The House of Representative passed, with strong support from the home and housewares industry, The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 Wednesday in a vote of 364-60 vote. The bipartisan bill, introduced in August by Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD),...
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...
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...
The Biden administration has announced plans to launch a series of initiatives to address supply chain challenges affecting the United States. Although they won’t help the current holiday season log-jam affecting U.S. ports or the immediate challenges facing the...