b'NOVEMBER 8 - 21, 2021MARITIME Section 19(INVESTMENTcontinuedGas still has a bright shipping future(OUTLINEcontinued from from page 18) page 18)said that from the Port, we seewith the result: The containers 4,000 trucks per week are beingin a much cleaner world thatweredestinedtogointer-trucked to the Atlanta region thatmodalwerepilingupinthe could be converted to rail. Liquefied gas has a strong future as a marinethe atmosphere, where it traps as much as 86 timesthousands. They were taking up GPA has added gate hoursfuel,evenifshippingsglobalregulatoradoptsmore heat than similar amounts of carbon dioxide.room and creating havoc among at night and on week-ends: Thestricter emissions targets. Container shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/Sall of usThe railroads have Governor has relaxed hours ofThatsaccordingtoDNVAS,whichsetshas dismissed it as another fossil fuel and thedone a little better recently, but servicerequirementsfortruck- ship safety standards. It sees liquefied natural gasWorld Bank has noted its uncertain greenhouseit still an issue.ers to utilize night gate hours. having a significant role in fueling the industry thatgas benefits. l ocAli mPortc ontAinersThePortissupportingtransports more than 80% of world trade becauseLNG cuts CO2 emissions by 25%, much less workforcedevelopmentthatits less polluting than oil, and theres potential forthan some alternatives like clean methanol. But thatn otb einge xPeditiouslyincludestraininghighschoolcleaner versions, such as bio-LNG. That would stillcan be improved by better ship design and slowerP ickedu Pstudents in how to operate forkbe the case if the International Maritime Organiza- sailing. That gives it a viable future as a marineInaddition,DeNikesaid, liftsandothercargohandlingfuel, especially as the fossil-basedimportcontainersdestinedfor equipment. versioncanbereplacedwithaSouthern California warehouses bio equivalent in the long term,are not being picked up: Those i ncreAsedw Arehousing Chryssakis said. aretheimportsthataregoing Five years ago, when McCar- Plus,LNGsmethane-sliplocal. They are not being picked thy arrived at the Port, there wereis being improved and its cur- up. Dwell times on the terminals 45 million square feet of ware- rentlywidelyavailable,unlikeare 3-4 times what it would nor-housing serving Port customers.manycleaneralternatives.Itsmally be. Weve had big shippers That capacity has now doubledalso getting more popular, withkeepcontainersonourdocks to 90 million square feet of ware- about 300 ships either burning for30-40days,payingdemur-housing so the BCOs, the cargoor ready to useLNG last year.rage which is quite expensive but owners, are taking leases on theseThats up from about 80 in 2015,theyrestillkeepingthem(the buildings. DNV data show. containers) on the docks.The Port is also expanding itsAsaresultofwarehouses cargo handling capacity by addinge missionsg oAls notprocessingcontainers,the an additional 2 million TEUs ofThe IMO is targeting a 50%chassisaredelayedwithcon-cargo-handlingcapacityandthecut in total greenhouse gas emis- tainersoutsidewarehousesand Port will be able to handle vesselssionsby2050,thoughagroupnotbeingreturnedtoterminals of up to 16,000 TEUs. tion ups its emission-reduction goal. representing more than 80% of the merchant fleetso that import containers cannot ssAAndw estc oAst TheshipsthatarebeingbuiltwithLNGwants to aim for net-zero CO2 by thenand somebe placed on the returned chas-todayand we expect that many more will comenations have made similar proposals. sis and trucked out of the termi-P orts in the next five to 10 yearsthey definitely have aProducing cleaner liquefied gas could benefitnals. This adds to the congestion: Ed DeNike, president of SSAfuture, said Christos Chryssakis, business devel- other alternative marine fuels, too. Making it fromSSA has 8,000 chassis that we containers,operates8terminalsopmentmanageratDNV.Eventually,wewillbiogas produces spare CO2, which can then be useduse and own to help our termi-on the West Coast and representshave to turn from fossil LNG to cleaner versions. to make methanola product that has been garner- nals move containers using dray 25% of the West Coast ports man- LNGsfutureintodaysoil-dominatedingmoreinterest,includingfromMaersk.Bio- operations.Wevelost4,000 hours. SSA operates three termi- marine fuel market is a controversial subject. ItsLNG can also be swapped straight into the engineschassis. When I say losttheyre nals in Southern California. been criticized for causing methane to leak intoof ships that have been using the fossil version. notcomingback(becausethey He said terminals have beenare delayed at warehouses). As a blamed for congestion that theyresult, were not able to dray off havenocontroloveranddidterminal. This adds to the con- minals: We dont believe thatthe Port of Seattle. whatwewouldnormallydray not cause. gestion:SSAhas8,000chas- moregatehoursaregoingtooff . our on-dock terminals are Normally SSA moves 1000sis that we use and own to helpsolve the problem. r otterdAms hortseA more congested because we cant to 2000 containers every nightourterminalsmovecontainersDeNike said that when SSAt erminAls get the imports off the dock.tooff-dockfacilitiesthatareusingdrayoperations.Weveoffersthelate-nightgatesandCeesvanPelt,specialproj-open24hoursperday7dayslost 4,000 chassis. When I saytriedSaturdayservicetohelpects manager, Rotterdam Shortseau.s. r AilroAdi ntermodAlper week. There is no extra costlosttheyrenotcomingbackrelievecongestion:thetruck- Terminals(RST)explainedhowm ovesA red own in21to pick up these containers at the(becausetheyaredelayedaters are not using the late nights.the terminal thrives with limitedComplicatingtheportcon-off-dock container yards. warehouses). As a result, wereWhen we offer Saturday serviceandexpensivespacelocatedingestion problem is that U.S. rail-DeNike said: What we arenotabletodrayoffwhatweatourexpense,andwevedowntownRotterdam.RSThasroadsnationallyweremoving seeing is that the containers arewould normally dray off. ouropenonSaturdaysatvariousthe capacity to process 1. 2 millionless container or intermodal ship-not being picked up at our off- on-dock terminals are more con- portsweve gotten very littlecontainers per year on a 163-acrements in September 2021 than in dock facilities or at our termi- gested because we cant get thesupportfromthetruckingandterminal powered by 18 cranes. September 2020, according to the nals at the waterfront. imports off the dock. BCOs (beneficial cargo owners)He said the downtown loca- AssociationofAmericanRail-bnsfAnduP c APAcity s AturdAys ervice And .Itsanabsolutewasteoftion gave RST the ability to offerroads (AAR): U.S. railroads also moneyOur rates that we getinlandtruckingconnectionstooriginated1,328,527containers s hortfAll 24-h ourg Atesd ontw ork from the carriers cover Mondayshippers as opposed to obligatingandtrailersinSeptember2021, ThecongestionproblemOn the issue of more nightthrough Friday. truckers to drive out and back todown 6.7 percent, or 95,317 units, started several months ago byhours and 24-hour service at ter- A similar problem exists atthe main container terminals. from the same month last year.the fact that the railroads (Bur-lingtonNorthernSantaFeand Union Pacific) simply could not keep up with the volume that was coming through the West Coast. DeNikeheardsimilarproblems withrailservicewerehappen-ingatotherterminalswiththe result: The containers that were destinedtogointermodalwere piling up in the thousands. They were taking up room and creat-ing havoc among all of usThe railroads have done a little better recently, but it still an issue.Since then, imports stored at container yards are the real prob-lem: Those are the imports that are going local. They are not being picked up. Dwell times on the ter-minals are 3-4 times what it would normally be. Weve had big ship-pers keep containers on our docks for30-40days,payingdemur-rage which is quite expensive but theyrestillkeepingthem(the containers) on the docks.Asaresultofwarehouses notprocessingcontainers,the chassisaredelayedwithcon- customs brokers&freight forwarderstainers outside warehouses and notbeingreturnedtotermi-nalssothatimportcontainerswww . jfmoran.com: 800.944.1041cannot be placed on the returned chassisandtruckedoutofthe'