Archive: August 2022
August 29, 2022
Berlin Emergency Decree Prioritizes Energy Rail Transports
The German government has decreed that energy feedstock be given rail capacity priority in view of the record low water levels on the river Rhine and other inland waterways, including priority over passenger trains (source: World Cargo News).
READ MORE >August 29, 2022
Export Cargo Wait at Felixstowe Port Jumps Near 10 Days
The dockworker strike at the UK’s Felixstowe port was scheduled to end on August 28 but eight days of inactivity shows how the work to dig out from the resulting cargo pileup is just beginning. The average number of days…
READ MORE >August 26, 2022
German Ports and Workers Agree to Terms to End Three Months of Strikes
Germany’s unionized port workers and the association representing the seaport operators agreed to terms for a new contract after one of the longest running labor disputes in Germany in decades. The tentative agreement came just three days before a cooling-off…
READ MORE >August 26, 2022
Freight Broker Sentiment Shaky Heading into Rest of 2022
Survey reveals industry sentiment about the loosening of capacity in the spot market and greater price competition (source: Freight Waves).
READ MORE >August 23, 2022
Mojave Inland Port Aims to Speed Freight Flows
The Mojave Inland Port project recently received site plan approval from officials in California to move forward with a transportation and logistics hub aimed at being a critical relief valve for West Coast gateways choking with container traffic (source: Freight…
READ MORE >August 23, 2022
New York Port Truckers Press FMC for Emergency Order
Ocean carriers and marine terminals should be forced to share more accurate container storage data to improve cargo flows at the Port of New York and New Jersey, according to trucking companies serving the facility. Those companies, which specialize in…
READ MORE >August 17, 2022
California’s First Dry Port Aims to Alleviate Supply Chain Issues
As container volumes entering the U.S. continue to increase, the proposed Mojave Inland Port will help alleviate port congestion, according to Pioneer Partners, a private holding company that is spearheading the project. The first-of-its-kind facility is located 90 miles from the…
READ MORE >August 17, 2022
Drought Bringing Upper Rhine Shipping to a Halt
Inland shipping on the Middle and Upper Rhine could grind to a complete halt; other key waterways such as the Danube are also suffering from Europe’s prolonged drought and intense heat waves (source: World Cargo News).
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