{"id":1764,"date":"2020-12-22T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2021-12-31T18:24:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:24:03","slug":"the-boc-blast-389-terminal-rail-trucking-chassis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/the-boc-blast-389-terminal-rail-trucking-chassis-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"The BOC Blast 389 \u2013 Terminal, Rail, Trucking, Chassis Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/389.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/389-1024x243.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1753 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/243;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Terminal, Rail, Trucking, Chassis Updates<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Terminal Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LAX\/LGB Vessel\/Terminal Delay Update:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Terminals<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently 19 ships at anchor awaiting berths in LAX\/LGB as of Friday Dec 18th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All terminals continue to be congested due to the spike in import volumes and the same is expected to last until February 2021.&nbsp; Moreover, terminals are working with limited labor and split shifts (COVID-19 related).&nbsp; This labor shortages affect all terminals TAT for truckers, inter terminal transfers, the number of daily appointments available for gate transactions and generates delays in our vessels operations. Lack of terminal space due to congestion for operating the vessels, there is a constant switching of terminals that must be kept in mind when accepting OW bookings that are supposed to be going on dock but end up in the wrong terminal or the UP Off dock terminal (illegal moves).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hapag-Lloyd is currently shut out at some terminals limiting single empty returns and this situation will not change until we are able to work on the mty extra-loader vessel scheduled for late December.&nbsp; Dual transactions are encouraged and the Port Authority is pushing this process to keep freight moving in the complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An \u201cunprecedented amount of import containers\u201d has taken up all of the marine terminal space at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and forced employers to strictly ration longshore labor, with no immediate relief in sight, according to the largest terminal operator in Long Beach. \u201cBecause there is no room at the terminals, imports are just sitting on the docks, taking up space,\u201d Ed DeNike, president of SSA Containers, told a virtual conference Tuesday sponsored by the Agriculture Transportation Coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeNike said import distribution centers filled beyond capacity are a significant contributor to the congestion at the ports. Truckers are unable to dray import loads from the terminals to warehouses throughout Southern California. SSA\u2019s operating model calls for draying import loads from its three terminals in Long Beach to nearby off-dock yards for temporary storage before the containers are moved to the distribution facilities, but the warehouses are full. \u201cI have 3,000 containers sitting on off-dock terminals that can\u2019t be delivered,\u201d DeNike said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Rail:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the shortage of railcars has improved, the terminals are still congested and the on-dock rail performance is still not optimal forcing many units to be trucked to\/from the off dock rail ramp and the terminals.&nbsp; The off-dock ramp (ICTF for UP) is still congested and there are still containers stacked.&nbsp; We have units at ICTF that have been there for weeks and this has affected many key customers of Hapag-Lloyd.&nbsp; We are currently working with the UP &amp; our house truckers to move these boxes to the terminals as soon as possible in order to load the cargo but the lack of chassis and limited appointment numbers hinder these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Long Beach, CA \u2013 Average 7.4 at port \u2013 Rail units.&nbsp; At ramp: 2.3 days; total 9.7 days&nbsp;<\/li><li>Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Average 8.1 days at terminal.&nbsp; At ramp: 2 days; total 10.1 days&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Truckers:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High demand has affected overall trucker availability and better rates in other business segments have taken drivers away from the container transportation market &amp; long haul routes.&nbsp; Industry facing overall trucker shortage (especially for DG &amp; OW units).&nbsp; If still possible to move some OW units using triaxle chassis, the moves may take more than a week due to scarcity of triaxle chassis and truckers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>New York Terminal Delay Update:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Terminals \u2013 USNYC:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing steady increase of berth congestion \/ delays mainly at Maher Terminal and APM Terminal. These delays are effecting ERD\u2019s and the number of days being given for export receiving for certain services as all terminals struggle with yard capacity issues. Expect short work weeks and upcoming holidays will impact yard productivity further.&nbsp; Increased dwell times for import volumes, and large inventories of empty containers continue to impact operations.&nbsp; Gate turn times for truckers have increased slightly, and terminals with trucker management systems (appointments) (GCT Bayonne, APM Term.) are continuing to report almost 100% utilization of available appointment slots.&nbsp; Terminals have been extending gate \/ terminal hours when necessary to accommodate import deliveries.&nbsp; Maher Terminals, APM, GCT New York, and PNCT are offering Saturday gates on 12\/19 to help deliver backlog of import shipments.&nbsp; Terminals report these Saturday gates are not being utilized as much as needed \/ expected, so not having great impact on relieving import congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More Saturday gates may be offered in next few weeks, but terminals are requesting help in making sure they are utilized by customers.&nbsp; ILA labor shortages are a possibility in near future as number of cases amongst ILA members continue to rise.&nbsp; No drastic impact noted as of yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Rail:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NY \u2013 Average 5.3 days dwell from DIFU to transfer to MMR ramp (at MMR 4.6); total 9.9 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Canadian Terminal Delays Update:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Terminals:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All terminals continue to be congested due to the spike in import volumes and the same is expected to last until the end of Q1 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weekend labor shortages reported. Holiday labor shortages anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berth delays at PRR are particularly long with vessels being held off berth for days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Rail:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Railcar supply stable, however, daily rail production under target which is contributing to yard and berth congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current average rail dwell times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VAN: 3.6 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRR: 2.1 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2. Trucking Availability:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Capacity limitation in certain markets due to import volume spikes and severe drivers\u2019 shortage.&nbsp; Please find main markets, and estimate lead-time to secure capacity below:&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Market \/ Average 12-days+:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Savannah, GA (21 days) \u2013 Memphis, TN \u2013 Baltimore, MD \u2013 Macon, GA \u2013 Atlanta, GA<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Markets \/ Average 7-days+:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cincinnati, OH \u2013 Charleston, SC \u2013 Miami, FL \u2013 New York, NY \u2013 Charlotte, NC \u2013 Tacoma, WA \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 Dallas, TX \u2013 Miami\/PT. Everglades, FL \u2013&nbsp; Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Long Beach, CA \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013&nbsp; Norfolk, VA<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Markets \/ Average 4-days +:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Boston, MA \u2013 Buffalo, NY \u2013&nbsp; Chicago, IL \u2013 Cincinnati, OH \u2013 Cleveland, OH \u2013 Indianapolis, IN \u2013 Kansa City, MO \u2013 Council Bluffs, IA \u2013 Birmingham, AL \u2013 Greensboro, NC \u2013 Greer, SC \u2013 Jacksonville, FL \u2013&nbsp; Santa Teresa, NM \u2013 Laredo, TX \u2013 Portland, OR \u2013 New Orleans, LA&nbsp; \u2013 Oakland, CA \u2013 Houston, TX<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>3. Chassis Pools:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>USOAK \u2013 Constrained on all size types chassis due high demands.<\/li><li>UCHI \u2013 Deficit on 40\u2019 chassis due to demands.<\/li><li>USMES \u2013 Deficit on all chassis types, longer dwells on street.<\/li><li>USCVG \u2013 Constrained on 40\u2019 chassis, need to expedite repairs.<\/li><li>USNYC \u2013 Constrained on 40\u2019 chassis due to volumes.<\/li><li>USLAX\/USLGB \u2013 Pool of Pools seeing stressed chassis inventory in most terminal locations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>4. Railway Operations:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Congestions at some terminals &amp; rail ramps (imports):<\/li><li>New York, NY \u2013 Average 5.3 days dwell from DIFU to transfer to MMR ramp (at MMR 4.6); total 9.9 days<\/li><li>Long Beach, CA \u2013 Average 7.4 at port \u2013 Rail units, at ramp: 2.3 days; total 9.7&nbsp; days&nbsp;<\/li><li>Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Average 8.1 days at terminal, at ramp: 2 days; total 10.1 days&nbsp;<\/li><li>Charleston, SC \u2013 Average 2.6 days at terminal, at ramp: 3.6 days; total 5.12 days&nbsp;<\/li><li>Savannah, GA \u2013 Average 4.7 days at terminal, at ramp: 2 days; total 6.7 days<\/li><li>Norfolk, VA \u2013 Average 3.8 days at terminal, at ramp: 2 days; total 5.8 days<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>5. Cross Border Traffic (US\/CA):<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>No impact at this time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>6. Volume \/ Bookings Development (US\/LGB\/CANADA):<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bookings are beginning to exceed the daily average.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_1-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1758 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>7. Equipment Release (in Boxes):<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1759 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>8. Equipment Inventory:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Impact at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>9. Reinstated Sailings:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transpacific \u2013 West Coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All PSW (including India leg for PS3) and PNW loops will maintain their weekly sailings in December.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transpacific \u2013 East Coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All USEC loops will maintain their weekly sailings in December, except for in the following weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Week 50 \u2013 EC3 Void<\/li><li>Week 52 \u2013 EC3 Void<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transpacific \u2013 West Coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All PSW (including India leg for PS3) and PNW loops will maintain their weekly sailings in January, except for the following week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Week 1 \u2013 FP1 TP leg void<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Transpacific \u2013 East Coast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All USEC loops will maintain their weekly sailings in January, except for in the following week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Week 1 \u2013 EC3 void<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Final-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Final-1-1024x94.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1760 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/94;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terminal, Rail, Trucking, Chassis Updates 1. Terminal Operations LAX\/LGB Vessel\/Terminal Delay Update: Terminals: There are currently 19 ships at anchor awaiting berths in LAX\/LGB as of Friday Dec 18th. All terminals continue to be congested due to the spike in import volumes and the same is expected to last until February 2021.&nbsp; Moreover, terminals are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[507],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-boc-blast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bocintl.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}