ocean containers

A key ocean container spot rate benchmark dropped nearly 18% this week.

Will shippers pull forward freight to avoid East Coast port labor disputes?

Lower inventories in the U.S. are pulling freight into the country.

New bookings data suggests volume softness is here to stay.

Less than 6% of all truckload shipments in the U.S. are currently being rejected.

A slowing eurozone may pull ocean container rates down further.

Despite the debate on ocean shipping reform, the law will be signed into law by President Biden relatively soon. With his presidency increasingly defined by record-breaking inflation, it is clear his administration is focused on efforts to correct course.

Container lines, shipowners and shippers have a new way to navigate the market chaos: cleared freight futures.

New data released by project44 shows vessels waiting to berth in Asia recorded an average increase from 13 days in December to 16.7 days in January.

Ocean Audit’s Steve Ferreira and AutoZone’s Jack Conaghan discuss how beneficial cargo owners should strategize contracts and containers during 2021.

A half-dozen basic physical characteristics of ocean containers should be considered before shippers or their packers stuff them.

Former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive takes over at IICL from Steven Blust, who will continue in a senior adviser role.

Hyster introduces newest double-empty container handler to marine terminal and intermodal rail yard operators.

New ocean container floor design developed and tested by the Institute of International Container Lessors over the past 10 years reduces wood use by up to 45%.

Intermodal was supposed to be the growth engine for rail.

Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19 has caused the system to fray…

Even before Hawaii imposed COVID-19 travel restrictions earlier this year, Young Brothers lost money and last year sought a rate increase valued at $13 million from state regulators.

A new intermodal-focused transportation management system brings together the technologies and expertise of Profit Tools, Compcare Services and GTG Technology Group.

Darren Prokop writes about the benefits of economies of scale in maritime shipping; he also writes about the dangers of diseconomies of scale.

Fewer cargoes, lower freight rates, higher fuel costs and the consequences of operating a smaller fleet during a time of a slowdown in world trade has led intra-Asia specialist, Samudera Shipping (SGX: S56 / SAMU.SI), to report a net loss for the third quarter of the year.

North Asia revenues were down 8.5 percent, but EXPD improved productivity.