News / TPM23: it's 12 months on, and the tables have turned

Carriers try to appease BCOs at this year's TPM

One year ago, there were more than 100 ships waiting outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, loaded to the gunnels with imports from Asia.

With premium fees, shippers were paying up to $20,000 to ship a 40ft container from China to the US west coast.

Just 12 months later, as the annual JOC TPM Conference at Long Beach gets into gear, there are very few containerships to be seen in the San Pedro Bay, and those that are discharging ...