In June 2022, the US Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA-22). This legislation prohibited ocean carriers from "unreasonably" refusing export cargo as well as "unreasonably" assessing demurrage and...
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CHOOSING GREEN
The Port of Oakland has several environmental initiatives coming to fruition. The port and TraPac are collaborating on upgraded terminal equipment to reduce emissions. TraPac will convert three rubber tire gantry (RTG)...
EXTRA, EXTRA
Sometimes a headline speaks volumes. Since we could not fit all the topics into this month's newsletter, we will give you a few headlines that stood out for one reason or another: Southern California Ports Struggle to...
29, 18, 4-14
Those numbers are not play calls on a football field. They are the number of ships idle in Los Angeles/Long Beach and Oakland as well as the number of days ships are waiting to berth in Oakland, in that order. The...
IMPORTANCE OF CALIFORNIA’S PORTS
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MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH…
While we argue about ballparks and cruise ships to house the homeless, the marine terminals on the east coast are slowly but surely whittling away market share. Ask your doctor online levitra canada if these...
BIG GREEN GOES GREEN
SSA's terminal in Oakland is going green. The terminal will retrofit thirteen rubber tire gantry cranes (aka transtainers or RTG's) to use hybrid power. While the cranes will have diesel power back up, they will run...
MORE ABOUT CALIFORNIA’S ARM
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been drawing up their Clean Air Action Plan 2.0. There are specific end goals in the plan (zero-emission trucks by 2035) but no clear intermediary steps or path to get...
BACK AT IT
After negotiations broke off in December over automation, the International Longshore Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are back at the table and are, reportedly, making good progress on...
THE LONG ARM OF CONGESTION
The effects of containers stacking up at West Coast ports is far-reaching. Inland rail depots in Chicago and Memphis are experiencing inconsistent surges of cargo. There are not enough trucks to move the containers out...