Greg Miller

Southern California ports can’t evacuate import containers fast enough. The backlog has yet again reached critical levels.

There were 125 container ships waiting offshore on Friday, including 36 off Savannah, 24 off Southern California and 20 each off Houston and New York.

In the second quarter, new highs were set for Cosco profits, OOCL revenue per container, and Evergreen operating revenues.

The number of import containers sitting at LA/LB terminals for nine days or more has more than doubled since February.

Spot freight rates are easing, but in a sign of resilience, container-ship charter rates remain near all-time highs.

A flood of newly built container ships will be delivered by shipyards in 2023-25. Can liners maintain pricing power?

Container shipping rates remain far above pre-COVID levels, yet there are more signs of prices easing.

The first half has been phenomenal for product tankers. How much of shipping upside is due to the war?

The drowning of over 15,000 sheep off Sudan is just the latest in a very long line of black marks for livestock shipping.

Retail sales are still up double digits compared to pre-COVID. Inventory-to-sales ratios have yet to fully recover.

America’s peak cargo importing season will start early this year, by the end of this month, says the Port of Los Angeles boss.

Las importaciones de mayo suben un 20% respecto a la media de 5 años; las exportaciones son las más altas desde noviembre de 2020

Bulk commodity shipping stocks held up well before this month. Now they’re falling alongside container shipping stocks.

May was one of the busiest months in history for the container ports of Long Beach and Charleston.

EU sanctions on Russian petroleum exports could have much more serious repercussions than earlier U.S. moves.

CMA CGM, the world’s third largest liner company, froze spot rates in September-January, yet its revenue per container kept rising.

It took longer than expected, but the IMO 2020 investment pitch — save on ship fuel by installing scrubbers — is paying off big time.

The number of container ships waiting off Los Angeles/Long Beach recently sank to 25, the lowest tally since July 2021.

Tankers are loading up on American crude, diesel and gasoline exports. Can the free market withstand political pressure?

Without sanctions, tankers will keep loading Russian oil. ‘We’re not taking a moral high ground,’ says Frontline’s CEO.