Container dwell times improved at North America\u2019s major West Coast gateways in June despite strong volume growth amid front-loaded cargoes, and port managers say their marine terminals have both the capacity and fluidity needed to handle what\u2019s expected to be a healthy peak season.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma and Vancouver registered double-digit percentage import growth in June, with volumes up 6% at Prince Rupert. Yet rail container dwell times improved from the month before, port managers said, adding that rail networks leading to key inland destinations such as Chicago and Memphis are operating smoothly.<\/p>\n
The strong import volumes from Asia are due to several factors, including front-loading of fall and holiday merchandise and a diversion of some discretionary cargo to the West Coast from the East and Gulf coasts due to concerns about a possible strike by the International Longshoremen\u2019s Association (ILA).<\/p>\n
Having already handled 10 new trans-Pacific services this year while recording improved performance metrics, and with ports along the West Coast of North America operating at 50% to 80% of capacity, the gateways say they are well-positioned to handle additional diversions from the East and Gulf coasts should an ILA strike occur after the current labor deal expires on Sept. 30. Furthermore, a normal seasonal dip in import volumes is likely in November and December, giving West Coast ports an additional buffer.<\/p>\n
As the spike in imports has developed, US ports have been sharing with BNSF and Union Pacific railroads advance information on import volumes and operating conditions at marine terminals. The railroads have responded by increasing the deployment of railcars, locomotives and additional staffing to West Coast ports, port managers told the Journal of Commerce this week.<\/p>\n
The Northwest Seaport Alliance of Seattle and Tacoma and its terminal operators, for example, hold daily calls with each of the railroads to share data and cargo projections, and railroads adjust their operations accordingly, said Jeff Bellerud, COO of the NWSA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really get tactical,\u201d Bellerud told the Journal of Commerce. \u201cWe\u2019re impressed with the ability of the railroads to handle the spike.\u201d<\/p>\n
BNSF last month set a company record for direct ship-to-train loadings, beating the prior record that had been set in 2017 by 5%, said Jon Gabriel, the railroad\u2019s vice president for innovation, service design and network strategy. BNSF has responded to the West Coast import growth by \u201csurging rail cars, locomotives and crew staffing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Details please refer to JOC news.<\/em><\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n Angell, M. (2024, July 24). MSC restores Trans-Pacific Liberty Service with new call at Philadelphia<\/i>. Journal of Commerce. https:\/\/www.joc.com\/article\/msc-restores-trans-pacific-liberty-service-new-call-philadelphia_20240724.html<\/p>\n Container dwell times improved at North America\u2019s major West Coast gateways in June despite strong volume growth amid front-loaded cargoes, and port managers say their marine terminals have both the capacity and fluidity needed to handle what\u2019s expected to be a healthy peak season. Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma and Vancouver registered double-digit percentage …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[84,83],"class_list":["post-3025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-maritime","tag-us-ports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3026,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions\/3026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}