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Containers Waited a Record 7.6 Days at L.A. Ports in October

The number of days containers are waiting to be picked up by trucks at California’s neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach climbed to a record in October, just before officials announced a new plan to clamp down on the backlog in collections.

Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

How to Get Started With International Shipping

Borderless e-commerce has become a profitable option for large and small businesses alike, but the opportunities can be overwhelming.

A box travels along a conveyor at a DHL Worldwide Express facility in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Bloomberg.

Port Congestion Eases in Asia While U.S. Battles Import Deluge

Asia’s largest ports are showing signs that congestion is easing ahead of the holiday season, a potentially positive step for key trade gateways in the U.S. that are still battling an influx of imports.

A container ship leaves the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

FedEx Sees 10% Rise in Holiday Package Volume to Record Levels

FedEx is forecasting a 10% increase in holiday package deliveries over a previous record peak season in 2020 as consumers remain hooked on internet shopping even as stores reopen from last year’s lockdowns.

FedEx Corp. couriers unload packages from a delivery truck. Photo: Bloomberg.

California Increases Truck Weight Limits to Ease Port Snarls

California will increase weight limits for trucks carrying goods in and out of its ports in an effort to ease supply chain bottlenecks and clear containers off the docks of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Container Shipping Rates May Take Two Years to Fall to Normal

Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to return to normal levels if past market cycles are any guide.

Vessels loaded with shipping containers are docked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Foldable Shipping Containers? New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.

Foldable Containers

Biden Signed the $550 Billion Infrastructure Deal. Here's Who Gets the Money.

President Biden signed the $550 billion measure at a White House ceremony on Monday, after appointing a group of officials to guide the law’s enactment.

Photo: Bloomberg

L.A., Long Beach to Delay Start of Fee for Lingering Containers

The $100-per-day fee for containers was put on hold until Nov. 22 because the ports have seen a “significant improvement in clearing import containers” in recent weeks.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Georgia Port Pins Hopes on Rail to Move 80,000 Containers

At the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest U.S. trade gateways, containers are stacked up like colorful children’s building blocks stretching as far as the eye can see.

A truck carries a shipping container at the Georgia Port Authority Mason Mega Rail Terminal in Garden City, Georgia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trucking Profits Soar as Their Customers Grapple With Shortages

While a global supply chain crisis is crimping sales for companies from Apple Inc. to Caterpillar Inc., transportation firms are riding an unprecedented profit boom.

A truck carrying a J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. intermodal container enters the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Zero-Carbon Shipping Plan Targets Container, Iron Ore Routes

The Clydebank Declaration on green shipping was unveiled Wednesday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, and signed by 19 nations including the U.S., U.K., Japan, France and Germany.

A banner advertises the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K. Photo: Bloomberg.

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