Topic: Ports

The Port of Oakland recently made two significant announcements having an impact on U.S. West Coast shippers' plans for Peak Season.

Entitled America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019, Senate EPW officials said this five-year, $287 billion bill includes $259 million for formula programs to maintain and repair United States roads and bridges. What’s more, they noted that the $287 billion tally represents a 27% increase over FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act levels.

当美国协会Port Authorities staged its port commissioners conference in San Francisco earlier this summer, attendees were keen on learning how to avoid being caught up in escalating policy disputes and high stakes disagreements—particularly on the U.S. West Coast.

The Port of Oakland announced today that Executive Director Chris Lytle would retire July 19, after 53 years in trade and transportation. Meanwhile, Lytle has agreed to remain as a consultant to the port through year-end.

SSA’s Oakland International Container Terminal said today its $6 million conversion to hybrid yard cranes would cut greenhouse gas emissions 96 percent.

In the wake on intense executive recruitment search, the American Association of Port Authorities has opted to name a former ocean carrier executive to become its next president and CEO.

Kurt Nagle, AAPA’s President and Chief Executive Officer, is concerned about the overall impact of additional Chinese tariffs on port-related jobs,

The threatened Trump Administration tariffs against Mexico would have negligible impact on the Port of Oakland – the nation’s largest ocean cargo gateway for agricultural exports.

When the 2019 USC Marshall Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit convenes this August, prominent executives from both San Pedro Bay ports will be the featured keynoters.

Truckers hauling Port of Oakland freight are getting in and out of town faster than ever.

Averitt said that this new location replaces a previous facility it operated for more than 20 years. The previous facility was 9,100 square-feet, whereas the new location is comprised of more than 123,000 square feet, including warehousing, office and cross-dock space.

万博2.0app下载物流管理集团新闻编辑杰夫·伯曼recently caught up with Bobby Harris, founder and CEO of Tampa, Fla.-based non asset-based 3PL BlueGrace Logistics about various topics within the freight transportation and logistics markets, including capacity, rates, and digital freight matching, among other topics. A transcript follows below.

A recent report issued by Fitch Ratings indicates that increased tariffs on bilateral U.S.-China goods trade may result in decreased traffic at certain U.S. ports. However, revenues are not likely to be similarly affected in the medium term, given the landlord-based operating model at many of the more exposed west coast ports.

A rare alliance in the ocean cargo industry – comprising shippers, terminals operators, dockside labor and port authorities – has taken form recently in response to problems posed by what will soon become the city’s sole remaining major professional sports franchise.

Bulk shipping operations could soon return to the Port of Oakland for the first time in 20 years.

Amid the constant change in trade agreements and protocols, logistics managers are faced with the daunting challenge of finding the right ports at the right moment. Analysts contend that the surge in imports to West Coast ocean cargo gateways may have been an aberration, as East and Gulf coast contenders are now grabbing market share.

POLA handled 736,466 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), marking the busiest April in the port’s 112-year history, topping April 2017, the previous April high, of 714,755 TEU, by 3%. Total POLB April volume, at 628,121 TEU, increased 1.6% annually, topping the previous best April volume performance from 2006, at 619,512 TEU.

On the eve of threatened tariff increases, all three major ocean cargo gateways in California are reporting record container throughput numbers for April.

北卡罗莱纳港口选择了船座陶瓷怪兽minal operating system to power its Wilmington and Morehead City port facilities and its inland terminal in Charlotte, NC.

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an updated “Strategic Plan” for the port, laying out key goals and objectives.