Maritime

Liner deals in the ship-leasing market imply strong confidence in high freight rates for the foreseeable future.

The transportation industry needs to transition to cleaner fuels to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Green hydrogen-based fuels have potential to decarbonize shipping, aviation and long-haul trucking, according to recent reports.

Supply chain constraints are keeping a lid on freight volumes while rates continue to reach new highs, according to September data from Cass Information Systems.

“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.

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.

“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.

‘We have one of the world’s greatest waterway networks, but we are barely using it.”

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.

Cost of fuel consumed by container ships, bulkers and tankers is effectively at a seven-year high.

The German titan reports solid performances from its Express, Forwarding, Supply Chain and eCommerce units

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.