Port of Baltimore addresses congestion with infrastructure improvement projects

The US has experienced a shift in the past several months, as container vessels sought to avoid severe congestion on the west coast and moved it increasingly to the east coast as they’ve rerouted. East coast ports have been under pressure, handling higher volumes, longer dwell times and an...

https://splash247.com/port-of-baltimore-addresses-congestion-with-infrastructure-improvement-projects/

FMC to determine if congestion warrants issuance of emergency order requiring information sharing

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is seeking public comment on whether supply chain congestion has created conditions warranting the issuance of an emergency order requiring common carriers and marine terminal operators to share key information with shippers, truckers and railroads. The...

https://splash247.com/fmc-to-determine-if-congestion-warrants-issuance-of-emergency-order-requiring-information-sharing/

US east coast empty container congestion due to ‘lack of accountability’: FMC commissioner

Carl Bentzel, a commissioner with the US Federal Maritime Commission, issued a statement on August 9, after FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei’s visit to the Port of New York and New Jersey and his assertion there that carriers should not “receive involuntarily subsidized storage for empty containers that...

https://splash247.com/us-east-coast-empty-container-congestion-due-to-lack-of-accountability-fmc-commissioner/

Truck drivers at Port of Baltimore protest long waits at container terminal

A group of truck drivers, most of them owner-operators, spent the day yesterday protesting at the Port of Baltimore and they plan to be on site again on today. Their complaint is that they routinely wait for hours to pick up containers and that Ports America Chesapeake, which manages Seagirt Marine...

https://splash247.com/truck-drivers-at-port-of-baltimore-protest-long-waits-at-container-terminal/

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