Global container traffic is forecast to fall 1% in 2025 due to U.S. tariffs and trade policies, analyst Drewry says, only the third decline in its forecast history.
F. Paul De Maria, chief negotiator for the United States Maritime Alliance in contract talks with the International Longshoremen’s Association, is the new CEO of the port employers’ group.
Shares of Matson, the largest U.S.-flag shipping line, are collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Container shipping capacity on the Asia-U.S. trade route has sharply declined as carriers ramp up blank sailings.
China’s largest shipping line says it opposes a plan to charge its ships to dock at U.S. ports.
Following opposition from shippers, the United States will phase in port fees scaled to a vessel’s tonnage, in an effort to blunt China’s dominance in global shipping.
Shippers and liner operators are struggling to adapt to drastic changes across the maritime supply chain.
Record capacity and rising rates on some routes signal shifting dynamics in global container shipping, an analyst says.
The Trump administration is considering a revision to proposed port fees for Chinese ships.
Tariffs on China imports by the Trump administration led to a collapse in trans-Pacific ocean freight bookings by U.S. importers.
Another early peak container shipping season is on tap as Asia-Pacific trade is predicted to outpace a global economic slowdown.
The Port of Seattle is appealing a decision by the City Council to permit a housing development it says threatens trucking and port operations.
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.
Fraud Watch examines potential increases in customs fraud whistleblowers.
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 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.
Governments are meeting this week on global fees for cargo ship emissions.
