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China’s latest maritime measure to control the spread of the coronavirus will add to the clog of containers at ports.

Hapag-Lloyd credits higher freight rates and lower bunker prices as “the main drivers of these positive business developments.”

Asia-U.S. liner sailings are now being canceled because too many container ships are stuck at anchor off California.

Alaska Airlines’ parent company is one of the better managed airlines in the industry. Its financial results during a pandemic year show why.

Short of a conflict in the Middle East and its adjacent shipping lanes, it is hard to see a spike in tanker spot rates in the near term.

U.S. ports have seen “month-over-month strength across multiple business segments.”

Gina Raimondo will be the anti-Wilbur Ross as secretary of commerce, with less focus on protectionism.

The Georgia Ports Authority is adding capacity in anticipation of another busy year.

In Africa, one seafarer is dead and 15 have been kidnapped. Worldwide, more seafarers are being barred from travel as COVID fears rise.

If you can’t rent an entire cargo plane for yourself, you might have trouble finding space on an aircraft to make an international shipment.

There’s a steep learning curve for importers and exporters now that the U.K. is no longer part of the European Union. Botched customs forms are leading to freight backlogs.

Nearly 700 dockworkers in California have COVID. Hundreds more are out due to quarantines. Pleas for fast-track vaccinations intensify.

FreightWaves identifies importers who use the Asia-West Coast service.

BBAM Aircraft Leasing & Management plans to add up to a dozen Boeing 737-800 converted freighters to its portfolio in response to high demand for regional cargo jets that can support the burgeoning e-commerce and express cargo market.  The San Francisco-based leasing outfit said this week it ordered six conversions, with an option for six […]

United Airlines is outperforming the competition on cargo and officials say they have a good strategy for returning to profitability.

Ocean carrier ZIM has hiked its fleet capacity with new charters and is planning to price its New York IPO next week.

“These best practices are needed now more than ever to relieve pressure on the supply chain due to the ongoing surge,” Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka says.

WebCargo has landed a big boy in the cargo world. Qatar Airways will sell space to shippers through the third-party platform.

Airlines are bleeding red ink and are asking incoming DOT nominee Pete Buttigieg to focus on testing and other steps to give people confidence to travel.

This has been the best January for dry bulk shipping rates in a decade. Is this the long-awaited turning point or yet another head fake?