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March 2024

March 2024 Local and Industry Updates

Evergreen Joins Trakking’s Empty Release Module, plus local updates and industry news

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January 2024

January 2024 Local and Industry Updates

The Maritime Musical Chairs of 2024, plus local updates and industry news

December 2023

December 2023 Local and Industry Updates

Holiday hours and a look ahead to ETS changes coming in January 2024 in the EU and other industry developments.

November 2023

November 2023 Local and Industry Updates

As winter weather arrives, we can expect frequent changes for ERDs and cutoffs at rail and port terminals. Trakking will aim to provide updates about major disruptions in our communications — stay tuned!

October 2023

October 2023 Local and Industry Updates

Vessel space and empty container availability anticipated to be tight, causing challenges for exports

September 2023

September 2023 Local and Industry Updates

Upcoming gate closures on back-to-back weekends due to The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Saturday, September 30) and Thanksgiving (Monday, October 9). Here’s the latest on what’s happening in the industry.

August 2023

Aug 2023 Local and Industry Updates

After a 5 week disruption from the Canadian West Coast port labour dispute, the backlog is slowly getting cleared. Here’s the latest on what is happening in the industry for empty containers.

July 2023

Local Updates: Regular Operations while ILWU Members Vote July 27 and 28

Things are very fluid with the West Coast port workers strike that started July 1. Here’s the latest on what is happening in the industry for empty containers.

July 2023

July 2023 Industry Updates

Here's a few important articles we've read recently, including the latest on the B.C. port strike.

June 2023

ILWU Canada Issues 72-Hour Strike Notice

ILWU Canada issued 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The dockworkers are prepared to start striking at 8:00am on Saturday, July 1, 2023.

June 2023

Patrick Lo on Maximizing Container Efficiency (Let's Talk Supply Chain Podcast)

On Tuesday, Trakking CEO and Founder Patrick Lo was a special guest on Let's Talk Supply Chain's Thoughts and Coffee weekly show with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey. They discuss how Trakking brings predictability and precision to container management and the importance of working together to remove waste from our shared supply chains.

June 2023

Local Updates: Export Rates Drop, West Coast 20' Shortages, and Eastern Rail Depots operating 24/7

Shipping volumes continue to be low. With poor Q1 earnings, shipping lines continue to increase blank sailings. Export rates have fallen drastically, to the point that sometimes drayage rates are higher than ocean rates.

June 2023

June 2023 Industry Updates

Here's a few important industry articles we've read recently, including a potential truckers' boycott on Florida, poor first quarter financials, and truckload rates bottoming out.

April 2023

Local Updates: GTA Rail, Low 20' in Vancouver, and Increase in Exports

KPCP and CN Rail are accepting more empties in GTA, there's a shortage of 20' containers in Vancouver, and export volumes are increasing.

April 2023

April 2023 Industry Updates

Here are a few important industry articles we have read recently about CPKC, Delta Port expansion, CBSA labour disputes, LA-LB dockworker job action, West Coast dockworker contract talks, and Port of Montreal job action.

March 2023

March 2023 Industry Updates

Here are a few important industry articles we have read recently, regarding a new rail & barge network, carbon offsetting in shipping, schedule reliability, a potential CN strike, 100% eBL, and mobile robots in warehouses.

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February 2023

Equipment Update: Import Volumes Remain Low

Import volumes into Canada remain low and shipping companies continue with blank sailings. Equipment shortages persist in the West Coast. Industry experts are predicting that the entire first half of 2023 will remain slow, with improvements coming during the second half of 2023.

January 2023

Equipment Update: Import Volumes Low, Shortage of 20-foot Containers in the West

Import volumes into Canada continue to be down and shipping lines have continued with their blank sailings. Recent storms and heavy snow in the East Coast has impacted the repositioning of containers to the West Coast. There currently is a shortage of 20-foot containers.

Yang Ming ship docked at Delta Port
December 2022

Equipment Update: West Coast Available, Inland Shortage, and East Coast Oversupply

Although the West Coast had sufficient equipment at container depots over the last 4 weeks, things have taken a turn for the worse recently. Vessel delays in December are slowing down empty container turnover in Vancouver, and there are minimal empty containers available at off-docks.

Empty Container Shortages Due to Reduced Imports
November 2022

Empty Container Shortages Due to Reduced Imports

The shipping industry is feeling the impacts of what many expect to be an upcoming recession. People in North America are buying less. Imports have decreased, which has led to shortages of empty containers.

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August 2022

New York port truckers press FMC for emergency order

Ocean carriers, marine terminals must share more accurate container storage data, companies urge FMC

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March 2020

Container gateways evolving from cargo ports to data portals

Data portal projects are already well under way at the ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, New York-New Jersey, and Baltimore.