During Columbus Day weekend, the Goethals Bridge will be closed overnight on Friday, October 7 into the following morning, with travel diverted the remainder of the three-day weekend on connecting roads on Staten Island, N.Y.  The lane closures and diversions, part of the Port Authority’s ongoing Goethals Bridge Replacement Project, will allow the demolition and replacement of the Travis Spur Rail Bridge that carries Conrail trains over Interstate 278 in Staten Island, immediately west of the Goethals Bridge toll plaza. The replacement project will allow expansion of the roadway approaching the Goethals Bridge from four lanes (two eastbound and two westbound) to six lanes, threeRead More →

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  The Goethals Bridge will be closed overnight on Friday, October 7 into the following morning for bridge replacement work. Travel delays are expected throughout the three-day weekend, especially during peak travel times. To avoid expected delays, drivers are encouraged to avoid the Goethals Bridge throughout the weekend, and consider using the Bayonne Bridge or Outerbridge Crossing as alternatives. The Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing will remain fully open through Columbus Day weekend. Special note to members of the Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution community: Over dimensional cargo will not be permitted to transit the Goethals Bridge from 2 p.m. Friday, October 7 through 10 p.m.Read More →

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On September 28, the Council on Port Performance (CPP) voted to create a Workforce Development Implementation Team (WDIT). As part of the Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution (TLD) industry, the CPP acknowledges that a workforce talent shortage could continue to get worse over time. Council members therefore agreed to collaborate with their host communities and port community stakeholders. The WDIT will strive to develop deeper understanding of the port’s value to the supply chain, economic growth, workforce development, and long-term viability of the maritime industry. It will also seek to attract new members of a qualified, skilled workforce, while creating new avenues through which these individualsRead More →

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August container volumes at the Port of New York and New Jersey reached 335,537 lifts (585,327 TEUs). This represents an increase of 2.0 percent over August 2015, the highest August on record, and the second highest month the port has ever logged. August volumes historically average 288,000 total lifts. But August 2016 saw 174,419 import containers loaded, an increase of 6.6 percent over the same category in August 2015. Loaded export containers totaled 66,042 units, an increase of 2.9 percent over the previous year, while export empty containers fell by 6.2 percent at 93,737 units. Year-to-date volumes totaling 2,400,981 units (4,159,051 TEUs) fell behind 2015Read More →

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On Thursday, September 15, the first of approximately 100 containers of waste paper were loaded on a barge at the Red Hook Container Terminal (RHCT), Brooklyn. Later that day, the 300-foot-long, tug-pulled barge made the trip across the Upper Bay, through the Kill Van Kull, and up Newark Bay to Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT) in 90 minutes. The cargo was then loaded onto Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s (MSC) 8,000 TEU ship, the MSC Anzu, on Sunday, September 18, and shipped to China. This new container-on-barge service between New York and New Jersey is the culmination of two years’ planning and obtaining approvals. In 2014, RHCTRead More →

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