Daily Infographic: Container Crisis
Three Chinese companies — CIMC, DFIC and CXIC — produce about 80% of the world’s containers.
Three Chinese companies — CIMC, DFIC and CXIC — produce about 80% of the world’s containers.
How does California congestion rank versus 2015 logjam caused by tensions with dockworkers union? It’s not even close: 2021 wins by a long shot.
Drayage trucking and logistics company ContainerPort sold its container yard and depot division to ITS ConGlobal, a company with intermodal, finished vehicle and depot service terminals.
If ocean freight rates have legs, analysts see much more room for the secondhand ship values to run — which should, in turn, boost stocks.
Jefferies senior analyst Randy Giveans outlines why it is now a particularly good time to buy container-shipping stocks.
Today’s container market chaos underscores the need for enforceable ocean contracts as opposed to loose agreements, argues consultant Tom Craig.
Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel discusses the agency’s options in regulating rates and service amid the booming U.S. container supply chain.
Gordon Downes, CEO of New York Shipping Exchange, joins Ocean Audit’s head Steve Ferreira to chat about structural changes in container shipping and the place two-way committed contracts have in the industry.
BIMCO’s Peter Sand discusses whether container shipping’s ‘new normal’ has legs and what’s next for the sector.
The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
Globalization isn’t just driven by comparative advantage. It is skewed by subsidies and mispricing of risk, according to author Marc Levinson.
It’s not just small and midsized importers that face massive contract rate hikes. Even the biggest shippers will feel the pain.
AgTC’s Peter Freidmann highlights the hurdles U.S. food exporters confront as they vie for containers to transport their goods.
Steve Ferreira talks container losses, carrier assets and freight rates on this episode of Navigate B2B.
Cargo shippers hamstrung by the global container shortage should not expect a box building spree in China to come to their rescue.
It’s not just container stocks rising. Shipping stocks are up for everything from bulkers to tankers to gas carriers.
The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
Here’s a helicopter view courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard of container-ship armada off Los Angeles and Long Beach (WITH VIDEO).
ZIM, newest Wall Street shipping entrant, is riding wave of record-high freight rates. Shares fully recovered from rocky start.
Maersk, the world’s largest container carrier, just reported record quarterly results. And its next quarter looks even better.