ocean container shipping
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Maritime
Tanker, bulker, LNG rates drop. Container rates hold near top
For bulk commodity shipping, a rough start to the year. For container shipping, the profit bonanza continues.
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Maritime
Imports take ‘dramatically longer’ to reach US as bottlenecks bite
No letup yet: It’s taking even longer for Asian exports to get across Pacific to American buyers.
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Maritime
New year brings new all-time high for shipping’s epic traffic jam
Popular interest in the supply chain may have faded, but the pileup of ships waiting offshore keeps growing.
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Regulatory Agencies
FMC regulating capacity? ‘Hard to imagine the chaos’
The leading spokesman in Washington for the world’s container trades offers his take on the implications of potential regulatory changes in 2022.
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Maritime
New index measures supply chain pressure — and it’s really high
New barometer from NY Federal Reserve highlights how extreme supply chain crunch has become.
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Maritime
Container shipping’s 2022 outlook: The bulls, bears and wild cards
How could the consensus — that container spot rates will remain extremely high — be wrong?
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News
Container shipping heads to court: Who’s suing whom?
MSC sues Deere, patent owner sues six shipping lines, box-overboard cases pile up, and Hanjin’s ghost tries to collect.
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Maritime
2021’s top shipping stories: From Ever Given to epic California port pileup
There has never been a year like this for container shipping. Here are the biggest stories of 2021.
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Maritime
By the numbers: Shipping’s unparalleled year in 10 charts
After an exceptional year for ocean shipping, the data points to more action ahead in 2022.
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American Shipper
Escape from LA: More container business flees to East Coast
Carriers and shippers are turning to East Coast ports as Los Angeles/Long Beach remains mired in congestion.
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