2015 was a year full of congestion for U.S. West Coast ports, as they struggled to handle backed up vessels, long truck queues and marine terminals full of containers. The Journal of Commerce reports on a July Federal Maritime Commission study that accounts the issues facing all major U.S. entryways, including marine terminal and roadway…
The first arrival of an 18,000-TEU vessel to North America marks the beginning of the Port of Los Angeles quickly becoming a major player in trans-Pacific shipping. According to the Journal of Commerce, Los-Angeles based APM Terminals set the standard for the management of mega-ships, processing the enormous CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin in less than…
Shipping Tip: Shipping an In-operable Vehicle If you are shipping an in-operable (INOP) vehicle, let your agent know whether the car can roll, brake and/or steer so we can send a specialized trucker to pick up or deliver your vehicle.
Quick Tip: Avoid Paying Storage at an Auction House To avoid paying storage at an auction house, contact one of our agents immediately with your buyer and stock number to secure a booking and we will be able to expedite pick-up. Also advise the auction house to send the original title to CFR Classic to…
The expansion of the Panama Canal is currently scheduled for April of 2016, allowing ships with a capacity of up to 14,000 TEUs (the equivalent of 7,000 x 40' containers) to pass through the century-old passage between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Until now, only ships of up 1/3 of that capacity can pass through the Canal…
FROM THE JOURNAL 'PORT TECHNOLOGY': Car shipping specialist CFR Classic has warned that unless automotive handlers move away from temporary wooden racking solutions they could be left behind as steel engineered ‘R-Raks’ become the optimal model for handling automobiles in containers. Since the US based CFR first switched from wooden racking to fully certified, steel…
The traffic mitigation fee charged on container movements at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will increase to $69.17 per 20-foot-equivalent unit from the current $66.50 per-TEU fee, effective Aug. 1. John Cushing, president of PierPass Inc., said the increase reflects the higher labor costs that terminal operators face as a result of…