The plea to the Biden administration comes just days after the Pacific Maritime Association said the latest job action by dockworkers caused “significant delays” at some marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Shipping interests urge White House intervention in West Coast labor talks 

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US Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei went before Congress Thursday to field questions about the agency’s budget, slow-going rulemaking, and whether new amendments are needed for shipping reform. 

US House duo pledge OSRA fixes to boost FMC power

For carriers, accelerating the shift from existing fuel oil to a low-carbon fuel alternative could bring cost-saving benefits, according to Longspur Capital.

Fossil fuel price may outstrip green alternatives by 2025: research report 

Senior Editor

Intermodal providers say they are struggling to bring 53-foot containers into UP’s terminals in Chicago and nearby Joliet, causing delays of several days to move cargo to the West Coast.

UP shippers facing delays on key Chicago-LA corridor

Mississippi’s Gulfport is looking to add more container handling capability with Ports America planning to redevelop a shuttered terminal for cargo handling.

Ports America strikes deal to develop Gulfport container terminal 

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Ahead of a June deadline to issue new rulemaking on detention and demurrage billing, the Federal Maritime Commission is seeking clarity from carriers and terminals about billing shippers when container pickups and drop-offs are not possible.  

FMC querying carriers, terminals on free time billing practices

Any effort to dictate chassis pool models would reduce competition, innovation, and capital investment, making intermodal networks less resilient for the shippers and consumers who rely on them, writes the CEO of chassis provider DCLI.

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Avoid ‘one-size-fits-all’ business model for chassis use in US: DCLI CEO 

As we come to the end of a surge of historic proportions in terms of both scope and longevity, the only place for volumes to go, at least in the near term, is down.

Annual Review and Outlook

North American intermodal unlikely to rebound after 'disappointing' 2022

Carriers’ record container ship capacity on order is being led by MSC, which will grow its fleet – already the world’s largest – by almost 40 percent over the next two years.

MSC prepares for delivery of Hapag-Lloyd-sized orderbook 

The move by the carrier comes as the FMC is in the midst of a rulemaking process around detention and demurrage billing mandated by the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 last June. 

 Maersk shifts detention billing to consignees ahead of FMC regulation 

Norfolk Southern and the Port of Virginia are not only targeting importers using trans-Atlantic services from Europe and Asia, but also exporters moving goods through Memphis, such as the cotton industry.

New NS Norfolk-Memphis service aims to grab East Coast cargo shift

Retailers say their main concern right now is to avoid over-ordering product from factories in Asia until they get a better handle on consumer demand later this summer.

US imports to begin recovery, but remain well below 2022: retailers

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