container imports

Maritime operators make the case for being included in the next COVID-19 relief bill.

FMC commissioners appeal to President Joe Biden to immediately vaccinate the maritime workforce.

Imports continue to pile up as shippers and carriers take time for the holidays. They may come back to a mess.

Transportation providers may spend January unclogging supply chains as warehouse capacity has become a precious commodity thanks to the continued influx of imports.

Port communities in LA, Charleston and Philadelphia already at risk, officials assert.

Trucking and rail volumes remain elevated while the imports fade. Is this is beginning of the end of the 2020 freight boom?

Drayage operator Best Transportation is willing to support FMCSA’s pilot project with an apprenticeship program.

Anthony and Zach bring on Maritime expert Henry Byers to discuss the near- and long-term impacts to the domestic freight market resulting from the record-breaking influx of shipments from Asia.

Victoria and the city of Melbourne, Australia, are tightening health measures to stop an outbreak of the coronavirus. Imports and exports could get stuck at terminals and warehouses.

Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The retail apparel sector has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how international trade, supply chains and tariffs complicate things further.

Distribution patterns expected to change in post-coronavirus world.

The magnitude of declines over the next few months from the virus as well as lingering tariffs will have broad flow-through effects on the U.S. economy.

The coronavirus is having a far-reaching impact across the globe. The timing may make things worse for domestic trucking.

Risks based on cargo moving through Los Angeles/Long Beach ports

American Cross-Dock & Storage recently announced it was doubling its warehouse space near the Port of Houston, one of the fastest growing U.S. container ports.  The company has entered into a deal to lease 102,863 square feet of warehouse space at the Bayport North Logistics Center I, as well as a sublease for another 44,000 […]

EPA is looking to update pollution regulations for commercial trucks after 20 years; oil prices fall to one-year lows; U.S. import levels have declined slightly across all major retail container ports.