Truck volume clogging East Coast ports, congestion eases on West Coast

摘要

U.S. retail ports are experiencing an upswing in import volume, while West Coast dockworkers continue work to diminish a freight backlog and ratify a new labor agreement. Last month, morning commuters encountered longer than usual truck lines on the New Jersey Turnpike Extension. Construction on the Bayonne Bridge may be partly to blame, but state officials indicated the problem stemmed from truckers waiting to get in the Global Marine Terminal at Bayonne/Jersey City. On April 10, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey asked for a delay in truck dispatches because of heavy truck volume in the terminal's vicinity. Trucks have been arriving increasingly earlier before the gates open, the authority said. The National Retail Federation said it expected an 8 percent hike last month in import cargo at the nation's major retail container ports compared to April 2014.