“The growth we’re seeing is not artificial, and the movement of loaded and empty containers is up, for both exports and imports.”
Big-box retailers, FedEx and UPS have detailed plans to speed up container processing at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The traditional peak shipping season for air cargo is turning into super peak and a microcosm of the ocean shipping chaos. Turbulence ahead.
Ahead of talks with President Biden, the ILWU is calling out foreign carriers’ focus on profits as a hurdle to solving supply chain disruptions.
As America struggles with a growing supply chain crisis, ocean carriers rake in even more profits.
All-cargo planes carry bulk shipments of lithium batteries under strict regulations. Airlines want to minimize mistakes that can cause a fire during flight.
“By investing more than $2 billion in port infrastructure in recent years, we have the capacity to handle the influx of imports we are seeing today,” says SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.
Pullback in trans-Pacific shipping rates: beginning of the end or brief reprieve with end still not in sight?
“This record result was achieved despite severe congestion around the network,” says the Hong Kong ocean carrier.
Despite Ikea’s many climate-related goals, Ship It Zero is calling out the Swedish retailer and other major players such as Amazon and Walmart via “die-ins” to highlight shipping emissions’ impacts on human and environmental health.
New forecasts from the National Retail Federation call for retail imports to stay high through at least February.
Biden’s port czar outlines a 90-day plan to expand operating hours along the U.S. supply chain.
Cost of fuel consumed by container ships, bulkers and tankers is effectively at a seven-year high.
Yes, despite the headaches, the ocean carriers are making boatloads of money.
Officials say a proposed inland port near where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers meet will have ample capacity to serve Midwest customers seeking export access via barge, rail and truck.
If you thought President Joe Biden would quickly reverse Trump’s controversial trade policy toward China, guess again. U.S. importers aren’t happy.
Captured carbon dioxide and green hydrogen are combined to make e-methanol. Sweden-based Liquid Wind has big plans for this alternative shipping fuel.
The ongoing supply chain crisis and lack of seafarers is leading to a global shortage of key commodities, Salvatore R. Mercogliano, an associate professor of history at Campbell University, told FreightWaves’ Anthony Smith at the virtual OceanWaves Summit on Wednesday.
Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts, inhibiting the real-time tracking of trade flows.
Shipping Asia-U.S. via regular ocean service and rail? “I would bet your goods will not arrive in time for Christmas,” says Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.
