Tag: Ports
Reliable Data Crucial to Efficiency, Preventing Supply Chain Bottlenecks
The March meetings of the Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) Maritime Data Initiative maintained the focus of previous sessions on data reliability and the consequences...
Stakeholders Say Real-Time Data Needed to Solve Supply Chain Inefficiencies
The need for timely accurate data to increase efficiency within the supply chain was a recurring theme in stakeholder comments during the February meetings...
Stakeholders Look to Data Harmonization to Solve Global Supply Chain Issues
The need to standardize data to solve global supply chain issues has been a consistent theme at meetings to date of a maritime data...
State Gains Funds from Federal Infrastructure Bill
The federal infrastructure bill signed by President Joe Biden this week will provide much-needed funding to help California improve its roads, bridges and ports.
Much...
Federal Recommendations Keep Focus on Modernizing U.S. Ports, Waterways
Last week, the Biden-Harris administration released a plan to help federal agencies gear up to implement the federal infrastructure bill quickly.
The White House said...
CalChamber: Practical Steps to Ease Supply Chain Crisis
In a letter this week to Governor Gavin Newsom and members of the California Legislature, the California Chamber of Commerce offered a series of...
Governor’s Actions Aim to Tackle Port Congestion
Easing port congestion was the focus of an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last week and a federal partnership announced this week.
The...
Commissioner Offers Insights into Factors Affecting Congestion at U.S. Ports
The commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, Carl Bentzel, joined the California Chamber of Commerce on October 5 to discuss the state of U.S....
California District Export Councils Urge Action to Relieve Port Congestion
The many difficulties facing California exporters, particularly the shipping problems caused by port congestion, were the focus of a virtual meeting hosted by the...
