Industry Insights: As the Holiday Season Arrives, Constraints at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports Tighten Even More

As the country heads into the holiday peak season, gridlock at the LA/LB port complex continues. Struggles with delayed vessel arrivals, congestion, labor availability, chassis shortages, and appointment system shortcomings continue to hamper the flow of containers. The industry continues to push for a more collaborative approach to problem-solving that looks to address the many… Read More

NFI Leads the Inauguration Ceremony Procession Celebrating the New Port of Long Beach Bridge

The Port of Long Beach celebrated the completion of its new, state-of-the-art bridge opening Monday, October 5, 2020. After seven years of construction, the bridge will replace the shorter, narrower Gerald Desmond Bridge, which currently carries 15 percent of all containerized goods coming into the U.S. Designed to improve traffic and cargo flow, the six-lane… Read More

Digital Twin – The Key for Proactive Supply Chain Planning

Guest Blog Post: Felipe Molino, Director of Solutions Engineering and Chris Pryer, Senior Scientist, NFI  Disruptions have become commonplace in the supply chain industry. For years, natural disasters and ever-changing regulations have highlighted company and industry instability. Most recently, companies were proven ill-equipped to manage significant and immediate change after the global COVID-19 pandemic caused… Read More

Southern California Port Congestion Worsens; Experts Weigh in on Addressing the Gridlocked Ports and Chassis Shortage

Peak season has arrived and as the number of imports increases, the Los Angeles / Long Beach Port Complex continues to experience the worst congestion it’s seen in years. The biggest challenges presented to shippers in Southern California are the shortage of import pickup appointments, empty container return appointments, and chassis. These factors combined result… Read More

4 Must-Have Skills for Supply Chain Analytics

By Felipe Molino, Director of Supply Chain Solutions Engineering at NFI As leaders, we are met with very high expectations from our stakeholders. As much as we would like to be able to do everything, it is unusual to have the bandwidth required to work on all of our initiatives simultaneously. Therefore, we rely on… Read More