Zim container ships divert as threat to Israel-linked vessels mounts
There has been a surge of attacks and threats targeting Israel-linked ships, including one incident where the U.S. Navy came to the rescue.
There has been a surge of attacks and threats targeting Israel-linked ships, including one incident where the U.S. Navy came to the rescue.
Time is running out for container lines as contract rate renewal season nears and spot rates fail to recover.
Panama Canal restrictions force more ships to transit the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen, where they face a hijacking risk.
J.B. Hunt and BNSF Railway are heralding a new era in freight transport with an intermodal partnership called Quantum. With it, they hope to add enough value to win market share from truckload freight.
Freight flows declined in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, in October, while container volumes rose at the Port of New Orleans.
Zim’s headline loss looks ugly, but most of the decline was non-cash and it still has ample reserves to weather the downcycle.
A fleet of container vessels is up for sale as a company backed by Greece’s Evangelos Marinakis switches its bets to LNG shipping.
Cargo volumes are holding up, but rising transport capacity is outpacing demand, pushing container shipping rates even lower.
Containerized imports have rebounded strongly in 2023, with October volumes up 33% from February’s low.
The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers warned members to prepare for a possible strike starting Oct. 1, 2024.
“This is not a diet. This is a resetting of the baseline,” said Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc on his company’s job cuts.
The water crisis at the Panama Canal is getting worse and will force more ships to take much longer routes.
Profits being reported by container shipping lines are down from the stratosphere but many still surpass pre-COVID returns.
Now that port labor unrest is over, West Coast container terminals are starting to claw back some of their lost volumes.
Hub Group reported $1 billion in revenue and earnings per share of 97 cents during the third quarter.
This is CargoX’s second sizable partnership aimed at bringing more efficient import and export practices to global markets.
Cosco earned more than $800 million in the third quarter, while one analyst expects Zim to lose more than $200 million.
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Executives for shuttered logistics operator Tiger Cool Express have restarted an intermodal project in Washington state.
Peak season demand propelled imports higher in September, although softening spot rates point to a fourth-quarter slowdown.