JOC Uncharted: US ports step up calls for short-term stimulus
[caption caption="The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is asking Congress for $1.5 billion to cover additional costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Executives at US seaports are stepping up calls for more direct federal aid, saying the prolonged downturn in demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic threatens...
ILWU’s anti-automation plea to California hints at contract flashpoint
[caption caption="The Long Beach Container Terminal (pictured) is one of only three facilities in the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex currently employing automated cargo handling equipment it its yard. Photo credit: David Tonelson/Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Concerns about the possibility that automation could become a disruptive flash point at West Coast ports were heightened...
ILWU’s anti-automation plea to California hints at contract flashpoint
[caption caption="The Long Beach Container Terminal (pictured) is one of only three facilities in the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex currently employing automated cargo handling equipment it its yard. Photo credit: David Tonelson/Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Concerns about the possibility that automation could become a disruptive flash point at West Coast ports were heightened...
Chassis equipment issues reemerge at LA–LB port complex
[caption caption="Drayage operators are struggling each day to secure sufficient chassis to move containers to and from the 12 container terminals in Los Angeles–Long Beach. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Truckers and marine terminals said a shortage of chassis has reemerged in Los Angeles–Long Beach (LA-LB) owing to a recent cargo surge, though...
Chassis equipment issues reemerge at LA–LB port complex
[caption caption="Drayage operators are struggling each day to secure sufficient chassis to move containers to and from the 12 container terminals in Los Angeles–Long Beach. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Truckers and marine terminals said a shortage of chassis has reemerged in Los Angeles–Long Beach (LA-LB) owing to a recent cargo surge, though...
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US port funding, project authorization bill moving forward
[caption caption="By this fall, Senate and House leaders could begin hashing out a final bill funding port dredging work. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Congress is moving forward on passing legislation that would fund major navigational projects at the ports of Houston and New York and New Jersey. The new water resources legislation...
US port funding, project authorization bill moving forward
[caption caption="By this fall, Senate and House leaders could begin hashing out a final bill funding port dredging work. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Congress is moving forward on passing legislation that would fund major navigational projects at the ports of Houston and New York and New Jersey. The new water resources legislation...