Our Blog

The heat wave that blasted Europe with scorching temperatures last week is finally beginning to subside. While the beginning of the week continued to bring persistent heat, today seems to mark the turning point for milder temperatures in the future. In France, specifically, temperatures at least ten degrees cooler are forecasted for tomorrow, with the heat subsiding to the east. To read more about the heat wave and its effects, please click here.

WSSA shares the report requested by Peter Friedmann and the Agriculture Transport Coalition below:

Message from the Port of Oakland:

We wanted to follow-up with an update to the AgTC membership on the current labor situation at the Port of Oakland. Each AgTC member company is a valued customer of the Port of Oakland, and we appreciate their choosing Oakland as their gateway to the markets they serve. We would like to be as direct and transparent as possible in providing below information.

In good news, the strike in Chile that was scheduled to begin today has been postponed indefinitely as port workers were able to schedule a meeting with government authorities.

Therefore, all ports are operating as usual today.

We have just become aware that a long strike, beginning Monday, July 6th, has been scheduled by Chilean port workers. Currently, we do not have any idea how long the strike will last. Fortunately, the port of Valparaiso will not adhere to this strike.

We will keep you informed about the development of this situation and provide updates as we receive them. As always, if you have any questions about the flow of cargo in the region, feel free to call or email us.

For all of you doing business in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, there will be a small increase in the pier pass costs effective August 1st.

The rates will increase as follows:

20′ Container from $66.50 to $69.17

40′ Container from $133.00 to $138.34

Please see attached notice from Pier Pass for reference. All containers out-gating on August 1st, 2015 will incur this new rate. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.