Cargo Bottlenecks Easing at Port of N.Y./N.J. Following Computer Problems
Cargo bottlenecks are easing at the Port of New York and New Jersey, the busiest container port on the East Coast, as one of its biggest shipping companies cut back on use of a new computer system blamed for snarling freight shipments, Bloomberg News reported.
Service at Maher Terminals’ facility at the Elizabeth, N.J., port, has “returned to acceptable levels,” according to a statement from Maher and Navis LLC, the technology company responsible for the cargo-handling system, Bloomberg reported.
Some of the automated elements of the system now on hold will be added back later, the two companies said.
Problems at the facility began in June, when Maher launched a new computer operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing shipping, trucking, retail industry and government officials.
The (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press reported that the Port of Virginia was getting a boost in its cargo, with an official of Virginia International Terminals and a local trucking company executive both saying that rail and truck traffic were surging as a result of the New Jersey port’s problems.
