U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) officials are seizing record amounts of illegal meat products from China at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. Between October and December 2021, agents seized more than 262,000 pounds of prohibited pork, chicken, beef, and duck products. This was a 33 percent increase from the year before, officials…
Record Amounts of Illegal Meat From China Seized at Los Angeles Ports
World’s Largest Coal Port Unaffected By China’s Trade War
The world’s biggest coal exporting terminal, located in New South Wales (NSW) Australia, has managed to bounce back and break records, despite the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) halting all coal imports from Australia for 18 months. Even with the added impact of a global supply chain crisis and pandemic, the Port of Newcastle saw a…
LA Port Truck Drivers Seek Unionization
LOS ANGELES—The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced Jan. 19 that Southern California port and rail truck drivers, including those who operate at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, have filed for an election to form a union. The drivers allege that XPO Logistics—a freight transportation company based in Greenwich, Connecticut—misclassifies them as independent…
Sri Lanka Selects Chinese Firm to Develop New Container Port
November 25, 2021
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Sri Lanka has selected a Chinese firm to construct the second phase of the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal (ECT), a move which is likely to alarm other Asian powers given Beijing’s maritime silk road ambitions. In a Cabinet decision on Tuesday, Beijing-headquarted China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was approved by Colombo to develop the…
New System Sees Cargo Ship Numbers Drop at LA Ports
A new queuing system designed for the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports has reduced the number of cargo ships idling near the California coast, marine officials reported Nov. 22. The program is designed to reduce the number of ships “loitering,” or using their own diesel engines to idle unanchored, off the coast or anchored…
LA Port Cargo Volume 22 Percent Higher Compared to 2020
November 19, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The Port of Los Angeles announced Nov. 18 and cargo volume this year has been 22 percent higher than at this time in 2020. “Amid the array of challenges facing the supply chain, we continue to deliver more cargo than ever,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said. “The National Retail Federation…
White House ‘Completely Disconnected’ from Americans’ Plight: GOP Leader
The White House’s response this week to the ongoing supply chain crisis at the ports was “callous,” according to California’s top Republican representative. President Joe Biden’s Port Envoy John D. Porcari, who was assigned to work with the ports, said the crisis was “a good problem.” The busy Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are…
Winter Weather, West US Port Labour Talks Are Wild Cards in Shipping: Hapag Lloyd
November 18, 2021
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FRANKFURT—The shipping industry may face unexpected risks from labour negotiations in western U.S. ports and winter weather in the northern hemisphere over the next few months, the head of German container firm Hapag-Lloyd said on Thursday. “Winter can have a significant impact on shipping,” Chief Executive Rolf Habben Jansen said in an online call with…
Ships Near LA Ports Asked to Slow Down to Avoid Endangered Whales
A federal wildlife sanctuary program is asking the record-number of cargo ships and other vessels along the Southern California coast to slow down to try to protect a local population of endangered whales. A supply chain crisis has turned the Channel Island region into a watery parking lot for waiting container ships, posing real threats…
Germany’s Largest Port Sees Volatile Transport Chains for Rest of Year
November 16, 2021
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BERLIN—Europe’s third largest harbour, the German Port of Hamburg, reported a 2.9 percent hike in sea cargo in the first nine months of 2021 on Tuesday but warned that global transport chains would remain volatile for the rest of the year. Global trade has been marred by logjams in container ports caused by disruptions from…
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