American Shipper

As cars gained popularity, ships were converted and built specifically for transporting vehicles overseas.

Specialized freighters with nose cones that open are helping National Airlines and its sister logistics company capture more oversize business.

The predicted boost to tanker rates from Russian crude disruptions has yet to materialize. Instead, rates have declined.

Bankruptcies, freight demand, trucking legislation and more dominated the headlines this year.

Just as the pandemic wound down, another market-altering event for shipping — the Ukraine-Russia war — ramped up.

Making money was more difficult for the air logistics sector in 2022, but the future remains bright.

Container shipping lines are gradually getting their services back on schedule, but they still have a long way to go.

Trans-Pacific spot rates fell first. Trans-Atlantic spot rates and Asia-U.S. contract rates look like they’re next in line.

2000: World container port throughput increased 7.8% last year to about 201 million TEUs — the first time volume exceeded 200 million TEUs.

FedEx Express is looking to trim fat at the largest cargo airline in the world and lean on rental fleets to fill in needs.

1974: They may be the last hurdles in the way of renewed trade between the
United States and Cuba. An embargo failed to work and indirect business
has begun.

Backers of a shipping regulation that begins Jan. 1 believe it will reduce carbon emissions. Critics warn it could backfire and increase them.

By the start of the 1900s, about 40 U.S.-flag ships were operated by the country’s lumber titans, proving to the industry at the time that marine transport was more efficient than rail.

Several airlines have tapped software interfaces to allow electronic bookings for their cargo capacity.

Auto imports, crude oil and petroleum shipments rose as ports in Houston, Corpus Christi and New Orleans recorded mixed freight volumes in November.

Air Canada is beefing up ground infrastructure as it develops a new fleet of freighters able to raise transport reliability for logistics customers.

The U.S. could seek forfeiture of the MSC Gayane, a large ship involved in an infamous smuggling operation, says Bloomberg Businessweek.

Like all previous maritime boom cycles, things are starting to turn down. That reshaping of trade is creating a misleading message on demand.

The German national railway is looking to sell off its DB Schenker logistics business if it can get a good price.

Ocean carrier CMA CGM’s new cargo airline made the unusual decision to stop serving U.S. customers and lease planes to other carriers for a short period.