Freight markets have entered their second year of extreme dislocation, brought on by record consumer spending and a transportation network that doesn’t have the labor or equipment to fill the need. A lack of openings on ocean sailing schedules, ships waiting longer to berth at the ports and delays unloading the freight once it has […]
How long does it take to build a container? The short answer is: The time is insignificant, a matter of hours including the automated process of putting the steel walls together and drying the paint. Containers are built at highly efficient and highly automated factories, virtually all of which are in China. Eight out of every […]
With a second wave of container dwell times and ships at anchor approaching record levels, congestion in Southern California will get worse over the next three months when import volumes are likely to set new records, according to the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles. “Volumes will be strong in the traditional peak […]
rucking’s age-old problem has been just that — the age of its drivers. The median age of a truck driver is 46, which is five years older than the national average for all workers. As more and more drivers — especially those in their 60s and 70s, of whom there are many on the road today — […]
Demand for trucking capacity in Southern California has been on a tear over the last four weeks owing to congestion at inland intermodal terminals, steamship lines and Class I railroads restricting the number of ocean containers flowing inland, and spot intermodal rates that have eclipsed short-term truckload pricing. Shippers nervous about containers sitting at the […]
Strong and sustained demand, combined with widespread supply chain disruption, has advanced the US trucking industry’s traditional peak season by months, tamping down the seasonality normally associated with July and August, according to analysts interviewed by JOC.com. They expect both spot and contract truckload rates to remain strong through the end of the year, even […]
Air cargo volumes increased 9.9% in June, capping the strongest annual first half for carriers since 2017 and giving the industry momentum heading into the traditional holiday shipping season, the International Air Transport Association reported Wednesday. The news was less sanguine for companies that ship goods and are looking for more space in a crowded […]
The Port of Corpus Christi and Howard Energy Partners are teaming to convert a natural gas refinery along the Gulf of Mexico into a carbon-neutral hydrogen production facility. The port and Howard Energy recently announced a memorandum of understanding under which Howard said it will capture its carbon emissions at its Javelina refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, according […]
Temperature-sensitive goods such as pharmaceuticals require special handling during transportation, as well as coolers or refrigerated containers. The equipment maintains a constant temperature and humidity during transit. The air cargo environment is especially challenging because there are multiple handoffs between parties, and during flight no one can intervene to adjust the temperature if the contents […]
South Carolina ports moved a record volume of containers in July, the first month of its 2021-2022 fiscal year. Chinese authorities on Wednesday closed a major container terminal at the Port of Ningbo after a dock worker tested positive for COVID, raising fears among traders that supply chain disruptions that occurred when Yantian terminal in […]
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