Maritime

CMA CGM expects an even better second half to the year following its acquisition of CEVA Logistics.

According to Euronav, the derivatives market in low sulfur fuel oil is not deep enough to provide a viable IMO 2020 hedge – but it will be soon.

Inspections of a sample of 500 ocean containers found large numbers with misdeclared cargo, improper stowage or placarding.

Freeport Harbor in the Bahamas is open following Hurricane Dorian, but initially is expected to handle self-geared ships.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on Sept. 6 unanimously approved a set of recommendations to bring about fairness in the way demurrage and detention fees are administered by ocean carriers and marine terminal operators against American shippers. Commissioner Rebecca Dye delivered her recommendations to Chairman Michael Khouri and Commissioners Daniel Maffei and Louis Sola for […]

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control warns that companies providing bunker services must be careful not to violate the Iran sanctions, but there are exceptions.

Vice President Mike Pence on Sept. 5 in London made the case for a post-Brexit U.S.-United Kingdom trade agreement, asserting that such a deal could triple or quadruple bilateral trade. The U.K. was the seventh-largest U.S. trading partner in 2018, when the U.S. exported $66.3 billion worth of goods to the country and imported $60.8 […]

But trade associations call for more certainty as political impasse continues.

Tanker major Euronav has revealed new details on its strategy to counter IMO 2020 risks.

Maersk and Ports America onboard with app designed to optimize fraught process of picking up boxes.

Port reports early arrivals and diversions ahead of hurricane’s arrival in Atlantic Canada as forecasters warn of “severe impact.”

Delays, diversions and weekend gates as ports get back to normal schedules.

SONAR provides real-time data on Dorian’s progress and forecast, along with likely and actual impacts to transportation and energy infrastructure.

Tech firm will team up with provider of pricing data to container industry to get carriers on time.

A white paper released Sept. 4 by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., raises concern with the ability of the federal government to combat trade-based money laundering (TBML) and suggests that a public distributed ledger system could be used to prevent such money laundering. “There needs to be real-time coordination and reviewable connections between the agency handling […]

Does container shipping have a drug problem? After a string of busts in the U.S. in recent months, attention has now switched to the U.K., where authorities have seized 1,279 kilograms of heroin with a street value of £130 million ($148 million). The drugs were found Aug. 30 by officers from Border Force and the […]

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 16 entities and 10 individuals, as well as 11 ships, which it identified as participants in an Iran-controlled “oil-for-terror” shipping scheme.

Using “crowd-solving” and prizes, Sea Freight Labs hopes to help shipping companies find better and faster solutions to challenges.

The beleaguered dry bulk shipping sector is nearing its post-financial-crisis peak. Is it sustainable?

At least 15 scheduled sailings from Asia are being temporarily culled due to the Chinese national holiday.