Maritime

The shipping giant has teamed up with JDA to boost warehouse and supply chain visibility

Container ships are setting new records, but for all the wrong reasons, as the vessels become an increasingly popular way to smuggle drugs.   As FreightWaves’ Mike King reported, the Maersk Gibraltar, which can carry the equivalent of 5,000 common shipping containers, was the site of the U.K.’s largest drug bust as authorities found about 1.2 […]

Wind technology may be a solution for rail industry.

Getting to Zero Coalition, which includes Maersk Line, calls for “commercially viable zero-emission vessels” to be deployed on deep sea trade by 2030.

The number of containers is a better bellwether of global trade than the number of container ships.

Team of rivals? The competing ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are looking at additional ways to cooperate for their mutual benefit.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a proposed rule to promote “just and reasonable” demurrage and detention charges.

The $42.3 million bust is the latest in a string of global maritime drug seizures at sea and in ports.

Forwarder outlines pathway to carbon neutral future as climate change takes on new urgency.

Capital-market sentiment is so bad in New York that ship owners may end up raising more money in Oslo this year.

France, Germany float proposal that would increase USPS charges for handling foreign mail, keep US in UPU

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission set the new comment deadline for its notice of proposed interpretive rule to address demurrage and detention practices to Oct. 31.

BIMCO says there are “several indications” that goods are being shipped from the Far East to Europe and then transshipped to the U.S. East Coast to avoid tariffs.

Despite sea change in business model, carriers and drivers may want to wait for more clarity.

Academics look at the trade imbalance between the United States and China and weigh in on possible fixes.

FIATA warns that higher air, ocean and trucking fuels costs will be passed directly on to customers.

Blockchain to be deployed by VAKT to smooth the post-trade process

Through the continued development of automated processes, U.S. Customs and Border Protection foresees the day when paper export manifests will no longer be necessary.

In a wide-ranging speech, the deputy director-general of the WTO, Alan Wolff, sets out the challenges and issues for the body. But he’s generally optimistic on the future of world trade.

After several days of dithering in the Philippine Sea, tropical storm Tapah (also called Nimfa) has transformed into a typhoon. It has also started accelerating towards southern Japan and Korea.