We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • ::COVID-19 COVERAGE::
  • INDUSTRY PRESS ROOM
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • MEDIA FILE
  • Create Account
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Free Newsletters
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC.
    • Podcast
    • Blogs
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Best Practices
      • Dispatches
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Logistics Problem Solving
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Public Sector Logistics
      • Two Sides of the Logistics Coin
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2020
    • Upload Your Video
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC.
    • Podcast
    • Blogs
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Best Practices
      • Dispatches
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Logistics Problem Solving
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Public Sector Logistics
      • Two Sides of the Logistics Coin
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2020
    • Upload Your Video
Home » Gut-wrenching week for transportation ends with Port of New York/New Jersey closed; other ports reopen
newsworthy

Gut-wrenching week for transportation ends with Port of New York/New Jersey closed; other ports reopen

November 4, 2012
Mark B. Solomon
No Comments

A nightmarish week for transportation—and for everything else—in the country's most densely populated region drew to a close as the supply chain began to recover from the mega-storm known as Sandy.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's marine terminals remained closed until further notice, according to a Nov. 2 statement on the port authority's website. The statement made no mention of a possible reopen date. By that time, all ports south of New Jersey down to North Carolina had reopened.

As of Friday, UPS Inc. had resumed near-normal operations, though it still was not providing service to 17 ZIP codes in New Jersey and 10 ZIP codes in the New York City area. FedEx Corp. continued to suspend service for its FedEx Express air unit in 19 cities and towns in New Jersey, including battered Hoboken across the Hudson River from New York. In New York itself, FedEx Express was not providing service in Brooklyn and lower Manhattan. Express service had been restored everywhere else in the affected region, FedEx said. FedEx's ground parcel and less-than-truckload operations have all been restored.

The storm is "still leaving difficult conditions and continues to affect FedEx operations," the company said in an alert on its website. "Unavoidable service delays should be expected" due to still-hazardous local road conditions, FedEx said. UPS made essentially the same statement on its website.

Both companies have pledged a combined $2.7 million to relief efforts.

CSX Corp., one of the two main Eastern railroads, said service on its network has been fully restored, although trains in the Northeast continue to operate slowly due to power outages and problems with connecting rail carriers. CSX lifted all embargoes except for intermodal traffic to the still-closed marine terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey.

"Customers should continue to expect delays of at least 72 hours for traffic operating near or through the region as a backlog of traffic held out of the storm-impacted area is worked off and customers gradually come back on line," CSX said on its website. "In addition, commercial power outages continue to result in slower operations over some routes."

As of Nov. 2, Norfolk Southern Corp., the other Eastern railroad, hadn't updated the status of its network since a few days earlier, when it said that heavily impacted areas wouldn't be operational until week's end. A customer service representative contacted by telephone Friday said that, to his knowledge, the railroad had resumed service over all of its once-affected routes.

Transportation Air Trucking Maritime & Ocean Parcel & Postal Carriers
KEYWORDS CSX Corp. FedEx Norfolk Southern Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
  • Related Articles

    Port of New York and New Jersey posts record Q1 cargo volume

    Port of New York and New Jersey marine terminals to open tomorrow; driver hours of service rules waived as region bails out from Sandy

    Port of New York and New Jersey says rail facility will cut truck congestion

Marksolomon
Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

Recent Articles by Mark Solomon

Coming together for road safety: interview with Joshua Girard

Off the rails

Freight rate spikes shaking up the C-suite

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Most Popular Articles

  • Cold chain giant Lineage Logistics buys its own rail operator

  • For container lines and ports, what a difference a year makes

  • Outlook 2021: What’s in store for logistics supply chain?

  • Capacity challenges will continue in 2021

  • Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of 170 Acres plus Lease for 1MSF Build-to-Suit for Home Improvement Retailer in Commerce City, CO.

Now Playing on DCV-TV

2mw 01 11 21 thumb

Ocean Sector Shaping the Next Shipageddon

DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
If you're a shipper, it's never good when a rep for an ocean carrier tells you, "You better sit down before you read this." We've been seeing astoundingly high increases in the ocean sector and they seem to have staying power. While the ocean carriers used blank sailings last year to tip the balance of supply and...

FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

  • Proven Benefits: A Compendium of Slotting Optimization Success Snapshots

  • Bridging Information Gaps in Dock and Yard Operations

  • How Intelligent Sensor Solutions Turn Data Into Action

  • Order picking Solutions: Understanding Your Options

View More

Subscribe to DC Velocity Magazine

GET YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ADVERTISING
  • CUSTOMER CARE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright ©2021. All Rights ReservedDesign, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing