A little more than a week after Hurricane Harvey roiled Gulf Coast supply chains, another larger and stronger storm is threatening days-long delays and significant damage to cargo in the Caribbean and US Southeast. Hurricane Irma, now the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic since 2005, has been characterized as a...
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Houston truckers struggle with slow, soggy restart
Roads throughout Texas and the US Gulf Coast remain closed to traffic more than a week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Trucking operators are putting rigs back on the road in Houston, but slow-to-recede floodwaters and road closures complicate efforts to restore service. Shippers moving goods through and to the...
U.S. Hours-of-Service Rules Relaxed during State of Emergency for 26 States, District of Columbia
Driver hours-of-service rules are being relaxed in 26 states and the District of Columbia under a state of emergency announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on August 31. The declaration is in response to “fuel shortages due to refinery delays and interruption of delivery through pipelines as a...
Harvey adds a tailwind to US truck price hikes
As Hurricane Harvey recedes, truck rates will only rise, not just in Texas but nationwide, thanks to the Gulf Coast storm. The question is, by how much? Perhaps in the high single digits, an industry pricing expert said. “It will be somewhere in the 8 to 10 percent range, but...
Mumbai Supply Chains Still Tangled after Worst Rain for a Decade
Flood waters in Mumbai are reportedly receding, but delays plague the airport and sea terminals as another global supply chain hub succumbs to incremental weather. Reporting its heaviest rainfall in more than a decade, India’s second-largest city joins Hong Kong and Houston, both hit by severe storms in the last...
Port Houston to reopen for business, beginning with truck operations
Port Houston will reopen its terminals for business on Sept. 1, Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria announced at an evening press conference Aug. 31. The Barbours Cut Terminal, Bayport Container Terminal and Turning Basin Terminal will be open for truck operations from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 1. “Although...
Tropical Storm Harvey’s impact on supply chain operations
It goes without saying that that tragic events and circumstances related to Tropical Storm Harvey are unprecedented in many ways, based on the extent of current damage and, sadly, a number of lost lives, as well as various forecasts and experts expecting things to worsen before they get better. And...
Impact of Harvey flooding ripples through logistics networks
Logistics impacts from flooding in Houston and other parts of southeast Texas continue to spread as shippers and transportation providers cope with a regional interruption in port, truck, rail, and air freight shipment. Port Houston said its terminals, which shut at mid-day last Friday in advance of Hurricane Harvey, will...
Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey
Trucking fleets, railroads and shipping lines are rerouting cargo and setting up alternate supply lines as Tropical Storm Harvey promises to disrupt freight traffic across southeast Texas for days. Seaports in Houston and Corpus Christi have been closed to most ships since before Harvey made landfall Friday, and rising waters...
Demurrage Fees are Doubled at Chittagong Port to Ease Congestion
The penalty for leaving containers in yards past free time at Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port has been doubled to US$12 per TEU per day and $24 per FEU, in a bid to ease congestion. Previously, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) allowed importers to store containers free of charge for four days...