News / Improved data-sharing can avoid container bottlenecks at US ports

America’s Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) this week unveiled plans for a major shake-up in the collection and return of containers in a bid to alleviate future bottlenecks.

Following a decade of fact-finding missions, aided by industry groups and the FMC’s supply chain innovations team, commissioner Rebecca Dye published proposals that would affect Los Angeles and New York ports, calling for shipping community feedback by 15 September.

“We must prepare now to handle the next surge in cargo demand by eliminating bottlenecks and ...