If you’re in search of a reliable cartage company for your operation, there are a number of factors you should consider. To better help customers who are in the market for cartage services, ContainerPort Group decided to craft this list of important questions to ask of any business, and to supply what our answers would […]
Press Release CLEVELAND, OH – October 30, 2017 – ContainerPort Group, Inc. announced today that its President and long-time company veteran, Russel A. Graef, passed away on October 26, 2017. It is with great sorrow that we share the loss of one of the intermodal industry’s founders, pioneers and collaborators. Since CPG’s founding in 1971, […]
National Retail Federation's (NRF) Global Port Tracker shows US Ports handled a record-setting 1.8 million TEUs in August. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s Global Port Tracker, major retail ports in the United States set a collective all-time monthly import container record for the second time this summer. 1.8 million TEUs were handled this […]
To salute our most important partners – our drivers – for NTDAW, ContainerPort Group held a number of events, activities, giveaways, luncheons, refreshments, cook-outs and more at its 21 terminals. Trucking moves America forward, representing one of the largest industries in the United States. Without truck drivers, our economy would come to a screeching halt. […]
CPG is ELD Mandate Compliant The FMCSA congressionally mandated ELD (Electronic Logging Device) compliance deadline is set for December 2017 and ContainerPort Group remains compliant. Starting December 18th, inspectors and roadside enforcement personnel will begin documenting violations on roadside inspection reports and will issue citations to drivers operating vehicles without a compliant ELD. […]
Container terminals at Bayport and Barbours Cut in Houston will remain open on Saturday, Sept. 16 to alleviate a shipping backlog caused by Hurricane Harvey in late August. Saturday hours will be from 0800 to 1700, with ingates closing at 1600. The storm shuttered the ports on August 25, and they remained closed until August […]
By Jenna Porostosky National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (September 10-16) is more than an opportunity to thank the nation’s truck drivers for their hard work every day keeping our freight moving; it is a chance to honor them for guiding the thread that keeps our economy together and growing stronger. ContainerPort Group (CPG) would not […]
ContainerPort Group is pleased to announce that we will be a Platinum Sponsor of the upcoming IANA Intermodal EXPO being held from September 17-19, 2017. Several members of our team will be in attendance for the EXPO, and our Vice President of Safety and Compliance, Fred Marsicano, will be speaking as part of a panel. […]
Container throughput across the globe has picked up pace in 2017, compared to 2015 and 2016, according to industry analyst Drewry. In its latest Container Insights Weekly data, Drewry noted that nearly all major trade routes, including Asia-North American West Coast and Asia-North American East Coast, have made contributions to the volume growth. Asia-Mediterranean routes […]
The Port of Houston continues to gain market share at the expense of West Coast ports, as the port’s percentage of total U.S. TEU volumes increased from 4.6 percent to 5.2 percent, according to investment management firm JLL. The West Coast still handles 53.8 percent of the total U.S. TEUs, although the gap between each […]
