(Florham Park, NJ) … Below are updates to operations for all vessel, terminal and inland services within North America. This information is subject to change.
Vessel Operations
North America East Coast
- "MSC Vittoria" V 247 – to be delayed an extra 2 days in New York due to bad weather crossing the ocean and berth congestion.
- "Athens Glory" V 249 – to be delayed an extra 10 days in Houston due to berth congestion and labor shortage.
North America West Coast
- "Maersk Cairo" V 251 – to be delayed an extra 1 day in Seattle due to berth congestion.
- "MSC Abidjan" V 252 – to be delayed an extra 1 day in Prince Rupert due to bad weather.
Terminal Operations
Due to increased volume, we are experiencing congestion issues at the following terminal locations: New York, Baltimore, Savannah, Miami, Houston, Oakland and Prince Rupert, Vancouver.
Most Terminals will be closed on 12/25 and on 1/1 due to Holidays
U.S. East Coast
- New York – Vessel waiting time is 0-2 days at APM and PNCT Terminal due to berth congestion.
- Baltimore – Vessel waiting time is 1-3 days due to berth congestion.
- Norfolk – Vessel waiting time is 0-5 days due to berth congestion.
- Savannah – Vessel waiting time is 0-10 days due to berth congestion, high import volume and extra loaders.
U.S. Gulf Coast
- Houston – Vessel waiting time is 2-10 days due to berth congestion and labor shortage.
- New Orleans – Vessel waiting time is 1-2 days due to foggy weather last week.
U.S. West Coast
- Oakland - Vessel waiting time is 4-7 days due to high import volume and labor shortage.
- Seattle – Vessel waiting time is 1 day due to berth congestion.
Canada
- Prince Rupert – Vessel waiting time is 1-2 days. Yard utilization is at 93% of capacity.
- Vancouver – Vessel waiting time is 4-38 days. Yard utilization is at 72% of capacity.
Equipment Availability
Due to increased volume at terminals and inland rail facilities, there have been ongoing chassis shortages resulting in pick-up delays and deliveries. Most notably, we are encountering chassis availability issues in the Long Beach/Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia terminals, and the Cleveland, Columbus, Louisville, Nashville, St. Louis, Atlanta, Chicago, and Memphis areas. Equipment availability continues to be an issue at the locations below.
Equipment availability continues to be an issue at the locations below.
| Location | Equipment Availability | Location | Equipment availability |
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Atlanta
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Equipment Availability
limited 20' and 40' available |
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Minneapolis
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Equipment availability
limited 20' and 40' available
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Chicago
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Equipment Availability
limited 40' reefer available |
Location
Nashville
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Equipment availability
limited 20' and 40' available
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Cincinnati
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Equipment Availability
limited 40' available |
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Omaha
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Equipment availability
limited 40' available
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Columbus
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Equipment Availability
limited 20' and 40' available
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Location
South Florida
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Equipment availability
limited equipment availability
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Detroit
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Equipment Availability
limited 20' and 40' available
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Location
St. Louis
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Equipment availability
limited 40' available
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Kansas City
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Equipment Availability
limited 20' available
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Location
Seattle
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Equipment availability
limited 40' reefer availability
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Memphis
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Equipment Availability
limited 20' available
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Location
Vancouver
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Equipment availability
limited 20' available
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Inland Rail Transit Advisories
We are also experiencing congestion at all major rail facilities in Chicago, Columbus, and Los Angeles UP and BNSF rail ramps. We expect delays in picking-up and delivering containers at these locations.
U.S. East Coast
No new issues highlighted.
U.S. Mid West
Chicago/Dallas Import - Due to congestion at destination ramps and accumulating backlog of cargo at origin ports, delays are to be expected in origin departure from long beach and Oakland for rail deliveriesto the Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth areas. Please arrange for timely pick up of all arriving import units at destination to assist with drive for operations fluidity.
Chassis Shortage – Chassis deficits continue to be observed on a weekly basis in Chicago. TRAC chassis can be utilized as our approved secondary provider. Please assist with the return on any dwelling equipment in these locations to mitigate continued equipment limitations.
BNSF Logistics Park (Chicago) – We have seen ongoing departure delays affecting west-bound cargo from Chicago LPC to Oakland and Long Beach.
Louisville CSX update – Effective November 9, the Louisville, KY CSX terminal will use an additional provisional container yard for international freight to ensure continued safe and efficient operations at this facility. The new Louisville container yard is a grounded operation and customers must bring a chassis to pick up their container within Ship CSX and the X gate app, the parking location will show as CYOIS. The OIS container yard address, hours of operation, phone number are as follows.
OIS Louisville
4420 poplar level rd, Louisville, KY 40213
0800- 1630 EST Monday – Friday
Closed Saturday – Sunday
Phone # 614-259-1261
Detroit NS – NS Livernois has REMOVED the restriction surrounding export allocations.
U.S. West Coast
No new issues highlighted
Chassis Shortage – Due to persistent congestion nationwide, chassis shortages continue to be observed resulting in potential delays for pick-up and delivery.
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