News / Bad moon rising as US shippers face further shocks to the supply chain

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Delegates were in good spirits when they departed from Los Angeles last week after attending JOC’s superbly organised TPM conference at the opulent Hyatt Regency, Long Beach; but there are troubles on the horizon, for US shippers in particular, as the nation’s ports struggle to cope with the impact of ultra-large containerships on a fragile infrastructure.

And in the midst of the bidding by ocean carriers to beneficial cargo owners, just ahead of the annual contract renewals on May 1, on ...