The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is working with terminal operator FAPS and stevedore Ports America to unload crated auto parts from ro-ro vessels also delivering finished vehicles
Since the first quarter of this year, carmakers and suppliers overseas have been packing automotive parts in crates, rather than waiting for available empty shipping containers. The crates being loaded into ro-ro vessels and secured with straps next to vehicles also destined for the US.
FAPS has been coordinating with PANYNJ, finished vehicle carriers calling at Newark port, along with stevedoring company Ports America, to move those crated automotive parts off the main decks of the ro-ro vessels also delivering finished vehicles.
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While overall cargo volumes improved in the first half of the year at Antwerp-Bruges, vehicle throughput was down, significantly for second-hand vehicles
Along with strong Asian imports, increasing exports and new customers, Brunswick added vehicles and equipment diverted from Baltimore
Enough debris has been cleared to allow deep-draft commercial vehicles to access the port again
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