Organizations representing 90% for the world’s merchant fleet have proposed spending $5 billion on research to reduce or eliminate carbon emissions.

CAI International, one of the world’s largest container lessors, is reviewing strategic alternatives with the help of Centerview Partners.

Production of most Christmas lights has moved Cambodia and other Asian countries from China.

A new APM Terminals container terminal in Italy also expects to capture cargo moving to and from Switzerland, Germany and France.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, says many analysts believe the impacts of IMO 2020 will be less than what was projected just a year ago.

The fast growing forwarder Flexport was awarded sixth place in FreightWaves 2020 FreightTech 25 competition.

California ports already face high energy costs, a situation that is likely to continue as the ports pursue clean air goals.

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) said it will provide up to $300 million to finance a new container terminal the Montreal Port Authority plans to open downriver in Contrecoeur.  CIB is a crown corporation, or government-owned lender, that says it “uses financial instruments including loans, equity, and where appropriate, loan guarantees to deliver federal support […]

PierPass says long late-afternoon queues at the entrance to container terminals om Los Angeles and Long Beach have been eliminated.

The Port of Oakland is making improvements to both its roads and ship turning basins so that it can handle increased traffic.

Peter Levesque is joining Ports America as president next year, after nine years at Modern Terminals in Hong Kong.

The Global Shippers Forum says the views of exporters and importers have been ignored by European regulators extending antitrust protection to liner carriers.

Port of Los Angeles Executive Gene Seroka cautioned the port’s Board of Harbor Commissioners that even if a trade deal is reached with China, it may take months or years for trade volumes to snap back. President Trump on Friday once again gave mixed signals on the likelihood of a trade deal with China as […]

SCF Marine Inc.’s SEACOR America’s Marine Highway (AMH) unit has seen its business grow rapidly with the boom in U.S. plastic exports.

ZIM reported a $5 million profit in the third quarter of 2019, saying it benefited from its cooperation with Maersk and MSC.

Farmers and other shippers in Oregon got some good news this week when the South Korea-based container carrier SM Line announced it will bring weekly container shipping service back to Portland early next year. The service “will create more jobs for Oregonians and more opportunities for local companies to grow as they market Oregon products […]

Already the largest cold storage warehouse company, Lineage Logistics is reportedly buying Emergent Cold.

Soren Toft, the former chief operating officer at Maersk will become chief executive officer at Mediterranean Shipping Co.

The Port of Brunswick in Georgia is now open to commercial vessel traffic 24 hours a day after salvors have stabilized a car carrier that flipped on its side.

Mountain Valley Express, a less-than-truckload carrier headquartered in Stockton, California, has been acquired by an international buyer.