Maritime

The Florida port set records in 2019 and scored a harbor deepening funding win early in 2020.

Cost to ship containers from China is down 6-8% but dearth of cargo may limit discounts.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has added the Swiss-based oil brokerage arm of Rosneft Trading to the SDN List for its recent arrangements to transport sanctioned Venezuelan oil.

The second half of 2020 is shaping up to be either very good or very bad for dry bulk shipping.

The Artic Ocean may be the next area that sees the superpower nations “rubbing up” on each other in search of faster ocean passage and a new source of natural resources.

Fifteen projects net funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.

Series of book reviews makes clear there is much to learn from successes of the past.

Inland trucking slowdown in China leaves port reefer plugs full, blocking refrigerated food imports.

Rail disruptions cause operational issues at the ports of Vancouver and Halifax.

Patrick Jany, Michael Mitchell and Giovanni Ravano are appointed to C-suite roles.

Trade risks will intensify if the virus spreads from China to the global pool of seafarers.

“We will continue to work with the FMC to make sure that outdated regulations do not prevent the marketplace from working at maximum efficiency,” said World Shipping Council President and CEO John Butler.

Shipping bosses warn of huge economic knock-on effects from the coronavirus outbreak.

Cars and containers also reach new benchmarks in 2019.

No evidence yet of a rush to expedite exports ahead of feared price increase.

$360 million allotted to deepen the Port of Mobile and the Lower Mississippi River.

Guest columnist Sri Laxmana writes about the impacts of IMO 2020.

Coronavirus is not yet affecting rates, but it is influencing where U.S. importers look to source cargo.

Earnings calls shed new light on how ocean shipping bosses view coronavirus crisis.

Florida port CEO says inclusion in Trump’s budget “speaks volumes about the significance of this project.”