Maher Terminals reports progress in recovery from severe delays that accompanied glitches in a new computer system, but CEO Gary Cross said additional ship calls may be subcontracted to other terminals this week in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Joseph Bonney
Joseph Bonney is senior editor with The Journal of Commerce. He is based in Newark, N.J.
E-mail Joe.
Connect with Joe on LinkedIn.
Follow Joe on Twitter.
Latest Tweets
JosephBonney said: Avg only 2,167 TEUs: RT @PeterTLeach: Clarksons: The 17 boxships of 38,066 TEUs sold for scapping in May bring YTD to 84 of 182,039 TEUs.
JosephBonney said: Baltimore employers sue ILA local, alleging illegal work stoppage in dispute over gang sizes. Baltimore Biz Journal: http://t.co/B8XN06TTBK
JosephBonney said: Maher extends free time, freezes demurrage thru Wednesday as it clears backlog after cutover to new operating system. http://t.co/3OS7rR4ab8
JosephBonney said: Long truck lines as Maher reopens in NYNJ after rough changeover to new computers. Truckers want extended free time. http://t.co/L4lcIirx6k
JosephBonney said: Credit Suisse: Carriers' hopes for Asia-Europe and transPac rate hikes July 1 appear doomed to disappointment. Too much capacity, they say.
JosephBonney said: Jeffries analysts' report: Contraction in China's exports "may leave capacity discipline as the only option for carriers to push up rates."
JosephBonney said: Virginia port to halt work for 4 hours June 12 so employers can make case for smaller gangs in ILA local contract. http://t.co/A2Wle3TvPY
JosephBonney said: Fascinating Fortune article with big supply-chain implications: "Amazon's (not-so-secret) war on taxes" http://t.co/e4U6NRwH1x
JosephBonney said: Owner-operator port drivers air complaints at Teamster-sponsored forum in Savannah. http://t.co/Vd6n3w4XlB
JosephBonney said: Sentencing of Frank Peake, ex-Sea Star CEO convicted in Jan. of antitrust conspiracy in Puerto Rico trade, has been postponed till Aug. 23.
More from Joseph Bonney
U.S. containerized exports could exceed imports during certain months as soon as 2016 and on an annual basis by 2020, Walter Kemmsies, chief economist at Moffatt & Nichol, told the annual meeting...
Delays continued at Maher Terminals for a fifth consecutive day today, forcing truckers to wait in long lines at the Port
Some agriculture shippers say they'd consider paying slightly higher rates if container lines could provide better reliability and service.
After more than a decade of frustration and delays, the Coast Guard is pressing on with efforts to turn the much-maligned Transportation Worker Identification Credential into more than a pricey photo...
Container ship lines are supporting a state legislative effort to repeal a cargo facilities charge that carriers say is costing them millions of dollars a year at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
The New York Shipping Association and the International Longshoremen’s Association are in the early stages of implementing a new contract that targets high costs and low productivity at the Port of...
A New Jersey legislative bill seeks to eliminate a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cargo facility charge that container ship lines complain is costing them millions of dollars a year.
Every month’s dose of inventory data produces a flood of analysis and opinions about what it means. Are stockpiles too high or too low? Do companies need to reorder? Are they optimistic or...
Wastepaper is a bedrock of U.S. exports, accounting for more than 20 of the top 100 U.S. exporters of containerized cargo and more than 15 percent of total export containers. That’s unlikely to...
One step forward, a half-step backward. That’s expected to be the story of the U.S. economy, and containerized imports and exports, through the rest of 2013.
More on JOC
Jun 5, 2013 2:00PM EDT