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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The National Cherry Festival, held in Traverse City, MI, is annually rated as one of North America’s top 100 Festivals and Events by the American Bakers Association (ABA). This year, the festival is scheduled from June 29 to July 6 and is expected to welcome over 500,000 visitors. Traverse City also proudly houses the world’s …

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The CrowdStrike outage may not be the top headline today, but that does not mean the impact is a thing of the past. Delta is still digging out of the backlog, and computer systems are still coming back online for other companies. The state of freight is still exposed to the CrowdStrike fallout. According to …

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Ports in Houston and Galveston, Texas, remained closed Tuesday after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning. Port Houston officials posted on X they will be resuming normal operations on Wednesday, and will be offering extended gate hours for its customers at its container terminals. The storm brought …

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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reported recently that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.3 months in May, according to a member survey conducted from May 20 to June 4. The reading is down 0.6 months from May 2023. The ABC monthly Construction Backlog Indicator is a forward-looking national economic indicator that reflects the amount …

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