News / A Quick hi-tech answer to the US port congestion crisis – at least in Virginia

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Outdated empty container repositioning practices have been blamed for exacerbating the US port congestion crisis.

“There is not so much a driver shortage crisis – it is an inefficiency crisis,” Rick Knapp, chief executive of technology firm Quick 180 told The Loadstar.

Mr Knapp said a “silo” mentality existed within container shipping lines, whereby import and export departments in the US rarely talked to each other. This meant thousands of empty containers a day were needlessly trucked between importers’ premises and ports ...