Maritime

Conversion to hybrid yard cranes will result in a 96% drop in emissions.

As more bulk and oversize cargo gets transported in containers, some shippers are abusing equipment, says the Institute of International Container Lessors.

Container carriers implement charges on ships sailing through the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.

Port Corpus Christi could emerge as the United States’ top crude oil export hub over the next decade, thanks to more than $380 million in new shipping facilities and three oil pipeline projects worth $5.2 billion, according to a new study. Wood Mackenzie’s North America Crude Markets Service reported that the startup of three new […]

The California Retailers Association opposes a bill to have the State Lands Commission approve port automation.

The Florida East Coast Railroad’s ships ran a regular and profitable service from 1915 to 1940.

Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists in Port Manatee, Fla., discovered the potentially destructive pest in a shipment of malangas from Mexico.

Truckers are “aghast” at massive increases imposed upon them by marine terminal operators to use the Vehicle Booking System. State government action may now be in progress as consequence…

The U.S. fireworks supply comes primarily from China, and one company controls most of that trade. Read Market Expert Henry Byers’ fascinating article about fireworks!

Ships all over the world are running aground despite having highly trained, qualified and experienced crew. Why?

It’s taken more than 20 years, but the mandatory automated submission of in-bond information to CBP via the Automated Commercial Environment starts July 29.

Some believe the pace of regulatory and technological change is causing owners to pull back from newbuilding contracts.

Maersk and MSC add a second service between Asia and U.S. Gulf ports, and ZIM will take space on both.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida approved the $2.3 million sale of IPS Worldwide’s remaining assets to Europe Management SPRL.

Dry bulk shipping could be a winner following the ceasefire in the trade war between the U.S. and China.

Gemini Shippers Group, a non-profit shippers association that is nearly 100 years old, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about Gemini and why it has joined BiTA.

Global container port throughput is forecast to grow 3% in 2019 instead of 3.9% because of tariffs and other headwinds.

Could the record seizure of cocaine aboard the MSC Gayane be a sign of things to come?

“American Shipper journalists, contributors and sponsors will now have access to the world’s largest audience for transportation and logistics news and content.”

Hapag-Lloyd (FSE: HLAG) and Ocean Network Express (ONE) says they will join the TradeLens blockchain platform developed by Maersk (Nasdaq OMX: MAER.B)  and IBM (NYSE: IBM). The fifth- and sixth-largest carriers respectively, Hapag-Lloyd and ONE join CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) in using the platform. TradeLens now extends to more than half of […]