Despite claims to the contrary, the ship backlog is not getting smaller. Vessels are waiting on both sides of the Pacific.
Here’s how omicron variant could impact tanker, container and dry bulk shipping rates.
Record number of container ships waiting but they’re harder to see, as new plan spreads queue across Pacific.
Price of low-sulfur fuel is rising faster than high-sulfur fuel. Ships with scrubbers stand to gain.
Ship arrival data confirms seasonal surge to Southern California has ebbed — even as port congestion has risen.
Zim’s profits are still going up — way up — despite more vessels getting snared in West Coast port gridlock.
Los Angeles and Long Beach hold off on charging highly controversial fee on import containers.
Rates expected to remain strong into 2022, fallout from new ship deliveries in 2023-2024 to be muted.
Crude and product tankers may be totally different markets, but 2021 proved how connected they are.
Just five days before emergency SoCal container fee is set to begin, offshore traffic jam reaches new heights.
A small number of non-U.S. entities determine vessel and container levels for U.S. ocean supply chains.
Port congestion forced container ships to go faster. Congestion remains extreme, yet ships are slowing down.
Crude-tanker owners continue to pile up huge losses, but hopes are high for next year.
California congestion hits charter rates as ship operators waste millions waiting to get to terminals.
Virtually every U.S.-listed shipping stock fell on a day that the S&P 500 hit a record high.
Maersk expands air business after earning more in a single quarter than in any prior full year.
Trans-Pacific container shipping rates remain exceptionally strong despite a dip earlier this month.
Biden-backed plan to tackle container congestion could make logjam even worse, critics believe.
Media coverage increasingly links consumer price inflation to container shipping and supply chain chaos.
Ocean cargo shippers are paying more than they ever have before for the worst service they’ve ever experienced.
