East coast port talks resume, with automation and jobs still the sticking points
Negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Employers (USMX) will ...
Walmart has developed an empty space near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into a pop-up container yard.
The aim is to store containers off dock and alleviate the pressure the ports have come under since import volumes rebounded so heavily last year.
“Check this out – this was an empty lot near the LA/LB ports just four weeks ago,” posted Walmart EVP supply chain operations Joe Metzger on social media, with a photo (see above).
“Now it processes over 500 ...
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