Topic: Ports

More evidence that West Coast ports are investing in infrastructure surfaced with the announcement that three cranes able to load the world’s largest container ships will soon be headed to the Port of Oakland.

One of the largest ships in the world, the MSC Isabella is part of a new class of 23,000+ TEUs sustainable container ships recently added to the MSC global shipping network. MSC Isabella’s arrival in Los Angeles marks its first time calling at a North American container port.

Longtime shipping industry executive Bryan Brandes has been named Maritime Director at the Port of Oakland.

Port of Oakland loaded container volume decreased 12.7 percent last month from May 2019 totals, according to data released today.

West Coast ports’ market share has declined 19.4 percent since 2006, a concerning trajectory that puts port and logistic jobs at increasing risk, according to a new briefing paper released recently by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA)

California’s leading outbound ocean cargo gateway had some good news to relate this week, as meat exports to Asia surged at the Port of Oakland.

世邦魏理仕的报告,entitled “Distribution Hubs Will Benefit from Increased Business Inventories & Supply Chain Restructuring,” said there could be a need for an additional 400 million-to-500 million square feet of industrial real estate space. That tally, according to CBRE Research, would be the rough equivalent of a 5% increase in business inventories.

North American ports generally have numerous safeguards and strong financial cushion on their side in being able to weather the sizable ripple effect of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report.

Navis captured some unexpected intelligence in its recent survey about the complexity of training from remote locations.

As COVID-19 remains prevalent around the world, terminals have had to adapt their business strategies to meet the challenges brought on by the pandemic, according to industry research done by Navis,

随着usn的慈爱离开洛杉矶港today for its home port of San Diego, City of Los Angeles officials praised her crew and frontline staff for boosting the city’s preparedness combatting the COVID-19 pandemic over the last seven weeks.

This year’s National Maritime Day theme, "Sound Off for National Maritime Day," focuses on the current COVID-19 global pandemic response and recovery effort.

April shipments—at 0.923—dropped 22.7% annually and trailed March by 15.1%, and expenditures——at 2.379—saw an 18.2% decline and were off 10.3% compared to May.

As the California Governor’s Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery begins to address the state’s economic recovery, transport industry leaders are urging its members to also consider the economic and job challenges facing its ports.

Logistics Management’s Jeff Berman recently caught up with Jonathan Gold, NRF Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy, about the Port Tracker Report and related retail supply chain developments.

A sprawling vessel service begins this week with 18 megaships linking the Port of Oakland to Asia, including Saudi Arabia. A highlight of the new service: the first-ever direct link between Oakland and the Middle East.

Last year at this time trade tensions were largely determining where cargo would go next—now it appears that those will be regarded as “the good old days.” To what extent container volumes will rebound across the board is subject to much speculation.

In letters to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Commissioners Carl W. Bentzel and Louis E. Sola urged Congressional leaders to consider a means to help alleviate and bridge the financial gaps that could jeopardize continued healthy operation of the nation’s domestic marine terminal industry and maritime transportation system.

Fewer container ships would likely mean less cargo at the Port of Oakland this spring. That was the message Oakland Maritime officials delivered to the Harbor Trucking Association last week.

Port of Oakland officials bid farewell tonight to the biggest ship ever to visit this city. They add that the 32-hour call of the MSC Anna is proceeding on schedule.