Port of Los Angeles Archives - The Loadstar Making sense of the supply chain Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:33:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 31889032 US port operators brace for tariff blitz if Trump gets second term https://theloadstar.com/us-port-operators-brace-for-tariff-blitz-if-trump-gets-second-term/ https://theloadstar.com/us-port-operators-brace-for-tariff-blitz-if-trump-gets-second-term/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:32:02 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=284196 US port operators will be focused on the results of tomorrow’s elections, concerned that potential tariff policies could upend their business models.
With the polls placing the main presidential candidates neck and neck, sources across US supply chains have told The Loadstar that many shippers were organising their inventories on the basis of a Trump victory, as worry grows over his tariff pronouncements.
Describing ‘tariff’ as “the most beautiful word in the ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/us-port-operators-brace-for-tariff-blitz-if-trump-gets-second-term/feed/ 0 284196 Another strong month for US ports as container flows continue to rise https://theloadstar.com/another-strong-month-for-us-ports-as-container-flows-continue-to-rise/ https://theloadstar.com/another-strong-month-for-us-ports-as-container-flows-continue-to-rise/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:47:09 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=270089 The main US ports enjoyed another stellar month in March, according to new figures from noted analyst John McCown
His figures show imports at the country’s ten largest gateways grew nearly 20% year on year.
These ports handle 86% of US import traffic and, although the growth of 19.2% in inbound containers compared with March 2023 was less marked than February’s 26.5% year-on-year growth, it testifies to the continuing strength of the ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/another-strong-month-for-us-ports-as-container-flows-continue-to-rise/feed/ 0 270089 Ports of LA and Long Beach busier this year and eyeing an early peak season https://theloadstar.com/ports-of-la-and-long-beach-busier-this-year-and-eyeing-an-early-peak-season/ https://theloadstar.com/ports-of-la-and-long-beach-busier-this-year-and-eyeing-an-early-peak-season/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:09:12 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=267579 Container imports through the US west coast San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are booming – a trend that looks set to continue, with some peak season volumes from Asia expected to arrive earlier than usual this year.
Moreover, transpacific shippers are hedging their bets on the outcome of the US east coast new labour contract negotiations by increasing the percentage of import cargo they intend to ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/ports-of-la-and-long-beach-busier-this-year-and-eyeing-an-early-peak-season/feed/ 0 267579 Transpacific freight rates – it’s all about ‘who blinks first’ https://theloadstar.com/transpacific-freight-rates-its-all-about-who-blinks-first/ https://theloadstar.com/transpacific-freight-rates-its-all-about-who-blinks-first/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:21:23 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=267363 Container spot rates are falling – but not fast enough for transpacific shippers that walked away from what they regarded as “excessive” new rate demands from carriers for annual contract renewals at the S&P Global TPM24 conference in Long Beach, California, last week.
And the gradual erosion of the Red Sea crisis spike in container spot rates continued this week, with Drewry’s WCI composite index shedding another 4%. Nonetheless, it remains ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/transpacific-freight-rates-its-all-about-who-blinks-first/feed/ 0 267363 US cyber experts probe suspect modems on China-made cranes https://theloadstar.com/us-cyber-experts-probe-suspect-modems-on-china-made-cranes/ https://theloadstar.com/us-cyber-experts-probe-suspect-modems-on-china-made-cranes/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:41:37 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=266883 Communications equipment found on Chinese-manufactured quay cranes in the US has prompted fresh fears of espionage.
Equipment manufactured by state-owned ZPMC, one of the world’s biggest crane builders, has come under scrutiny at US ports.
A congressional probe found, at one port, 12 cellular modems on crane equipment and another in the port’s server room; the port authorities maintaining they had not specified that the cranes have these capabilities and saying they ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/us-cyber-experts-probe-suspect-modems-on-china-made-cranes/feed/ 0 266883 Carriers sail in to take advantage of strong US west coast growth https://theloadstar.com/carriers-sail-in-to-take-advantage-of-strong-us-west-coast-growth/ https://theloadstar.com/carriers-sail-in-to-take-advantage-of-strong-us-west-coast-growth/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:33:08 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=265243 Import container throughput at the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is booming, with the neighbour facilities reporting year-on-year growth of 19% and 23.5%, respectively, for January.
The spike in demand for Asia-US west coast services, partly driven by Panama Canal transit restrictions, the Red Sea crisis and looming labour contract negotiations on the east coast, has encouraged ocean carriers to deploy extra loaders – and in ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/carriers-sail-in-to-take-advantage-of-strong-us-west-coast-growth/feed/ 0 265243 California port workers launch lawsuits against terminal operator bosses https://theloadstar.com/california-port-workers-launch-lawsuits-against-terminal-operator-bosses/ https://theloadstar.com/california-port-workers-launch-lawsuits-against-terminal-operator-bosses/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:05:08 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=265075 Californian port workers have filed two class action lawsuits against the Pacific Maritime Association, 27 named companies, including Maersk, APM Terminals and Cosco Shipping Terminals and a host of other, unnamed, firms.
One class action is on behalf of 8,000 to 10,000 port staff, an attempt to recover sick pay, one-off pandemic wage payments and statutory penalties, under Californian laws. The case alleges “multiple violations of the Labor Code”.
It claims: “In ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/california-port-workers-launch-lawsuits-against-terminal-operator-bosses/feed/ 0 265075 US east coast ports seeing the Asia import tide turn back west https://theloadstar.com/us-east-coast-ports-seeing-the-asia-import-tide-turn-back-west/ https://theloadstar.com/us-east-coast-ports-seeing-the-asia-import-tide-turn-back-west/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:34:21 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=259646 The US west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported strong import container throughput in October, as some holiday season cargo owners shied away from routing via the east coast gateways.
Los Angeles processed 372,455 teu, an increase of 10.7% on the year before, while neighbouring Long Beach saw imports jump 23.6%, to 363,300 teu.
“And November is also shaping up to be a strong month as we see a ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/us-east-coast-ports-seeing-the-asia-import-tide-turn-back-west/feed/ 0 259646 ONE consolidates its port terminal network, east and west https://theloadstar.com/one-consolidates-its-port-terminal-network-east-and-west/ https://theloadstar.com/one-consolidates-its-port-terminal-network-east-and-west/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:04:32 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=258690 Japanese container shipping line ONE has cemented its grip on its nascent port terminal network after completing the acquisition of a 51% stake in a series of TraPac and Yusen terminals in North America and Singapore.
It also completed the purchase of 20% stake in the Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) Terminal.
The deal is very much a question of the carrier getting its house in order following its creation, via the merger ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/one-consolidates-its-port-terminal-network-east-and-west/feed/ 0 258690 Transpacific volumes bounce back as consumers carry on spending https://theloadstar.com/transpacific-volumes-bounce-back-as-consumers-carry-on-spending/ https://theloadstar.com/transpacific-volumes-bounce-back-as-consumers-carry-on-spending/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:03:27 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=257896 US domestic and transpacific carrier Matson has reported “solid freight demand, despite the muted peak season” in Q3 for its niche China to USWC service.
Preliminary Q3 results of the Honolulu-based company show volumes from China to Los Angeles edged down just 1.3% on the same quarter of last year, despite being impacted by last September’s termination of one of its service loops.
Matson will publish its full-Q3 results on Monday, but ...

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