Tag: trucking
Ports of LA, Long Beach To Start Charging Shipping Companies If Containers Are Not Moved Out Of Port Quickly
According to a statement by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Monday, shipping companies are to receive large fines if their cargo stays too long on port grounds, with storage areas for containers rapidly shrinking in the...
Dock Workers Warned Officials of Potential Port Backlog Crisis; Maintain It’s Not Their Fault
Dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), said on Friday that the port crisis is not their fault and that heightened measures, such as the National Guard being deployed to some ports, will not help alleviate the...
Trucking Leaders Urge Governor Newsom To Declare State of Emergency Over Port Backlog Crisis
Trucking industry leaders urged California to declare the port backlog crisis a State of Emergency on Thursday in order to get regulatory relief for the trucking and shipping industries, as well as assist in ending the backlog sooner. Action from...
Commentary: America’s Supply Chain Truck Wreck
I want to address the reason store shelves are emptying and why parts of the United States are dealing with scarcities of all kinds. Some of it has to do with the prolonged shutdown of our economy which literally broke...
California Grocery Stores and Supermarkets Normalize as Panic Buying Subsides
The panic buying that has plagued California during the past two weeks due to COVID-19 coronavirus fears has been subsiding quickly according to several trade groups and organizations. A return to normalcy in California food stores While certain products have...
California Legislature Rejects Asm. Kiley’s Effort to Suspend Harmful Economic Impacts of AB 5
Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many said under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away. Thursday morning, the the California Assembly rejected a motion by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley...