Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Drsicoll says that exports and imports with Asia are on the rise - last week, 9 vessels arrived at the Port “within two days,” indicating that “trade with China is ramping back up.”

A group of Northern California freight forwarders, customs brokers, stevedores and U.S. Customs officials are working together with truckers, longshore labor and Port of Oakland officials to expedite import containers reaching end users, especially those that contain medical supplies and other important products during the Coronavirus emergency.

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), Schnitzer Steel Industries, the Harbor Trucking Association, and the California Trucking Association filed a suit in response to the latest submission by the Oakland A's proposed stadium and condominium complex at the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal.

The maritime industry has been deeply affected as a result of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus and its impacts to Chinese manufacturing and logistics services.

Whether it is automating your workforce or implementing new logistics systems, cost is always an issue, and so is the temptation to go with standardized computer equipment and solutions. In the transportation sector that may or may not make sense. Working with vendors that specialize in customized hardware, software, and solutions may be a better idea.

“The vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus),” according to a survey of registered nurses conducted by National Nurses United (NNU) and released on March 5th.

While there’s been a string of major trade show cancellations, Medica 2020 could be “the show of all shows.”

SeaIntelligence’s Jensen says, despite Coronavirus, China’s recovery is inevitable but exporters to China will suffer.

Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI), which represents farmers, shippers and tug and barge operators on the Mississippi and other rivers, sharply criticized President Trump’s 2021 budget proposals for the U.S. inland waterways and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calling them “Astonishingly Inadequate” and noting:

Innovation is critical to the success of retailers at a time when consumers may well be buying less, according to the top executive of Levi Strauss & Co., addressing the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s supply chain forum Tuesday [Feb. 25] in Grapevine, Texas.