by Mike Duff | Jan 10, 2022 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports should return to normal growth rates in 2022, but volumes will remain high, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. Besides the prospect of...
by Mike Duff | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Leaders from several major retailers met with President Joseph Biden as part of a roundtable where they discussed steps taken to overcome supply chain bottlenecks and to meet consumer demand during the holiday season. Retail executives attending were Doug McMillon,...
by Peter Giannetti | Nov 23, 2021 | Featured News, Trade Shows & Associations
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have postponed consideration of a “container dwell fee” for a second week to Nov. 29 as officials evaluate continuing progress in moving containers off marine terminals. Since the dwell fee was announced on Oct. 25, the twin...
by Peter Giannetti | Nov 16, 2021 | Featured News
The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach jointly announced Monday they will delay consideration until November 22 of a container dwell fee directed at ocean carriers and aging cargo at the ports. The announcement came the same day a coalition of 85 industry...
by Mike Duff | Nov 9, 2021 | Featured News, Retail Articles
Retailers hold out little hope supply chain challenges will abate this year or next, a study of retail executives indicated, while the National Retail Federation affirms it expects imports at the nation’s container ports to remain at near-record levels for the...