On November 10, 2021, under the West Coast Marine Terminal Operator Agreement (WCMTOA), the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced a temporary increase to the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) in order to incentivize the use of marine terminal gates during off-peak hours and address issues of congestion, air [...]
On Tuesday, November 16th, the Port of Vancouver announced that all rail access had been cut due to inclement weather further east. Heavy downpours over two days in the Pacific province of British Columbia have caused major flooding which has led to the closure of rail routes run by Canadian [...]
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative have announced a 6-month extension for 81 of 99 COVID-related Section 301 tariff exclusions that were scheduled to expire on November 14, 2021. The USTR will provide a transition period of 16 days for all COVID-related exclusions that will now expire on November [...]
Washington United Terminals (WUT) and Husky Terminal that service containerized cargo to the Tacoma and Seattle areas have announced a Long Stay Rehandling Charge in order to address the issue of excessive dwelling of import containers and account for the additional rehandling of boxes to maintain terminal fluidity. HUSKY TERMINALS [...]
This week, with the support of President Biden’s new Supply Chain Disruption Task Force, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach announced an emergency daily fee charged to ocean carriers for containers dwelling at California’s marine terminals. Starting November 1, 2021, both ports will begin charging [...]
Growing pressure to ease port congestion and restore transportation fluidity to U.S. supply chains has been building since early summer as record numbers of ocean vessels line the California coast waiting to berth and containers sit in overflow yards waiting to be delivered. As the supply chain crisis of [...]
Bottlenecks at all major rail facilities in Chicago, Columbus, and Los Angeles have caused delays in picking up and delivering containers. Chicago's rail facilities in particular are severely congested due to dwelling containers and a lack of available chassis. To alleviate congestion, some vendors have begun closing facilities for multiple [...]
On October 13th, 2021, the Port of Los Angeles announced that it will begin operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The additional increase in port productivity comes just weeks after the Port of Long Beach moved to the same 24/7 system. During a briefing at the White [...]
Earlier today, Chinese weather authorities issued a yellow alert as conditions caused by Typhoon Kompasu worsened. The inclement weather and strong winds have forced the closure of Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen, as well as the Port of Hong Kong. Flights and ground operations at Hong Kong Airport [...]
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently published trade statistics summarizing the total duties assessed on three key trade remedy programs: Section 201, Section 232 and Section 301. The following is a summary of CBP’s revenue collection efforts; implementation of the recent trade remedies taken pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion [...]
