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Disruptive winter storm bringing snow, ice, frigid temperatures to Gulf Coast

Another strong, disruptive winter weather event will unfold across the U.S. this week, but this time the Gulf Coast is preparing for impacts. Polar air is plunging south from Canada to start the week and meeting with moisture across the Gulf Coast from East Texas to Florida. As a center of low pressure moves over …

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Texas, Louisiana ports see surge in November freight volumes

Total November freight movements were up in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, and in New Orleans, boosted by imports of consumer goods and machinery and exports of crude oil. Port Houston containerized freight soars 24% in November Port Houston’s container volume in November recorded a 24% year-over-year increase to 369,361 twenty-foot equivalent units. Port officials …

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Container imports

Container imports to surge ahead of strike, tariffs, NRF predicts

Containerized imports are expected to continue to surge through U.S. ports into the new year as shippers look to beat a possible strike by East and Gulf Coast longshore workers and planned tariffs by the incoming Trump administration, according to a new forecast. October volume totaled 2.25 million twenty-foot equivalent unit through ports covered by …

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Protest on Mexican side of World Trade Bridge halts northbound cargo traffic

A protest at the Mexico border has caused a major backup at the busiest cargo bridge in the U.S. Around noon on Tuesday, protestors in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, began blocking the roadway on the Mexico side of the World Trade Bridge that connects to Laredo, Texas. All northbound cargo trucks carrying goods from Mexico to …

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Dockworkers go on strike at ports across US East, Gulf coasts

Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, has updated the union’s list of demands after dockworkers began striking against employers at ports across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts starting Tuesday. “We are now demanding $5 an hour increase in wages for each of the six years of a new ILA-USMX Master Contract,” said ILA President …

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Port of New York-New Jersey details strike operations plan

The second-busiest U.S. ocean container port urged shippers to wind down cargo business less than a week before a strike deadline set by union dockworkers. Strike preparations are underway at the Port of New York-New Jersey, Port Director Bethann Rooney said in a letter to customers, offering details on operational plans during the stoppage. The International Longshoremen’s …

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What the surge in empty container moves says about the freight market

The rails movement of empty international and domestic sized containers into the Los Angeles market have spiked over the past month. The implication is that demand is outpacing the supply of available containers both on the west coast and overseas. The transportation market appears to be able to handle it. The dominant flow of consumer …

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