Global Gateways

California Increases Truck Weight Limits to Ease Port Snarls

November 17, 2021

California will increase weight limits for trucks carrying goods in and out of its ports in an effort to ease supply chain bottlenecks and clear containers off the docks of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Watch: The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

November 17, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Raul Alfonso, chief commercial officer with Port Tampa Bay, discusses how the pandemic and surge in consumer buying have motivated international shippers to seek alternative gateways, in order to avoid congestion at major port complexes.

L.A., Long Beach to Delay Start of Fee for Lingering Containers

November 15, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The $100-per-day fee for containers was put on hold until Nov. 22 because the ports have seen a “significant improvement in clearing import containers” in recent weeks.

Georgia Port Pins Hopes on Rail to Move 80,000 Containers

November 14, 2021

Bloomberg

At the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest U.S. trade gateways, containers are stacked up like colorful children’s building blocks stretching as far as the eye can see.

Smaller U.S. Ports Pitch for Cargo as California’s Logjams Swell

November 8, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S.’s busiest port complex in southern California has more demand than it can handle — and that’s left smaller hubs along the nation’s coastline angling for some of that business.

Texas Tells Cargo Ships to Join Tesla and ‘Escape California’

November 4, 2021

Bloomberg

A month after Texas poached Tesla Inc.’s headquarters from California, it’s now trying to attract freight carriers dealing with near-record backlogs at the U.S.’s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Ships Queues Worsen Port Delays From Singapore to Piraeus

November 3, 2021

Bloomberg

The pileup is the latest logistical knot in global supply chains, with satellite shipping data allowing for real-time monitoring of port issues globally.

West Coast Ports, Dockworkers Face 2022 Clash Amid Port Snarls

November 2, 2021

Bloomberg

With a near-record 75 container ships waiting outside the U.S.’s largest port complex in southern California, unionized dockworkers have strengthened their indispensable role in the supply chain.

U.S. Retail Lobby Sends S.O.S. to Congress on Supply Chain Chaos

October 27, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S.’s biggest retail lobby asked Congress to pass a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package as well as update shipping and trucking laws to ease a supply chain crisis that’s raising prices and causing shortages.

L.A. Ports Announce New Fees Aimed at Clearing Cargo

October 26, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

Under the new policy, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will charge ocean carriers for each container that falls into one of two categories.

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