New bookings data suggests volume softness is here to stay.
Container market experts advise carriers and shippers to act quickly now that new rules regulating ocean shipping are in effect.
FreightWaves Classics profiles Isthmian Steamship Company, which was started by U.S. Steel.
E-commerce is becoming an increasing area of focus for some ocean carriers.
Agriculture exporters on the West Coast are feeling neglected by ocean carriers. The Port of Oakland is trying to make more equipment available so they can ship their goods.
The latest example of an ocean carrier expanding into the logistics space involves MSC trying to buy a piece of Bolloré Logistics.
J.P. Morgan established trusts to dominate the U.S. railroad, insurance and steel industries. He also tried to dominate trans-Atlantic shipping. Read more in this FreightWaves Classicis article.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are turning to heavy-handed tactics to address a container logjam that is gumming up supply chains.
On-time deliveries are more complex than knowing exactly when a container will arrive at a port.
Chairman Michael Khouri explains how the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission keeps track of COVID-19-induced ocean container carrier sailing schedule changes for anticompetitive behavior.
