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Hapag-Lloyd and ONE have ordered 12 ultra large container ships, all of which will be able to carry more than 23,500 TEUs.

The United Arab Emirates has its first doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine thanks to a free delivery from national airline Emirates.

Top 10 lists dominate the end of any year. American Shipper’s Top 10 stories list is voted on throughout the year by readers simply by reading our stories on americanshipper.com. Here are the stories you read the most in 2020.

Canada now has two COVID-19 vaccines in circulation. FedEx Express flew in the first shipment from Europe on Thursday.

Drugs valued at more than $411 million are offloaded at Port Everglades, and the new Long Beach bridge shines bright.

Now-pardoned California Republican Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds.

Many transport providers besides FedEx and UPS are performing roles in the COVID vaccine distribution. Not everyone is moving vaccines. Find out what Air Transport International is doing.

Port Houston will be the first U.S. port of call in THE Alliance’s new direct Asia service. The trans-Pacific EC6 service will begin in Kaohsiung, China, and reach the U.S. Gulf Coast through the Panama Canal. “We are very excited about the start of this new service by THE Alliance. It offers our regional exporters […]

More than $32 million worth of fake Viagra pills, knockoff Air Jordans and other counterfeit products were found in shipments arriving from China, authorities said.

Coronavirus vaccines require extreme levels of protection from organized crime organizations, nation states and others looking to steal shipments or valuable data. The U.S. government is stepping in with extra help for industry, including escorts by U.S. marshals.

With vaccines in tow, the transportation industry will deliver a lot of much-needed holiday cheer over the next few weeks.

Chances slim for 2021 shipping equity offerings, but a container-liner IPO prospect remains on the table.

Xwing, not X-Men. When you need to pay the bills, you do what Xwing did: Skip the fancy technology and put a pilot in the plane to ferry COVID vaccines to needy areas.

A Water Resources Development Act bill passed by Congress allows millions to be spent on harbor maintenance.

Container imports far exceed sales, raising concerns that 2020’s transport binge could lead to a big headache in 2021.

“Sharing this information is highly beneficial for the supply chain, especially as we cope with both seasonal and unanticipated peaks and valleys in cargo volume,” says Executive Director Mario Cordero.

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition is grateful to the Federal Maritime Commission for its support of American shippers.

AIT Worldwide Logistics is expanding its international footprint with the purchase of a German freight forwarder.

Paul Brady succeeds company founder Mitch Weseley.

The Defense Logistics Agency is the military’s in-house logistics management provider. It has its ducks in a row to receive new coronavirus vaccines.