Maritime

Boost attributed to retailers trying to beat capacity constraints and rate hikes.

International Maritime Organization warns crew change prohibitions during the coronavirus pandemic have led to a growing humanitarian crisis.

Tanker rates haven’t been this strong at this time of year for a half-decade.

Deutsche Post DHL said preliminary second-quarter profits, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have it less worried about the rest of the year.

WSC says one-1,000th of 226 million containers shipped each year are lost.

Cause of blaze at the Blount Island Marine Terminal remains under investigation.

Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.

ITG offers Catapult an extensive database of nationwide drayage rates to complement ocean pricing.

“Optics” are bad but freight pricing doesn’t appear to meet regulatory bar for intervention.

Group of nine container carriers has banded together for digital standardization.

Neptune Orient Lines will be renamed CMA CGM Asia Pacific Ltd.

Challenge to shipping M&A: No one wants to sell in a downturn.

A tip led investigators to the 90 bricks of cocaine weighing nearly 226 pounds.

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller -Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire Sweden-based customs brokerage to offer increased import clearance services to European shippers.

MARAD Administrator Mark Buzby and Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan receive Maritime Leadership Award.

Consolidated Chassis Management chief executive foresees an increased requirement for chassis to accommodate rising tide of intermodal container moves as the North American economy shakes off COVID-19.

Total cargo volume is down 7.8% this year because of reduced import demand.

AAL Shipping, an operator of “mega-size” project cargo ships, expects rebound for smaller U.S. import and export project cargoes in 2021, if COVID-19 pandemic subsides later this year.

HTA CEO Weston LaBar says West Coast container ports have suffered a 19.4% loss in market share since 2006.

Global trade fallout from the crew-repatriation crisis has begun — and looks poised to snowball.