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system also allows trucking


companies to schedule pickups and upload information before pickup for priority processing and expedited check-out. A recent increase in


transloading activity at the Northwest Seaport Alliance has been attributed to the effort to move the glut of imports inland. “More companies are transloading at the port of discharge,” said Georgette Reidburn, NWSA’s business development manager, “and then directing cargo to destinations where inventory is low or responding to a surge in demand for certain products and increasing speed to market.” Over 10 million square feet of additional transload capacity came online in 2020 at NWSA in response to this shiſt, according to Reidburn. Despite all these challenges,


“It’s important to note that cargo is moving,” said Cordero. “The Port of Long Beach just had its busiest January on record, right on the heels of our busiest quarter and busiest year ever.” In reaction to the congestion in


California. THE Alliance launched a new


transpacific service in December 2020 that makes Houston its first U.S. port of call in a string that also includes Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Pusan, New Orleans, and Mobile. Jay Y. Lee, Chairman and CEO, HMM (America) Inc., a THE Alliance member, noted that shippers “have voiced their desire for options between the U.S. Gulf and Asia.” Among other similar


developments, Mediterranean Shipping Company in December started its Chinook service with a rotation of Yantian, Shanghai, Busan, and Vancouver. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services launched a service on February 21 with calls in Southeast Asia, Vladivostok, Los Angeles, and Tacoma. Wan Hai Lines will double its current two transpacific strings in mid-March to four, including a new Pacific


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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services launched a new service in February with US calls in Los Angeles and Tacoma. (Credit: Peter Buxbaum)


route that calls on Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Yantian, Los Angeles, and Oakland. The F-type containership Ever Fortune was delivered in October and was also put into service on the Asia- U.S. east coast route. The carrier has another 53 new buildings, ranging in size from 1,800 TEU to 24,000 TEU, all to be delivered by the end of 2022, and totaling over 450,000 TEU. For all the measures being taken by ports and carriers,


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the answer to when the glut of Asian cargo and the consequent congestion at North American ports will end is still up in the air. According to Drewry, the consensus among carriers and forwarders is that it will take “months rather than weeks,” for the situation to resolve itself. BDP’s Welsh concurs. “So far,”


he said, “there is little indication that 2021 will welcome any type of relief for the industry, at least not in the near future.”


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Southern California, many ocean carriers have launched new services that bypass Los Angeles and Long Beach. Oakland and Seattle were the beneficiaries of a new Golden Gate Bridge service from CMA-CGM and Ocean Alliance, launched in February, with a rotation that also includes Yantian and Shanghai. “Calling Oakland first from Asia


will help meet market demand while also providing some relief to the congestion at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports,” said Ed Aldridge, president of CMA CGM America. CMA CGM also increased capacity between Asia and the U.S. by over 114,500 TEU in the second half of 2020, and doubled the number of its dedicated chassis in Southern


The Port of Oakland is the first US call on Ocean Alliance’s new Golden Gate Bridge. (Credit: Port of Oakland)


Northwest service from North Asia to Seattle and Oakland that will bypass Southern California. In December, Evergreen Line


took delivery of two F-type 12,000- TEU ships that were deployed to the carrier’s transpacific services. Ever Forever was put into service on the Asia-U.S. east coast service, calling on four Chinese ports, including Hong Kong, before heading across the Pacific and through the Panama Canal to call on Savannah, Norfolk, Baltimore, and New York. Ever Far is deployed on the South China-Taiwan-U.S. west coast


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