<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Yusen Terminals in Los Angeles is already holding twice its normal inventory of rail containers and is draying some of the boxes to a near-dock storage yard to prevent the backlog from interfering with cargo handling operations.</p></div>

Yusen Terminals in Los Angeles is already holding twice its normal inventory of rail containers and is draying some of the boxes to a near-dock storage yard to prevent the backlog from interfering with cargo handling operations.

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<div><p>Rail container backlogs are mounting at some marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach amid a surge in imports from Asia that is driving a sharp increase in eastbound intermodal train movements and exacerbating a chronic deficit of railcars returning westbound. </p><p>Yusen Terminals in Los Angeles is already holding twice its normal inventory of rail containers and is draying some of the boxes to a near-dock storage yard to prevent the backlog from interfering with cargo handling operations. </p><p>“The eastbound dwell has built up to the point that we have to use near-dock storage space —...

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The $6 million influx into UK-based artificial intelligence technology provider Nexcade comes as the cost of building AI tools is likely to rise in the coming years.</p></div>

The $6 million influx into UK-based artificial intelligence technology provider Nexcade comes as the cost of building AI tools is likely to rise in the coming years.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>But this month will be the end of an early peak season that began in May and increased in intensity, according to the Global Port Tracker, with imports for August through November expected to be lower year over year.</p></div>

But this month will be the end of an early peak season that began in May and increased in intensity, according to the Global Port Tracker, with imports for August through November expected to be lower year over year.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The modest growth in domestic volumes the market has seen this year to date should be well within the sector’s capabilities to handle, but it’s far too soon to “declare victory,” writes Larry Gross.</p></div>

The modest growth in domestic volumes the market has seen this year to date should be well within the sector’s capabilities to handle, but it’s far too soon to “declare victory,” writes Larry Gross.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The Sharjah-based company is the third port operator in the UAE to embark on an end-to-end logistics journey, following its larger Dubai-based neighbor DP World and Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports.</p></div>

The Sharjah-based company is the third port operator in the UAE to embark on an end-to-end logistics journey, following its larger Dubai-based neighbor DP World and Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The agreement follows a series of concessions between carrier-controlled terminal operators and Vietnamese companies in the last few years to develop port facilities at Lach Huyen.</p></div>

The agreement follows a series of concessions between carrier-controlled terminal operators and Vietnamese companies in the last few years to develop port facilities at Lach Huyen.

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