I. Â TERMINAL CONGESTION Ports across the United States are dealing with severe terminal congestion issues, maxed out rail yards, limited warehousing, and chassis shortages caused by a never-ending consumer demand for import goods. As vessels stack the horizon waiting to berth at marine terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach, [...]
IMPACT OF HURRICANE IDA The Port of New Orleans remained closed Tuesday, August 31 2021 as a severe power loss in the region prevented operations from returning to normal following Hurricane Ida. The main utility provider along the Gulf Coast announced that 820,000 customers without power as a result of [...]
On August 6th, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbot, signed a proclamation exempting truckers from hours of service regulations (FMSCR Part 395, Title 49) for drivers servicing the Port of Houston, declaring a regional emergency. As reported last week, the Port of Houston was impacted by technical issues for several [...]
On July 27, 2021, the Port of Houston suffered a significant technical failure on systems used to operate both Barbours Cut and Bayport Container Terminals just before the truck gates opened at 7:00 a.m. TIMELINE OF EVENTS 7:00 a.m. – Barbours Cut and Bayport Container Terminals systems failure reported. 10:00 [...]
Extreme delays and wait times at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport have caused some ground service providers to temporarily suspend the acceptance of new air import cargo deliveries this week. Due to congestion, waiting times, and loading delays, import recoveries from several airlines and ocean handlers are taking an average of [...]
The Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will increase by 2.2 percent starting August 1, 2021, according to the West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA). The change is in line with the 2.2 percent rise in longshore salary and assessment rates that went into [...]
RAIL SUSPENSION NOTICE Union Pacific (UP) railway company has announced an eastbound rail suspension from all U.S. West Coast ports to Chicago Global IV Terminal effective from Sunday July 18, 2021 at 23:59 to improve fluidity and reduce backlog of cargo to the terminal. For a period of up to [...]
A hurricane warning has been issued impacting port operation in Virginia as Hurricane Isaias moves closer to the East Coast of the United States. The category one storm is expected to make its way up the coast to North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, potentially causing some flooding, according to the [...]
In early May 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) revised driver Hours of Service (HOS) 49 CFR Parts 385 and 395 regulations to provide greater flexibility for truckers, subject to those rules without adversely affecting safety. The Electronic Logging Mandate was originally implemented back in December 18, 2017 [...]
