One potential roadblock to port congestion recovery this year is the expiration of the ILWU longshoreman’s labor contract at West Coast ports on July 1. The last contract renewal period in 2014-15 was peppered with work slowdowns that ultimately resulted in a lock-out by employers—ocean terminals—which stopped cargo flow for 10 days and took weeks…
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Due to COVID-19 reducing staffing levels, Lufthansa Cargo has set a transit embargo for Frankfurt for cargo shipments from USA & Canada and Europe—including Germany. What does this mean? All shipments from the regions Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa as well as Latin and South America (also via Frankfurt) are not affected. The following…
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UPDATE: 3/15/2022—The ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach announced that they have delayed implementation of the Container Excess Dwell Fee further, now targeting a start date of March 18, 2022. The two ports have seen a decline of 64% combined in aging cargo on the docks, since announcing the new fee in October. UPDATE: 11/16/2021—The…
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With the annual Chinese New Year holiday set to start in just two weeks, shippers are under intense pressure to get material ready and make all necessary arrangements to get bookings fulfilled on the last vessels sailing before the holiday. However, a new set of COVID-19 cases in major shipping regions throughout the country could…
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An outbreak of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Ningbo’s administrative district of Beilun. Three terminals in Ningbo are located near the epidemic site, where authorities have implemented disinfection and quarantine measures. While the port is currently unaffected, delays are expected as trucker capacity and certain shippers face challenges to get containers to the port as…
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The West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA) has announced that in conjunction with direction from the Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach and the Biden-Harris Administration, they will be temporarily increasing the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) better known as PierPass. The move comes to provide financial incentives to move containers during off-peak hours. The change…
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As a member of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), we’re sharing one of the best export checklists out there. What’s so impressive about this checklist? Not only does it ask the right questions—Are my products on the U.S. Munitions List? Am I shipping to a destination of concern? —but it…
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Following heavy rain, which triggered flooding and landslides in the region surrounding Vancouver, both Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) have announced they hope to get rail services to and from Vancouver restarted later this week. The disruptions began on Tuesday of last week, with early estimates that services would resume over the weekend.…
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The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which oversees management of the Tacoma and Seattle Ports, has announced an Excess Dwell Fee that takes effect on November 15. However, there are notable differences in the timing, structure, and application of these fees, compared to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Excess Dwell Fees that have been seen. Please see the…
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To reduce the historic shipping backlog on the U.S. West Coast, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced a new “emergency fee,” effective November 1. This new fee will charge shipping lines $100 per container—increasing by $100 each day—for local-delivery containers that remain at the terminals nine days or longer and rail…
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