container shipping

Iran is likely to assert newfound control over the gateway to the Persian Gulf and its crude oil stockpiles.

CSX officially opens a $495 million tunnel project in Baltimore to increase container traffic along the I-95 corridor and at the city’s port.

In the arms race among East Coast container ports, the Port of Virginia has raised the bar by deepening the harbor. 

Amid the Iran conflict, the introduction by ocean carriers of emergency bunker surcharges on top of standard adjustments created a risk that shippers were double-paying for fuel price increases.

The freight industry stands at a crossroads that looks remarkably familiar to anyone who remembers the early days of fintech. Before Plaid became the connective tissue linking bank accounts to lending decisions, borrowers shuffled paperwork and lenders operated on good faith. Now that same transformation is coming for trucking, and Highway’s Chief Commercial Officer Michael […]

Resilient consumer spending helped boost what is looking like an early peak shipping season as importers try to stay ahead of rising fuel costs and the changeable U.S. approach to trade.  

But supply chain normalcy is likely months off as anxious shippers spur an early peak in a rush to beat fuel surcharges and price hikes by Asian manufacturers. Spot rates on the benchmark Asia-U.S. West Coast route were unchanged at $4,836 per forty foot equivalent unit (FEU) in the latest week, according to the Freightos […]

The 2026 State of Logistics Report finds supply chain volatility is now permanent. U.S. logistics costs are $2.4 trillion or 7.8% of GDP.

The United States and Iran announced an agreement to end the war in the Arabian Gulf, but it could take months for shipping and logistics to normalize.

Shippers of American agricultural commodities say a push by Democrats to tax Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports could put some crop producers out of business.

The Trump administration unveiled a program to pre-screen import containers and streamline connections through the supply chain.

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.