Long-stalled West Coast port labor talks are showing no signs of progress, according to people familiar with the negotiations, extending uncertainty for U.S. retailers who rely on the coast to import goods from Asia. Shipping industry and Biden administration officials had hoped the talks, which began in May, would conclude last fall. But, people familiar […]
Read MoreLeads U.S. exports as operations stabilize following pandemic-induced import surges The Port of Long Beach marked its second-busiest year on record by moving 9.13 million twenty-foot equivalent units in 2022, allowing for a return to normal operations while once again serving as the nation’s leading export seaport. The Port ended 2022 with 9,133,657 TEUs moved, down 2.7% from 2021, […]
Read MoreThe ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced plans to phase out the program created to ease severe congestion on the West Coast. The container dwell fee policy will end on January 24, 2023. Neither port had ever issued the fee since it was announced on 25 October, 2021. The two ports […]
Read MorePort of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka expects labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will produce a deal by early February next year. “We’ll get through it in the early part of 2023,” Seroka said in an interview. “And then it’s a […]
Read MoreAPM Terminals (APMT) said the two largest container gateways in the U.S., Los Angeles-Long Beach and New York-New Jersey, are returning to pre-pandemic efficiency levels while noting it will take some time for ports along the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast to achieve more normal cargo flow. Leo Huisman, APMT’s managing director for the […]
Read MoreCollaboration aimed at decarbonizing ocean cargo transport The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, and C40 Cities have begun discussions to establish a green and digital shipping corridor between Singapore and the San Pedro Bay port complex. The corridor will focus on low- and zero-carbon ship […]
Read MoreThe tight U.S. chassis supply has been a contributing factor in port and rail congestion for more than a year. However, relief is coming, according to Bernard Vaughan, a U.S. chassis executive, who for decades served as the chief lawyer for chassis provider Flexi-Van Leasing. Vaughn, now principal at Vaughan Advisors, told the New […]
Read MoreIn a positive sign that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are finding common ground, comes the July 26th announcement that the two sides “… have reached a tentative agreement on health benefits, subject to other issues in the negotiations.” The ILWU/PMA announcement may be a signal […]
Read MoreContract talks started on May 10th between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the two parties who represent many of the companies and workers that keep U.S. West Coast ports running. WHO ARE the ILWU? Labor Union representing port workers on the U.S. West Coast. Members: More than 22,000 […]
Read More12% of U.S. gross domestic product is linked to cargo moving through the 29 West Coast ports. The stakes are particularly high at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which process 31% of waterborne containerized imports and exports in the U.S. The twin ports have long reigned as the ‘Asia gateway’ for imports […]
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