NEW YORK-New Jersey is struggling to handle a volume surge driven by economic growth and diversions of Asian cargo from congested west coast ports, reports Newark's Journal of Commerce.
Most container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey kept truck gates open on Tuesday - as dockers celebrated St Patrick's Day - in the struggle to clear backlogs caused by high volume and bunched ship arrivals.
Three dozen extra ships have een scheduled for the US east coast, which is now so congested that it is killing hope of retaining any diverted west coast cargo permanently, says one trucking source.
Loadmatch & Drayage.com CEO Jason Hilsenbeck, said delays at terminals have caused a spike in demand for trucks to move containers to nearby distribution centres and inland points.
"If New York-New Jersey ever had a chance to pick up long-term market share, it's now, but I think they're going to fail because of this congestion," Mr Hilsenbeck said.
He said the combination of congestion and lower west coast rates on Asian shipments will likely cause shippers to return to old routings. "It's not rocket science in this business," he said. "It's rates and service."
California ports are still digging out from a backlog that developed during slowdowns before the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) tentatively agreed on a contract last month.
PORTS
19 March 2015 - 21:05
NY-NJ battles cargo backlogs, dashing hopes of USWC market share grab
NEW YORK-New Jersey is struggling to handle a volume surge driven by economic growth and diversions of Asian cargo from congested west coast ports, reports Newark's Journal of Commerce.
PORTS
19 March 2015 - 21:05
NY-NJ battles cargo backlogs, dashing hopes of USWC market share grab
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