Tag Archives: ports

California Sustainable Freight Action Plan

California has released its Sustainable Freight Action Plan. It’s a great project, and as usual, the state is a leader, here making significant moves guiding improvement in the freight transportation triple bottom line.

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Source: California Sustainable Freight Action Plan  Read it online at the link. Here’s the actual plan:  pdf-icon-logo1  cfmp_appendix-complete

screenshot-metrans CITT logo 2016-05-23 10-59-49   Here’s a white paper from California State University Long Beach which was used in the deliberations.  PDF icon logoFreight Efficiency White Papers_Final Version

Six carriers form THE new alliance

There’s a new alliance– THE alliance!  It’s signed, it’s for five years, and it seems real, though anyone may back out.  What’s interesting is their announced commitment to integration beyond the port.  We’ll see how that works out.  No sign yet of what they actually plan to do in that area.

THE Alliance formed of Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, K Line, NYK, MOL and Yang Ming, with Hyundai out in the cold

Source: Six carriers sign five-year agreement to form new alliance – but Hyundai must wait to join – The Loadstar

Rx: Port Decongestant

Fascinating viewpoint on the federal efforts to address problems at ports.  To me, it’s right on target. Wrong folks involved.  Think bigger, wider.

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The Secretary of Commerce received recommendations from her department’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC). The paper: Recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce Re…

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