Sources say what could be hundreds of containers are piling up in Harrisburg as an equipment shortage across multiple Norfolk Southern terminals in central and eastern Pennsylvania has slowed the flow of freight.
With dockworkers in Germany walking out and Dutch unions preparing to strike on Friday, the on-time performance of ocean carriers on Asia-Europe trade lanes has fallen to unprecedented lows.
The escalating tussle follows an advisory from Adani Ports eliminating the flexibility of ocean carriers to nominate off-site depots for the storage of empty containers shipped through Mundra from Sept. 1.
