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The latest news and insight on the current state of U.S. Ports, including infrastructure investment, new services, labor issues, and global trade volumes.


POLA and POLB set respective September and third quarter volume records
创纪录的883625 Twenty-F普拉报告处理oot Equivalent Units (TEU), for the month, which marked a 13.3% annual increase, and POLB handled 795,580 TEU in September, for a 12.5% annual gain, setting a new record and topping the previous record of 753,081 TEU, which was set in July.

Q&A: Richard Howells, VP of Solution Marketing for SAP Digital Supply Chain
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Richard Howells, VP of Solution Marketing for SAP Digital Supply Chain. Howells provided a detailed overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted logistics and supply chain operations, as well as key aspects of inventory management, and what we may expect a year from now, among other topics.

Retail sales see solid increases in September, reports Commerce and NRF
Commerce reported that total September retail sales—at $549.3 billion—were up 1.9% over August and were up 5.4% annually. And NRF pointed to September retail sales, which were paced by apparel, continuing a V-shaped recovery from the pandemic, with sales growing for the fourth consecutive month.

Political football is the real game, when it comes to assessing transportation authorization
While the National Football League’s season is ostensibly on the brink of shuttering, due to the issues related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the game of political football inside the nation’s capital remains alive and well. That was made more than clear in late September, at the end of the fiscal year, when the White House signed a one-year continuing resolution for the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the five-year federal surface transportation authorization, which was...

Ongoing U.S.-bound import push remains intact, says Port Tracker report
Port Tracker reported for August, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S-based retail container ports handled 2.1 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), marking a 9.7% gain over July and an 8% annual increase. The report said that this is the highest tally for containers imported in a single month, going back to when NRF first started tracking imports in 2002.

Forward Air announces acquisition of Value Logistics
Forward Air officials said that the purchase price is $2.25 million, with Value Logistics generating roughly $6 million in annual revenues. The transaction, which Forward Air said will be funded from cash on hand, will be made official later this month.

More cargo at risk of diversion from U.S. West Coast to British Columbia?
A new Mercator study notes that U.S. West Coast ports have been experiencing a loss of market share of discretionary cargo to Vancouver and Prince Rupert for well over a decade.

White House issues one-year continuing resolution for the FAST Act
As the clock was ticking on the end of the fiscal year, with the immediate financial fate of the nation’s surface transportation authorization—the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act—set to expire on September 30, the White House stepped in and signed a continuing resolution today, which will run through September 30, 2021, to ensure that funding remains in place.

North American supply chains are impacted by labor disruptions in Canada
Following a strike by dockworkers that lasted for one month and paralyzed operations at the Port of Montreal in August and September of this year, Resilience360 research indicates that major ports both on the west and east coast of Canada continue to experience disruption ranging from port congestion to rail car shortages.

Despite challenges, California’s ports welcome surge in container throughput
Container throughput is robust at leading U.S. West Coast ports this season...but so is dwell time in SoCal

Port of Los Angeles optimizes inbound logistics
The Port of Los Angeles will begin distributing and publishing key dashboard data from Wabtec’s Port Optimizer™so that all supply chain stakeholders have easy access and can use the forward-looking information to better plan and prepare for inbound cargo.

A Labor Day good news story: Port of LA supports United Farm Workers during Covid-19 crisis
Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles observes that reaching out and assisting the United Farm Workers is directly aligned with his mission to help keep workers stay safe and assist in the re-emergence of our state and nation’s economy.

Resilience360 report outlines risks to Gulf ports
With the passage of Category 4 Hurricane Laura on August 27, Texas and Louisiana crude oil refineries and ports are currently assessing potential damages caused by the storm system and deciding when to begin reopening.

Port of Oakland’s new maritime chief talks logistics
When longtime shipping industry executive Bryan Brandes was named Maritime Director at the Port of Oakland last June, he quickly took the helm by leading a staff of 20 responsible for one of the nation’s 10 largest container gateways.

Quest for Quality 2020: North American Ports
Ports continue to raise their game during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Descartes Datamyne report looks at COVID-19 Impact on nation’s ports and supply chains
Ranking the Top 20 U.S. maritime ports by import volumes, the report offers a closer look at 2019 data and overall trends in U.S. imports, the impact of trade policy and tariff changes, supply chain and sourcing shifts and early indications of the trade impact of COVID-19.

California port stakeholders demand that state government keep gateways competitive
在最近写给州长Gavin Newsom signed by trade associations representing a broad cross-section of the California economy, “robust” movement of goods throughout the state cannot be understated.

Port of Long Beach reports disappointing container throughput numbers
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to drive down demand for goods in the second quarter of 2020, leading to an increase in canceled sailings and a decline in cargo containers shipped through the Port of Long Beach in June.

Port of Oakland imports up 1.9 percent in June
Port of Oakland loaded import volume grew 1.9 percent last month from June 2019, according to data released today.

Wake up call for West Coast ports: Savannah now ag export leader
The Port of Savannah's proximity to major producers, direct access via road and rail, broad global network and responsiveness to shipper needs have recently made it the top port in the nation for the export of containerized agricultural goods.


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