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Ships at anchor are unlikely to clear by peak season. Congestion is forcing wide-scale voyage cancellations.

“Demand for products and services both domestically and abroad is driving significant gains in Georgia’s cargo volumes,” says Executive Director Griff Lynch.

“The supply of container equipment is currently one of our industry’s biggest challenges,” says Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

Big integrated parcel carriers are constantly adding aircraft to their fleet, but that expansion is going even faster to keep up with e-commerce. DHL Express is even starting an airline in Austria to keep up.

Get your cameras ready along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

Some car owners will only take their cars to the dealer for maintenance, while others are content with an independent mechanic. The choice is similar for airlines that want to modify aircraft to carry cargo.

The containers that U.S. shippers need are all built in China, where factories could set a new production record this year.

2002: The Port of Oakland gears up intermodal capabilities to catch up with in-state rivals Los Angeles and Long Beach.

On National Maritime Day, let’s not forget those at sea who are key to sustaining our economy and delivering essential supplies.

How bad is it? A Vietnam-New York slot was just offered at $19,000 per FEU, reveals Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.

The ICS hopes its Seafarer Vaccination Roadmap will create vaccine hubs in various ports.

Shippers call on lawmakers to expand government oversight of contracts between ocean carriers and their customers.

ZIM is the liner most exposed to upside from America’s import binge. It’s taking full advantage of the situation.

The Energy Observer is on a seven-year cruise to publicize the role alternative energy could play in the shipping industry.

LATAM Airlines will add 10 767 passenger planes with a repair shop licensed by Boeing so they can be retrofitted to carry cargo on the main deck.

Major e-commerce growth led DHL Express to change aircraft and routes in Southeast Asia for package delivery.

Container activity was 275,840 TEUs at the port in April, an increase of 25% year-over-year for the month of April.

With the retail inventory-to-sales ratio still falling, U.S. importers are urged to move fast on their holiday import plans.

1974: Administration opposes HR-8193, but House sub-committee gives it an OK. Mountainous Bolivia asks 50% for its ships; others get 100% share of their own trade.

Finding cargo space on aircraft these days is a challenge. Now comes another layer of demand from U.S. fruit growers looking to export from the West Coast.