The year 2018 was a volatile, challenging year for shippers, and 2019 is showing few signs that it will be any different.
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21 Jan 2019
The Competition Commission of India has found merit in concerns expressed by PSA International regarding inter-terminal rail operations at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
18 Jan 2019
The summer/autumn beat-the-tariff front-loading of imports to West Coast ports is now spreading inland.
18 Jan 2019
A slew of upgrades, efficiency improvements, and new services are all aimed at boosting business.
18 Jan 2019
Oaktree, primary shareholder of now-insolvent Hansa Heavy Lift, in January became a key partner with Kansas-based transportation provider Watco Companies.
17 Jan 2019
The cause of the extreme gridlock at Los Angeles-Long Beach is manifold.
17 Jan 2019
APM Terminals' proactive, customer-support measures are netting substantial results.
15 Jan 2019
Indian authorities believe the revised “tariff guidelines 2019” will create a more conducive operating environment for initial concession holders.
15 Jan 2019
Shippers that export goods from Mexico may find the process faster and more reliable under a blockchain project in development at the port of Veracruz.
15 Jan 2019
“If a carrier comes with a 30-day transit and they suddenly change to 40 days, we need to know about it one month in advance,” a shipper of medical products said.
14 Jan 2019
The alliance of Hongkong International Terminals, Modern Terminals, COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong), and Asia Container Terminals is aimed at improving terminal utilization and efficiency.
09 Jan 2019
Truckers and shippers complain that it’s taken weeks to get containerized imports.
09 Jan 2019
The company's chief operating officer said tech innovations helped achieve the strong performance.
08 Jan 2019
Shippers are concerned that they will pay for service consolidation.
07 Jan 2019
Excessive rail dwell times continue to be a problem.
07 Jan 2019
PSA said two factors are driving the railed cargo and transshipment handling improvement.
04 Jan 2019
A ‘perfect storm’ of factors combined so far this winter to create the LA-LB backlog.
03 Jan 2019
The emerging market economy has 12 publicly owned ports and about 200 minor ports dotting its 4,600 miles of coastline.
03 Jan 2019
The extended gates, intended to clear a short-term logjam, come amid an ongoing debate among port stakeholders about whether the terminals should open for longer hours to improve cargo fluidity.
02 Jan 2019
Mexico faces a wealth of uncertainty as it enters 2019, but it is unlikely to unravel the trade sector’s strength.
20 Dec 2018
The port community system, PCS 1x, has had a shaky nationwide start.
20 Dec 2018
Can Mexico’s highways, railways, and related systems improve to handle higher trade volumes?
20 Dec 2018
A reservation system is one tool to improve fluidity, according to port officials, but the trucking community believes restricting access is a step in the wrong direction.
20 Dec 2018
ONE has cemented its Asia headquarters in Singapore and will gain greater control of its volume in a joint venture terminal deal in the Lion City.
19 Dec 2018
The Los Angeles and Long Beach executive directors promised shippers and truckers they would deliver several action items within six months to relieve mounting congestion.
19 Dec 2018
The appeals court in Mumbai, in an interim ruling, gave CCI the nod to complete its investigation.
18 Dec 2018
The terminal at GCT Bayonne is the port’s fourth rail terminal.
17 Dec 2018
Providers such as Advent and GE Transportation are each constructing a system of systems at North American ports.
14 Dec 2018
One shipping-trade group representing foreign carriers in trade to/from India, questioned why authorities went live with the revamped, single window system without an adequate trial-run process.
14 Dec 2018
“We use the data to make efficiencies happen,” Weston LaBar, CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association, told the JOC Port Performance North America Conference this week in Newark, New Jersey.
13 Dec 2018
Among other findings, the McKinsey report provided further evidence supporting the thesis that automation technology incorporation in container shipping, and in particular at marine terminals, will likely be part science and part art.
13 Dec 2018
There is almost assuredly no one system that will solve inefficiencies, especially in a large port complex with a dozen independently operated terminals like Southern California, speakers at the JOC Port Performance North American Conference in Newark, New Jersey, said this week.
13 Dec 2018
Wan Hai hopes to attract business/volume under India's liberalized cabotage system.
12 Dec 2018
“PCS 1X is a cloud-based, new-generation technology, with a user-friendly interface. This system seamlessly integrates eight new stakeholders, besides the 19 existing stakeholders from the maritime, trade on a single platform,” a Ministry of Shipping statement said.
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