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Maritime
Shipping lines come out swinging in high-profile profiteering case
Cosco and MSC fight back against accusations that they inflated rates, violated contracts and broke U.S. law.
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Maritime
Beware ‘nasty side effects’ if government targets ocean carriers
“Be careful what you wish for,” warns industry expert Lars Jensen of proposals to rein in container shipping’s boom.
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American Shipper
FMC’s Maffei says capacity demand won’t recede ‘until late 2022’
In this exclusive Q&A, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei notes that “the supply chain is overheated. It’s like we are going from nine lanes…
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News
FMC onboard for Biden’s ocean carrier ‘crackdown’
Biden’s executive order calls on the Justice Department to help regulators monitor pricing practices and anticompetition in the container shipping and rail sectors.
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American Shipper
Exclusive: Proposals submitted to address ocean shipping crisis
The proposals hope to enforce the carriage of trade and excessive penalties U.S. importers are being charged by foreign carriers.
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Container
How three Chinese companies cornered global container production
The containers that U.S. shippers need are all built in China, where factories could set a new production record this year.
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American Shipper
Ag industry’s letter to Buttigieg urges immediate action on export problem
Ag letter is the latest in a series of urgent pleas to stop the denial of trade and increased demurrage costs.
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American Shipper
First interview with new Federal Maritime Commission chairman
Daniel Maffei becomes chairman at a time of massive disruption in the world of trade.
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Container
Port gridlock could blow up Fourth of July fireworks sales
Fireworks could be stuck at sea by the time the Fourth of July rolls around. Blame massive port congestion and overloaded freight networks. The fireworks…
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American Shipper
Ocean carriers take heat for profiting ‘so handsomely’ while service plunged
AgTC’s Peter Friedmann said Hapag-Lloyd’s Rolf Habben Jansen failed to mention in a press conference that the container shipping lines are enjoying record profits “while…
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