The Port of Los Angeles saw imports modestly climb in March as frontloading and tariffs cloud the gateway’s H2 outlook.
Ship operators will have to pay a carbon tax on emissions beginning in 2028, but at a lower threshold than first proposed.
China is slapping 125% tariffs on U.S. imports starting Saturday amid an escalating trade war with the Trump administration.
President Trump signed an executive order moving his shipbuilding initiative ahead, and calling for a review of how the Pentagon orders military vessels.
Trans-Pacific container rates moved ahead as trade shockwaves fueled a race to get ahead of the latest tariff announcements.
The United States is threatening to take reciprocal action against nations that agree to a global carbon tax on ocean shipping.
The strength in ocean bookings today will not translate into domestic freight volumes until May at the earliest.
The United States won’t charge the full range of port fees on Chinese ships calling U.S. ports and won’t stack those charges.
China-to-U.S. freight has been hit especially hard by President Trump’s tariffs.
Officials in Panama say Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings’ contract to run two ports at the Panama Canal has cost the nation $1.3 billion. U.S. investment firm BlackRock is spearheading a possible purchase of the ports’ operations.
Governments are meeting this week on global fees for cargo ship emissions.
The Trump administration is reshaping global trade, and the effects are being felt in the ocean and air freight sectors.
Container traffic at the busiest U.S. import gateway is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of the year.
A partnership of BNSF, Norfolk Southern and the Northwest Seaport Alliance are offering expedited service from the Pacific Northwest to the Chicago rail hub.
Trans-Pacific container rates to the United States were narrowly mixed in the latest Freightos index.
BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink says container shipping infrastructure is as critical to the future global economy as data centers and power grids.
The operators of a tanker that the U.S. military contracted to haul jet fuel are suing a subsidiary of the owners of a shipping company whose container ship struck the tanker in March.
Representatives of ocean carriers and shipbuilding interests testified at a hearing on proposed port fees on Chinese ships.
Gulf Coast ports’ February cargo volumes declined in Houston but rose in New Orleans and Corpus Christi, Texas.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced a contract renewal and extension that combined are worth more than $2 billion.
