Which of These Chassis Plans Will Relieve Congestion at LA/LB Ports
“Back That Chassis Up” If Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, and Lil Wayne rapped about international shipping, “Back That Chassis Up” would be their biggest song. It would go [...]
“Back That Chassis Up” If Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, and Lil Wayne rapped about international shipping, “Back That Chassis Up” would be their biggest song. It would go [...]
When we asked last week what you–shippers, our blog readers, our social media followers, or general internet perusers–would like to read about in Universal Cargo Management’s [...]
Just when the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seemed to be making headway in the major congestion problems there, another issue pops up which threatens the delivery of shippers’ cargo [...]
All this West Coast labor contract ugliness is almost behind us. Maybe. Last week, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) held a Coast Longshore Caucus in San Francisco with 90 [...]
The congestion at West Coast ports is getting better. Slowly. Brief Summary of Port Congestion Probably the hardest hit ports by congestion are the Southern Californian Ports of Los Angeles and [...]
Every week, we post inquiries on Universal Cargo Management’s Facebook and Twitter pages asking what you want to read about in our international shipping blog. Yesterday–Monday, March [...]
The news of a tentative contract agreement being reached by the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) was music to shippers’ ears. [...]
A federal judge has ordered the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) to pay $60,000 to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for violating a court order to return operations [...]
Congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is not new news. During the months of contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore & [...]
The labor dispute coming to an end at the West Coast ports does not mean the ports have regained shippers’ confidence. It will take months to clear up the congestion that reached critical [...]
Now that an agreement has been reached between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) in contract negotiations, West Coast ports can [...]
Five to ten days: that’s how long we have until West Coast ports completely shut down, according to the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). Two days ago, we posted a shipping news alert [...]
A war of attrition: That’s what a Journal of Commerce (JOC) article by Bill Mongelluzzo says most Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) employers prefer as a better option to a lockout of the [...]
In 2002 the Pacific Maritime Association locked the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) out of 29 West Coast ports when neither side would budge in contract negotiations. The [...]
After seven long months of negotiations, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) are still not even close to a new contract agreement. So [...]
Today’s blog is a special, exclusive interview with ILWU member David A. Griffen. The ILWU contract negotiations drag on while shippers, businesses, and international shipping industry [...]
Long months ago, in a Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) office not so far, far away… Carriers filed Port Congestion Surcharges to be implemented in the case labor unrest significantly [...]
Congestion at West Coast ports, especially the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has been a growing problem for shippers and everyone involved in the international shipping industry. The [...]
Today we take a break from blogging about all the things making the port congestion situation worse for shippers like ILWU job action, carriers’ congestion surcharges, and truckers strikes [...]
UPDATE: Carriers are implementing Port Congestion Surcharges. Retailers fear shelves being as empty during the Christmas and holiday season as the gates pictured right after International [...]