East Coast ports
East Coast Ports Continue to Assess Damage From COVID-19
Trucks at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The port processed 16.3% less TEUs in June of this year than in June 2019. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
The nation’s East Coast ports continued to be battered by lower imports from overseas in June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 5, 2020Nation’s Ports Booming in Anticipation of Holiday Shopping Season
Port of Virginia. (Luke Sharrett — Bloomberg News)
Many of the nation’s ports continue to see growth in import and export activity, as retailers gear up for what is expected to be a strong fourth quarter and holiday shopping season.
October 18, 2018TRB Panelists Urge Inclusion of Ports, Rails in Infrastructure Bill
Mario Cordero (left), Walter Kemmsies and Catie Kawchek by Ari Ashe/Transport Topics
WASHINGTON — Port authorities, trucking companies and shippers are hopeful that the infrastructure bill to be debated in Congress will fund solutions to alleviate congestion in the ocean container freight industry, panelists said Jan. 9 at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting here.
January 11, 2018Ag Industry, Ports Adjusting to Fast-Changing Landscape
WASHINGTON — The agricultural industry and the ports that serve it are simultaneously working to respond to an evolving business landscape that includes everything from making room at East Coast ports for Neopanamax containerships to serving overseas demand for fresh fish, industry experts said here.
January 9, 2018Real Estate Prices Soaring for Warehouses Near Ports, Intermodal Ramps
Port of New Jersey by Craig Warga/Bloomberg
Real estate prices to build distribution centers near major marine ports and intermodal ramps jumped double-digits in 2017, according to commercial real estate firm CBRE, as demand outstrips supply due to a retail supply chain increasingly tied to e-commerce and speed.
January 8, 2018Truck Turn Times Up One Minute in June as Cargo Volumes Grow Again at L.A., Long Beach Ports
Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News
The average time it took a trucker to enter and exit the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., inched up one minute in June from the same month in 2016, although data from the Harbor Trucking Association revealed encouraging signs that drivers are moving quicker than a year ago.
July 17, 2017Expanded Panama Canal: Huge Ships, Port Projects but Experts Unsure of Its Impact a Year In
Panama Canal Authority
One year into operations of the expanded Panama Canal, the freight transportation world has witnessed leviathan containerships, gargantuan land-based cranes and dredging projects along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts, but intermodal shipping professionals say it’s too early to quantify the precise impact of the massive infrastructure project.
July 6, 2017