Last year the increase in emissions at the Port of Los Angeles was due to the extreme congestion at the port. ships were stacked up nearby, waiting to unload. And congestion in the terminals also created more truck waiting.
Fortunately, the particulates and lesser pollutants did not rise too much, and ramain=ed below the target levels.
We can expect improvement in 2022, because of the congestion relief we are seeing now.
Marcus Hand | Oct 07, 2022
Emissions soar at Port of Los Angeles in 2021
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Tagged container shipping, emissions, Logistics, ocean shipping, ports, scorecard, sustainability
The Port of Houston is quickly becoming a major container import location. but some congestion is occurring and the dwell time of containers is increasing to close to 6 days, causing slowdowns in the yards. The port has adopted a plan to apply a dwell time fee for containers left beyond 6 days. It has not been actually enabled yet.
The port has also extended gate hours to allow drivers to access the yard over a longer period. We will see how many want to use the extended hours. At Los Angeles, the extended gate hours were not so successful, even with reduced charges for the extra time periods.
September 20, 2022 By Margherita Bruno
Port of Houston mulls dwell measures to cope with record-breaking volumes – Port Technology International
Posted in Logistics, Ports, Shipping, Supply Chains
Tagged container shipping, disruptions, dwell time, Logistics, port congestion, ports, supply chains
This discussion of a recent UNCTAD paper by Mikael Lind and Wolfgang Lehmacher sheds light on the complex problems facing shipping in the path to decarbonization. It spawned a whole chain of searches for me, to find out more about what some visionaries in the field are saying.
Admittedly seeing the future is fraught with risk. Scenario analysis gives one a sort of lay of the land. The article shows clearly how partnerships are essential since the problem is bigger than any one firm or country.
Read the article, and follow some of the links; you’ll be rewarded with a view of the problems the maritime industry faces to decarbonize.
Nick Savvides 20/09/2022
Supply chain decarbonisation needs partnerships to create a reaction – The Loadstar
Posted in Logistics, Shipping, Sustainability
Tagged carbon emissions, decarbonization, emissions, Logistics, maritime, ocean shipping, ports
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