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There’s no disputing that port congestion along the US West Coast is hurting food importers and exporters, especially those whose goods are shipped via refrigerated (reefer) containers. Exceptionally strong import volumes from Asia; terminal slowdowns along the US West Coast, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on labor; tight trucking and cold storage capacity; chassis shortages; and problems repositioning reefer containers are causing significant disruption to perishables supply chains that is not expected to dissipate any time soon.Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach don’t expect operations at the country’s busiest cargo gateway to...

Sustained strong import volumes from Asia and tight capacity have forced perishable food importers and exporters to compete with dry goods shippers for space and equipment.

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Hong Kong struggles to recover volumes lost amid South China cargo shift

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Union Pacific’s launch of direct intermodal service from Houston comes two weeks after competitor BNSF announced it would begin a new service from the port’s Barbours Cut marine terminal.

Shippers and port executives say the post-COVID shift of cargo back to Hong Kong is being hampered by the global slump in demand as developed countries grapple with elevated inventories and inflationary pressures. 

Weeks after starting a new daily train between central Mexico and Chicago, CPKC is introducing 1,000 temperature-controlled containers to the service in a bid to court freight from reefer shippers.

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