Monthly Archives: July 2018

Labor contract in NY; Chassis pool for GA/SC; CMA/CGM, HL Merger and Growth in Virginia; Record Imports in July overall – Tariff Impacts will be Slow to Impact Global Supply Chains

We thought you might be interested in the following “Transportation Happenings” for the week ending July 13th: The ILA and the NY Shipping Association have announced that they have reached a tentative 6 year labor contract. MAERSK/MSC have reduced their Asia/North…

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Matson Christens largest US containership (Inouye); Few Voices Against UAE Based Gulftainer Buying Port of Wilmington DE; Ft. Lauderdale Green Lights 3 Post Panamax Gantry Crane Purchase; FMCSA Invites Comment on Military-Trained CDL Holders Under 21 Driving Interstate; MSC and Maersk Slowing, Modifying Ship Rotations to Improve Reliability

We thought you might be interested in the following “Transportation Happenings” for the week of July 6th: The Port of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Port Everglades) has authorized the purchase of 3 container gantry cranes which will give the port the…

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NY/NJ Port volumes continue up; SC and GA Ports’ chassis pool proposal praised; TRAC adds 16,000 chassis to fleet; CMA/CGM’s sensing container tracking; Congress introduces bill to mandate ship inspections (to prevent another El Faro); Maersk rescues migrants off Italy, delayed permission to offload

We thought you might be interested in the following “Transportation Happenings” for the week of June 22nd: The proposed chassis pool of the Ports of South Carolina and Georgia is receiving high praise. The Port of NY/NJ continues its growth.…

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