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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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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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The state that produces the most Christmas trees in the United States is Oregon in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), thanks to its ideal climate and soil conditions for growing popular Christmas tree species like the Noble Fir, Douglas Fir, and Grand Fir. Oregon harvests over 4.5 to 5 million Christmas trees annually, making it the …

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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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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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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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The Port of New York-New Jersey recorded its busiest July ever, surpassing 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units on surging inbound container flows as importers moved early on back-to-school and end-of-year holiday inventory ahead of a host of issues clouding the global supply chain. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in a release said …

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Eastern Class 1 railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX will help reach Midwest cities with double-stack trains from the newly expanded Port of Virginia central rail yard. The Port of Virginia has announced that the expanded central rail yard is fully operational, lifting annual rail capacity to 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units. “Modernizing and expanding the …

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After roaring into Florida Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, Tropical Storm Debby is crawling up the East Coast, bringing with it catastrophic flooding and dumping feet of rain on some parts of the country. Debby has closed ports, damaged homes and businesses, and claimed at least five lives during what is expected to …

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