The web sites that are supposed to give APM port status are frozen. It appears that many (all?) APM terminals worldwide are not accepting incoming trucks. Unclear whether ships are being unloaded.
There's surprisingly little info about this from the actual ports.
Even Twitter output has become so PR-controlled that nobody involved is getting important information out. APM, Maersk, and the Port of Los Angeles all have Twitter feeds, and none of them have any useful info about this. Even the Port of Los Angeles Police have nothing.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has a clue. Their alerts feed has useful info.[1]
6/27/2017 4:30:08 PM
APM closed 6/28 & plan to open 6/29 6:00 am,
gate hours to 7:00 pm (cut off) 6/29 thru 7/7.
Free-time will be extended 2 days due to service impact.
(The free time extension means customers have two extra days to
bring back their empties before being charged.)
6/27/2017 1:14:23 PM
Due to extent of system impact, APM Terminals will not be opening
for the remainder of the day. Updates on tomorrow's status to follow.
6/27/2017 9:12:22 AM
APM is still experiencing system issues. Please delay arrivals.
6/27/2017 8:58:03 AM
APM Terminals is still experiencing system issues. Please
delay arrival until further notice. Updates will follow.
6/27/2017 7:53:09 AM
APM Terminals is experiencing system issues and working to
restore. Please delay arrival.
Whoever is posting those seems to be the one person on the planet sending out useful info about this. The biggest container terminal on the East Coast is closed today and tomorrow.
As of 6:30 Tues. 6/27, APM Terminals employees are still without email or office telephone services. No emails or voicemails can be accessed or answered. Please standby for PA Alerts or for critical matters please contact Giovanni Antonuccio (908) 966 - 2779.
That's bad. Maersk hasn't been communicating with the shipping industry. Journal of Commerce says nobody is getting useful info about Maersk's status.[1] Now we have a hint as to why - they can't even communicate internally.
The Maersk site still has nothing but a statement that they are down. Maersk's Twitter feed has nothing useful. No press releases. The only useful comments are coming from non-Maersk port employees.
There's surprisingly little info about this from the actual ports. Even Twitter output has become so PR-controlled that nobody involved is getting important information out. APM, Maersk, and the Port of Los Angeles all have Twitter feeds, and none of them have any useful info about this. Even the Port of Los Angeles Police have nothing.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has a clue. Their alerts feed has useful info.[1]
Whoever is posting those seems to be the one person on the planet sending out useful info about this. The biggest container terminal on the East Coast is closed today and tomorrow.[1] http://btt.paalerts.com/recentmessages.aspx