Maritime Insights

By Tim Jemal, CEO, Supply Chain Federation

A Ramboll study commissioned by the Supply Chain Federation finds California’s Warehouse ISR adds high costs with no emission gains—threatening jobs & supply chains.

July 2025 TEU report: LA and Long Beach hit record volumes while Oakland and Vancouver surge. Explore U.S., Canada & Mexico port trends.

Jordan Royer, Vice President of PMSA

Seattle’s August 2025 primary delivers shocking losses for moderate incumbents, raising questions about progressive momentum and national political shifts.

USWC ports see steep drop in China trade—imports down over 25% and exports off more than 65% since pre-COVID levels.

By Gene Seroka & Mario Cordero, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach

Ports of LA & Long Beach propose ‘CAAP Plus’—a cooperative, enforceable plan to cut port emissions faster than SCAQMD’s PR 2304 rulemaking approach.

California truckers face record diesel prices, paying 35% more than Houston and far above East Coast and Gulf Coast averages. Diesel for drayage in California tops $5/gal, driving up trucking costs at LA, Long Beach, and Oakland ports.

June 2025 TEU data reveals key shifts in U.S., Canadian & Mexican port volumes, West Coast shares, and global container trade trends.

The story behind 53-foot containers on U.S. highways—how the 1982 STAA law and Rep. Glenn Anderson changed trucking forever.

West Coast ports see volatile market share in U.S. container trade as tariffs, labor risks, and East Asia imports drive shifting cargo flows.

Thomas Jelenić, Vice President of PMSA

Southern California regulators are about to repeat the environmental policy mistakes California has made on grand scale.  For decades, California was a leader in reducing pollution from mobile sources.  It is important to stress the word “leader” here. 

Normally, the Port of Los Angeles is the nation’s busiest container gateway. Still, from time to time, the Port of New York/New Jersey (PNYNJ) lays claim to the title, invariably causing the East Coast media to break out the celebratory sparklers. The contest for the nation’s top container port is typically framed in the media as a rivalry between PNYNJ and the Port of LA, the Yankees vs. the Dodgers, if you will.

On July 9, the National Retail Federation’s Global Port Tracker projected that 2.06 million TEUs laden with goods from abroad would arrive in June at the thirteen U.S. mainland ports it surveys.