May 16, 2022/
April was another banner month for the Port of Virginia as the port processed 323,244 teus, a 12.9% increase over April of 2021, and only 2,300 containers short of the port’s all-time record set in December 2021. The increases...
April was another banner month for the Port of Virginia as the port processed 323,244 teus, a 12.9% increase over April of 2021, and only 2,300 containers short of the port’s all-time record set in December 2021. The increases...
The West Coast port congestion continues to present new challenges to resolution. To recap, with the onset of the pandemic, e-commerce and import traffic devolved into a wildfire, but with quarantine restrictions and not enough port staff, processing this...
Thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which gave $72 million in funds to the project, the Port of Virginia is embarking on another dredge and widening project that is expected to make the port the deepest and...
Air freight rates rise again with the Ukraine invasion by Russia, but that’s to be expected. As the air freight market becomes increasingly paralyzed and expensive, more air lines are suspending flights, but not just to Russia; Korea, China,...
When container ships jumped from carrying 6,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEU’s) to 10,000 or more TEU’s per vessel, Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCO) and shippers started scratching their heads questioning why ocean carriers decided the hub ports could handle that...
Nothing’s a bigger head scratcher this week for BCO’s and shippers at the TPM22 conference in Long Beach, than why ocean carriers decided to deploy bigger ships without consulting hub ports on if they could even handle them in...
Snow storms hit the Port of Virginia twice in late January, shutting down the port both times, and increasing congestion that port officials believe will be cleared out in just a few short weeks. It started out with 11...
Thanks to the semi-automated cranes in the container yard and the two marine terminals linked by barge services at the Port of Virginia, the port has been able to alleviate backlogs that have slammed other ports on the USEC....
By ordering three Konecranes Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes the Port of Virginia has ensured the next upcoming year will be a good one. As a long standing Konecranes customer with a fleet of 116 Konecranes Automated RMG cranes, the...
With the Chinese Lunar New Year coming up, there are many traditions going into the event that have lots of cultural significance. The year itself isn’t based on the Gregorian calendar that you and I are used to, but...
