ocean container shipping

U.S. importers turn to Chinese sellers in the wake of COVID.

Good news: Ocean volumes are recovering from COVID.

New normal for container shipping: active capacity management and digital spot bookings.

COVID-19 could ignite geopolitical clashes and cause “meltdown” in U.S. consumer demand.

Asia-U.S. ocean freight rates are hitting record highs as import demand outpaces vessel supply.

Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19 has caused the system to fray…

Ports on the Atlantic are losing imports from Europe as well as Asia.

New data reveals just how far ship orders have sunk. The fewer ships ordered, the higher future rates could climb.

Darren Prokop’s commentary concerns whether price gouging is taking place on container shipping between Asian ports and the U.S.

A new interview with AgTC’s Peter Friedmann on how China COVID fears affect U.S. food exports.

U.S. shippers importing cargo from Asia are getting some price relief.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission enters “phase two” of its fact-finding investigation into COVID-19 impacts on container shipping in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Lori Ann LaRocco illustrates the disruption to global trade by profiling what has happened at the Port of Miami since the coronavirus pandemic began.

“Optics” are bad but freight pricing doesn’t appear to meet regulatory bar for intervention.

Shipboard COVID cases will make it even harder to roll back travel restrictions that block crew changes.

E-commerce and coronavirus fallout are buoying container services from Asia to the West Coast.

For years, exporters and importers have been frustrated by the former U.S. Customs and Border Protection process to withhold their names and addresses in manifest data from the public.

By artificially restricting capacity, carrier alliances have engineered rates higher and may book a profit this year.

New court documents shed light on a shipboard drug ring.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has rolled out guidance on how the ocean shipping industry can collaboratively improve the flow of containers among ocean carriers, marine terminals, shippers and drayage truckers in San Pedro Bay during COVID-19 and beyond.