Maritime

Zim saw a decision to leverage its business against spot rates pay off on surging demand in the trans-Pacific trade.

The American Apparel & Footwear Association said the U.S. should do more to protect Mideast shipping as attacks on vessels spur “unsustainable” higher costs and delays.

The New York Shipping Exchange announced it has closed a Series C funding round and launched a series of shipping rate indexes.

Four new container cranes will help the Port of Virginia handle ultra large container vessels at Virginia International Gateway.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered port operations to resume in British Columbia and Montreal after lockouts of union dockworkers halted container traffic.

President-elect Donald Trump’s tech policies could boost FreightTech for AI, warehouse automation and 3D printing.

Supply chain services giant Kuehne+Nagel said it has acquired a majority share of IMC Logistics, a marine drayage provider handling 2 million TEUs per year.

If China retaliates against tariffs on exports to the U.S. with its own tariffs, it could increase prices for Chinese consumers.

Fernando Ruben Guerrero, former customs director for the Port of Veracruz, was killed on Nov. 8.

The International Longshoremen’s Association broke off negotiations on a new contract with the United States Maritime Alliance, charging employers want to eliminate union jobs.

Canada Labor Secretary Steven MacKinnon asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume at the ports of Montreal, Vancouver and Prince Rupert and send employers and longshore unions back to the bargaining table.

Terminal operators and ocean carriers on Sunday locked out striking dockworkers at the Port of Montreal after the union said the contract proposal doesn’t address scheduling or automation concerns.

U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to China could be affected by an escalation of tariffs between the two countries, said Ricaurte Vasquez, administrator of the Panama Canal Authority.

he third-largest ocean container carrier, CMA CGM, saw bottom-line improvement as higher rates on vessel diversions amplified a single-digit volume increase.

Western Canada port employers and their longshore union met separately with a federal mediator Saturday, but the talks ended quickly with no new bargaining scheduled.

As a strike by longshore workers cripples container handling, Port of Montreal employers plan to lock out union employees.

The United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association are scheduled to resume bargaining next week on a new master contract covering 45,000 workers at 36 East and Gulf Coast ports.

Stakeholders from across the supply chain discussed strategies and opportunities at the third annual Houston International Maritime Conference.

As a strike by dockside workers disrupts container handling, Montreal’s port chief executive calls on Ottawa to force union employees back to work.

Ships are waiting at anchor after port employers at Vancouver and Prince Rupert on Monday locked out union forepersons after contract talks broke down.