Category Archives: Ports

President Biden challenges private sector to tackle supply chain logjams

Posted on October 14, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Apparently the main action so far is to jawbone LA and Long Beach to open for more hours. The Executive Directors of the ports are in line with this.

But port governance gives them little actual power to open the terminals for longer hours. Ports are basically landlords, and have no operational control over the terminal operators, which are several different firms. It’s not clear what the Directors can do to change operations at these private firms.

Some announcements have been made, and it will be worth watching to see if any of the terminals do actually lengthen their hours of service. Doing so would help move cargo quicker, and that is certainly needed right now.

By Nick Savvides 14/10/2021

President Biden challenges private sector to tackle supply chain logjams – The Loadstar

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Cosco offers faster, intermodal, alternative Asia-US route via Canada

Posted on October 8, 2021 by | 1 comment

The Asia-Prince Rupert, BC-Chicago run has a new entry. The claim is that even with Chicago rail delays, it is faster than going to LA/Long Beach. That could be true.

There’s a discussion of it here.

With Canadian Rails trying to take over the KCY line in the US, the route could perform even better.

By Martina Li in Taiwan 08/10/2021

Cosco offers faster, intermodal, alternative Asia-US route via Canada – The Loadstar

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Secondary services suffer as carriers eye ‘container gold rush’ to the US

Posted on September 15, 2021 by | 1 comment

Oean carriers are redeploying ships from lower-paying to higher-paying routes, leaving some with no way to transport their goods. The article explains how ships are being reassigned, leaving too few ships on a route to keep the schedule going. Give it a look!

Currently, they are adding ships to the Asia-US routes which charge over $10,000 per container. They are leaving routes that charge on the order of $2000 per container.

You can see why they are doing it. They can get away with it because ships are only bound by the laws of the country they are flagged in. Most of these laws are weak. Port countries do have some say, but only the major world port countries can do much to change the behavior of the liners. And they would favor more ships for their key routes.

By Mike Wackett 15/09/2021

Secondary services suffer as carriers eye ‘container gold rush’ to the US – The Loadstar

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