Freight economist to government: Stay out of ocean shipping mess
Ports and inland transportation connections are choking on ocean imports. A top economist says don’t blame ocean carriers.
Ports and inland transportation connections are choking on ocean imports. A top economist says don’t blame ocean carriers.
Los Angeles is at the front line of the port congestion crisis. Its executive director outlines his strategy to clear anchorages.
How will public view ships anchored off Los Angeles/Long Beach if one of them is tied to Huntington Beach spill?
With no end in sight for global supply chain crisis, importers warned to brace for high costs throughout next year.
As some Chinese factories go dark, more delays for container imports but bullish sign for coal, LNG and oil shipping.
Trans-Pacific traffic snarl is bicoastal: More container ships waiting off Shanghai and Ningbo than Southern California.
Southern California ports would need two weeks with zero vessel arrivals to clear logjam — but the ships keep coming.
Dry bulk shares suffer double-digit declines, with tanker and container stocks also caught up in the sell-off.
Liner profits still rising: second half looks stronger than first and Deutsche Bank sees even higher earnings next year.
Supply chain crisis deepens as more imports snared in historic ship queue off Los Angeles/Long Beach.
Container ships named The Brady, The Belichick and The Gronk just sold for six to eight times their purchase price, spurring a nine-figure payday.
Dry bulk and LNG shipping stocks now at 52-week peaks with container stocks not far from the top.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Slync.io launches integrated strategy for ocean containers; chip shortage continues to impact Mexico’s commercial truck industry; automotive parts supplier invests $102M in Mexico expansion; and Aeronet Worldwide opens operations in San Antonio.
Demand for container ships is so extreme that some operators are paying unprecedented sums to rent them.
An FMC advisory committee has been formed amid ongoing shipper complaints of carrier market power abuse.
In unprecedented move, CMA CGM unilaterally halts rate increases until February amid rising global supply chain chaos.
New details on record 2019 cocaine haul aboard MSC Gayane — which may not have been the first run — as U.S. wraps up convictions.
Virginia’s competitive advantages: a naturally deep harbor, semi-automated terminals and its own, newer chassis pool.
Cosco and MSC fight back against accusations that they inflated rates, violated contracts and broke U.S. law.
More container ships are stuck at anchor off California than ever before. The gridlock is about to get even worse.