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The recent port strike on the East and Gulf coasts ended following a tentative agreement between dockworkers and port operators, resolving a labor dispute that had threatened to disrupt supply chains. According to CNN, the agreement includes a substantial wage increase and improved working...

Port Houston is reopening its two largest public container terminals to commercial trucks after closing them Tuesday due to a computer hardware failure. "Bayport and Barbours Cut Container Terminals are planning to open [Thursday] at 3 p.m. to truck traffic. Check back for another update soon...

An increase in loaded imports, along with volume growth for empty export boxes, contributed to the Port of Virginia achieving record cargo volumes for its fiscal year 2021, which ran from July 1, 2020, through June 30. The port handled a record 3.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units in FY 2021,...

The logjam of containers and ships at the Port of Yantian in China has noticeably improved in the 13 days since COVID-related safety restrictions were lifted and terminals resumed full-scale operations, but cascading delays could impact the peak holiday shipping season because dockworkers have so...

This is an excerpt from Monday's (6/7) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Off-price retailers typically weather economic downturns with relative ease. In good economies, loyal shoppers of off-pricers like T.J. Maxx, Ross Stores and Burlington have the wherewithal...

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) sees the cars parked at its terminal as a drive toward pre-coronavirus days. The SCPA said its busiest July ever for vehicles handled shows its strength in the roll-on/roll-off vessel sector and signals "a return to normalcy at automotive plants throughout...

It's the same old story over at the Port of Oakland. January imports broke another record, with containerized import volumes increasing 9 percent last month over January 2018 totals. Shippers are trying to get ahead of tariffs, and retailers are stocking up ahead of the annual New Year factory...