Shipowners are confronting a crisis in how to sustain a workforce of 2 million crewing the global commercial fleet.
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $3.4 billion annual budget for fiscal 2026-2027 for the Port of Los Angeles. The increase comes as the port, which along with neighboring Long Beach comprises the busiest U.S. container gateway, is forecasting a 7% decline in box volumes, to 9.3 million twenty foot equivalent […]
Port Houston officials say continuous training and early preparation allow the port to restore operations after hurricanes.
Leading Democratic senators have called for the U.S. to reinstate a tax on Chinese ships after Trump and Xi agreed to a mutual postponement through November.
Investigators say organized cargo theft crews continue targeting Arizona rail corridors, with train burglaries occurring up to a dozen times each month across Northern Arizona.
A year after analysts predicted a fundamental shift to a late peak season, trans-Pacific rates are surging on frontloading by importers as the U.S. hits dozens of countries with new punitive tariffs.
The Gulf crisis has yet to hit global container traffic, liner operators say, as April volumes surged past year-ago levels.
A liner drops one of the biggest recent surcharges as demand surges for the peak shipping season.
Rate hikes and surcharges pushed up benchmark ocean container rates by $1,000 in the latest week, with more to come.
The Federal Maritime Commission regulator filled its remaining vacant seat with yet another Florida native.
From cartel-linked theft investigations to testimony before Congress, Lemm’s message was clear: cargo theft is no longer just a transportation problem.
Rising costs and stubbornly high transits could further challenge supply chains in the second half of the year.
Cargo through the Port of Oakland was little changed from a year ago despite a decline in total vessel calls.
Maersk paid a $1.9 million fine to the Federal Maritime Commission for improper detention billing to non-contracting third parties.
Maersk this week contradicted a consultant’s report that one of its vessels made a recent transit of a violence-plagued Mideast shipping route.
New Port of Virginia CEO and Executive Director Sarah McCoy spoke with FreightWaves at the hub’s annual State of the Port event.
In Virginia, South Korea’s LX Pantos Americas eyes collaboration that will enable long-term growth.
In 1966, Canadian Pacific Railway had a problem. Empty boxcars were piling up in Eastern Canada with no payload for the return trip west. The solution was a small freight company called Fastfrate, created specifically to fill those cars with less-than-truckload shipments bound for Western Canada. Six decades later, that single-service operation has become one […]
CMA CGM sees precipitous decline in Q1 core earnings as higher volumes failed to boost weak ocean rates.
Long-serving International Longshoremen’s Association executive James McNamara inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame.
