pappas | Jan 10, 2015 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
ILWU, PMA Both Call for Federal Mediator – This week, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) also agreed to the Pacific Maritime Association’s (PMA) call to get federal mediators involved in their contract negotiations. After months without much progress,...
by Alex Pappas | Oct 31, 2014 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
Congestion Continues for LA and Long Beach Ports – Learn more about the origins of the congestion problems occurring at the largest port complex in the U.S. CMA CGM Retrofitting Bows of 10 More Vessels – France based steamship line CMA CGM announced plans to...
by Alex Pappas | Jul 29, 2011 | Week in Global Logistics
Hazardous Cargo May Be Involved in South Korea Plane Crash – A cargo plane en route from Incheon, South Korea to Pudong, China crashed on Thursday after reporting a fire onboard. The plane’s cargo consisted of lithium-ion batteries as well as other hazardous...