On today’s episode Dooner and The Dude are talking to Jack Hedge, executive director at the Utah Inland Port Authority, about how moving freight inland can help the SoCal ports…
Union Pacific steps up efforts to ease West Coast port congestion
Union Pacific ramped up efforts to alleviate congestion at the Port of Long Beach, announcing this week it’s rolling out new incentives for weekend container drop-offs and adding capacity as needed to support the West Coast port’s move to encourage shippers to move cargo via rail instead of truck. Union Pacific also said it will add capacity “as needed” to …
Long Beach in tie-up with inland port and rail operator to move boxes faster
The port of Long Beach is still in crisis mode: yesterday, there were 74 containerships anchored in San Pedro Bay waiting for berth space at LB or Los Angeles, down from a high of 80 last weekend. According to the LB port authority, this pile-up translates into more than half a million containers on the water – and there close …
West coast ports announce fourth attempt to clear container backlog
Initiative would shift inventory to Utah for inland transport, following other plans to charge carriers for slow box moves, stack containers in higher piles, and run ports 24/7. Supply chain executives at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have unveiled three new measures in recent days to clear the epic container backlog on their shores, as scores of …
Long Beach taps UP capacity for congestion relief via Utah
Union Pacific Railroad plans on running longer trains from Long Beach to Utah as the Port of Long Beach works with Utah Inland Port Authority to move more containers onto rail…
The Utah Inland Port Authority just announced a deal with the Long Beach Port Authority
The Utah Inland Port Authority just announced a deal with the Long Beach Port Authority. Does this mean you’ll get your Christmas presents before New Year’s? Jack Hedge, Executive Director of Utah Inland Port Authority calls the show to discuss the deal and what it means for Utah.
Opinion: Utah’s inland port will shorten supply chains, ease flow of goods
The logjam at California seaports impacts Utah every day. To say it plainly: We are trying to shove too much stuff through a too small pipe You’ve seen the recent headlines: President Biden talking about 24/7 port schedules, doing Christmas shopping early this year before the shelves are empty, UDOT improving 5600 West in Salt Lake City … the list goes …
Trains bound for Utah part of plan to fix crippled supply chain
SALT LAKE CITY – Dozens of shipping containers stuck at the Port of Long Beach could soon be headed to Utah by train. It’s part of a solution put forward by the Inland Port Authority and Union Pacific to relieve the cargo ship bottleneck that has disrupted the country’s supply chain…
Utah is Helping Solve the Supply Chain Crisis
Utah’s Inland Port Authority has made a major deal they hope will help solve some of the supply chain crisis. Executive Director Jack Hedge joins Boyd to talk about how they’re working with the big ports in California and what that means for Utah…
Long Beach, Utah Ports Will Move Cargo by Rail to Alleviate Supply-Chain Logjams
Only 10% of cargo in intermountain west moves by rail now Step will remove blocks of containers from clogged port area Port authorities in California and Utah have partnered with Union Pacific Corp. to move more cargo by rail, a step toward alleviating record supply-chain logjams plaguing the U.S.’s biggest maritime hubs on the West Coast…
Port of Long Beach sets up rail relief valve in Utah
Containers will be moved to inland facility by Union Pacific for regional truck distribution The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday launched a modified inland port project with the state of Utah to help convert containers normally headed to the Mountain West region by truck to rail in an effort to push out cargo faster and reduce backlogs that have …
Delivering to Utah by rail
The Utah Inland Port Authority announced a partnership Wednesday it says will help reduce supply chain congestion…