October 4, 2022 | Headlines, Ports
(Source: CNBC, October 3, 2022) The Port of New York and New Jersey is moving ahead with new shipping container requirements for ocean carriers and fees for violations. The container late fee, which was originally to be implemented on Sept. 1, was delayed to allow for...
September 19, 2022 | Headlines, Ports
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 15, 2022) The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announced the Port of Savannah logged another record month in the port’s history with 575,513 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo handled in August, up 18.5% compared to...
September 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Ports, PSR
(Source: The Load Star, September 9, 2022) Strained supply chain infrastructure in the eastern and southern US raises questions about changes to Asian import flows, as rail services try to maintain cargo flow. Norfolk Southern (NS) is struggling to cope with container...
August 5, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports, PSR
(Source: CNBC, August 5, 2022) Port productivity remains a huge hurdle for the U.S. supply chain as billions of dollars of products are at anchor or landlocked, and a shift to use of East Coast ports over West Coast ports creates new pressures. Norfolk...
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Ports, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, August 3, 2022) The struggle by the freight railroads and their unions to reach consensus on a labor agreement comes at a time when it is already anyone’s guess how existing challenges in the supply chain will play out over the next several...
July 29, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Ports
(Source: Railway Age, July 27, 2022) BNSF is developing a new rail hub at the Port of Tacoma, Wash., in partnership with the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), “to meet increased intermodal demand in the greater Seattle region and unlock capacity,” the Class I...
July 20, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Ports, PSR, UP
(Source: Reuters, July 13, 2022) LOS ANGELES — Railroads and importers must remove cargo that is stacking up at the nation’s busiest seaport in Los Angeles to avoid exacerbating supply chain congestion, the port chief said on Wednesday. Full story:...
July 12, 2022 | Headlines, Ports, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Railway Age, July 9, 2022) NEW YORK — Compared with the intense examination to which Class I freight railroads have been subjected by the Surface Transportation Board and other industry stakeholders, dealing with the global COVID-19 pandemic was a relatively...
July 8, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Ports, PSR, UP
(Source: CNBC, July 8, 2022) Rail congestion from Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary BNSF and Union Pacific, the railroads servicing the West Coast ports, is getting worse and slowing down container processing at the nation’s largest port complex. Sixty percent of all...
June 30, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Ports, PSR
(Source: Progressive Farmer, June 27, 2022) Rail and port workers in the U.S. and Canada are in the midst of contract negotiations, and a failure to come to an agreement could be a disaster for West Coast ports and railroads. Currently, there are three major...
