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Shipping stocks are under pressure as some ocean carriers show faith in military protection from Red Sea attacks.
Diesel is an essential fuel for the global economy. The world’s second-largest seaborne supplier, Russia, just halted exports.
Average CEO compensation rose as ocean shipping company earnings increased, fueled in many cases by share-based compensation.
Sulfur pollution addressed by IMO 2020 created a health risk, but that pollution had a cooling effect, which has now been reduced.
The Wagner mutiny is drawing attention to what happens after the war in Ukraine ends. When it does, shipping will see major changes.
Despite a slow Memorial Day start, summer demand is expected to hike tanker rates in the months ahead.
AskWaves looks at how cross-border LTL demand may change as supply chain maps are redrawn.
The war has stoked fears of global shortfalls of wheat, corn and fertilizers, but the flexibility of shipping trades has limited the risk.
AskWaves: Can landlords look beyond the money and understand what warehouse workers want?
AskWaves checks in on AAPA’s port industry panel for its take on ocean shipping’s short-term prospects.
AskWaves takes a look at the trade group that sets freight classifications for the less-than-truckload industry and where it’s headed.
AskWaves looks at some of the stranger loads drivers have had to transport over the road.
Abundant land, population growth and access to reasonably priced labor are just several factors that make the Dallas/Fort Worth market different from the rest, says David Eseke of Cushman & Wakefield.
Quarterly net losses could be around the corner for container lines, but EBITDA will stay high even if carriers dip into the red.
While recruiters are always searching for skilled truck drivers — using sign-on bonuses and paying incentives to attract drivers to come work for their trucking companies — there’s little mention of who pays if the driver dies while under a load.
AskWaves looks into why the trucking industry is resisting a proposal to tighten the scope and duration of temporary federal exemptions for motor carriers.
Lawmakers in Iowa and Florida are considering bills to curb nuclear verdicts against trucking companies.
Many players have entered the U.S. parcel-delivery market in the past five years. They all lack the scale to efficiently manage millions of diverted parcels should the Teamsters strike UPS, experts said.
AskWaves looks at what shippers, carriers, 3PLs and receivers can do to improve less-than-truckload transportation in the grocery space.
The 2M partnership between MSC and Maersk — which is breaking up — is the smallest of the three alliances. The Ocean Alliance is much larger.
