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California Ports, Key to US Supply Chain, Among World's Least Efficient

Oct 20, 2021

Southern California’s Los Angeles and Long Beach ports handle the most ocean cargo of any ports in the United States, but are some of the least efficient in the world, according to a ranking by the World Bank and IHS Markit.In a review of 351 container ports around the globe…

Supply Chain Chaos Set to Extend Further, Port Operator ICTSI Says

Oct 20, 2021

The world faces 'very prolonged' disruptions to shipping cargo flows, an executive at leading ports operator ICTSI said, as logistical headaches such as truck shortages weigh on backed-up supply chains and rebounding trade drives up volume.Major…

US Port's Supply Chain Fix Challenge: Selling 24/7 Shifts

Oct 14, 2021

The Port of Los Angeles is beginning the hard work of convincing terminal operators, importers, warehouses owners and trucking firms to embrace moving more cargo at night.'It's not a single lever we can pull today to open up all the gates,' Executive Director Gene Seroka said on Thursday…

US Supply Chain Too Snarled for Biden Christmas Fix, Experts Say

Oct 14, 2021

President Joe Biden is pushing to ease supply shortages and tame rising prices in time for Christmas, but unsnarling U.S. supply lines could take far longer, experts told Reuters.Biden brought together powerbrokers from ports, unions and big business on Wednesday to address shipping…

ZIM Establishes Digital Freight Forwarding Company

Oct 06, 2021

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. on Wednesday announced the creation of a new subsidiary, Ship4wd, a digital freight forwarding platform offering an online self-service end to end shipping solution.Launching October 18, 2021, Ship4wd is…

DP World Sees No Quick End to Global Shipping Bottlenecks

Oct 01, 2021

Dubai ports giant DP World sees no early end to disruptions in global supply chains that have set off delays at ports and logistics hubs around the world, its chairman said on Friday.The disruptions, a result of pandemic lockdowns and an unexpectedly rapid recovery in demand…

Global Supply Disruptions Could Still Get Worse, Central Bankers Warn

Sep 30, 2021

Supply constraints thwarting global economic growth could still get worse, keeping inflation elevated longer, even if the current spike in prices is still likely to remain temporary, the world’s top central bankers warned on Wednesday.The disruptions…

Supply Chain Shocks: Ocean Shipping Challenges Abound

Sep 17, 2021

Supply chain issues tied to liner shipping have been front page news throughout 2021; just about everyone agrees that there’s a problem. The underlying cause is right out of Economics 101: a surge in demand for moving containerized cargo, in…

Shipping Hurdles Pare Brazilian Coffee Exports

Sep 13, 2021

Exports of green coffee from Brazil, the world's largest producer, fell 27% in August from a year earlier to 2.33 million bags as difficulties to find containers and space at vessels increased in the last weeks, industry group Cecafe said on Monday…

FMC Announces National Shipper Advisory Committee Membership

Sep 10, 2021

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on Thursday announced the membership of its newly formed National Shipper Advisory Committee.The committee is comprised of 24 members, evenly divided between those who export cargo from and those who import cargo to the United States…

US Appoints Port Envoy to Address Supply Chain Disruptions

Aug 30, 2021

The White House and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Friday that John D. Porcari will be the Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force.Porcari will work closely with Secretary Buttigieg and the U…

China Aims to Help Exporters Cope with Rising Logistics Costs

Aug 26, 2021

China will study targeted measures to help exporters cope with tight shipping capacity and rising logistics costs, the commerce ministry said on Thursday.Ministry spokesman Gao Feng made the comments at a weekly press conference in Beijing.(Reporting by Xu Jing…

Port of València: Spanish Wine Exports Rise 54%

Aug 25, 2021

The work of Spanish wineries finds an ally in the Port of Valencia so that a white wine from Rueda can be drunk in Sydney, a red from Rioja can be bought in a shop in New Caledonia and a DO Cariñena in a luxurious restaurant in the United Arab Emirates…

Long Beach's All-electric, Zero-emissions Mega Terminal Completed

Aug 23, 2021

The Port of Long Beach announced it has completed a new container terminal, which it ranks as one of the world's most technologically advanced cargo facilitiesThe Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor is equipped with nearly all electric…

Chinese Ports Choke Over 'Zero Tolerance' COVID-19 Policy

Aug 17, 2021

Several Chinese ports are facing congestion as vessels due to call at Ningbo are being diverted and cargo processing is slowed partly due to stricter disinfection measures under China's 'zero-tolerance' coronavirus policy.On Tuesday, more than 50 container vessels were queuing at Ningbo port…

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