A settlement has been reached between South Carolina Ports Authority (SC Ports) and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) that will see The Port of Charleston's Hugh K. Leatherman marine terminal finally re-open. The agreement reached gives Leatherman's crane operators a choice to remain state employees or...
Whilst vessel delays are lessening across key gateways such as Singapore, Ningbo, Qingdao and Klang in North and Southeast Asia, and equipment availability improves in China, it appears the converse is occurring across India. At Singapore there has been a slight improvement in wait times of...
Terminals across the globe appear to be operating in a timely manner, with only minor delays being experienced. North East Asia: Qingdao has a minimal one-day delay, whilst both Ningbo and Shanghai have a delay of one to 1.5 days. South East Asia: Singapore is...
Terminals across Australia are operating in adherence to schedules, with only minor delays being experienced in certain locations: Patrick Terminals are experiencing minimal delays of 0.5 days in Brisbane and Melbourne, with an average one-day delay in Sydney and two days in Melbourne. DP World...
The catastrophic ship collision and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has indefinitely blocked access in and out of the Port of Baltimore. A major hub for products such as cars, forest products, farm equipment and sugar, this incident will disrupt a key trade lane...
Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are working to resolve the backlog of rail containers that is a result of strong import demand over the past few months. US imports from Asia were 39.6% higher over January and February compared to...
A surge in imports, compounded by a shortage of available rail cars, has seen the Port of Vancouver hit with rail container backlogs. Whilst import-laden containers declined by 12.7% last year, they increased by 22.3% in January and February, creating congestion and increasing dwell times....
A backlog at Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) is expected to clear within the next fortnight. This backlog was caused by a combination of various factors, including an electrical outage, low worker productivity due to Super Bowl Sunday and super-post Panamax ships waiting for a...
Vessel diversions have added an average of 10 days to what was traditionally a short European transit for shippers across India and the Middle East. Red Sea disruptions have seen transit times from India to Rotterdam increase from 23 to 33 days, subsequently resulting in a...
VICT has announced that landside charges pertaining to the vehicle booking system (VBS) and import storage will increase as of 1st January 2024. According to VICT these fee increases are attributable to the combination of rising business costs which are a result of inflation, energy expenses,...