ocean container shipping

Earnings calls shed new light on how ocean shipping bosses view coronavirus crisis.

An exclusive interview with Matt Heider, CEO of voyage-optimization platform Nautilus Labs.

Radiant Logistics reports a 25% slowdown in its last calendar quarter of 2019.

Momentum builds for decarbonization of ocean shipping but it’s far from a done deal.

More tariff and sanction risks lie ahead for ocean shipping.

Pricing data implies pendulum is swinging even more toward East Coast ports at expense of West Coast.

Still too early to confirm coronavirus fallout in trans-Pacific freight pricing data.

Liners confront higher ship-lease rates at the very time fuel prices are spiking.

Trans-Pacific container volumes face escalating coronavirus risk.

Commissioner Carl Bentzel said the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will have an increasing role in the development of shoreside activities that impact international container shipping.

New pact is a plus for tankers, bulkers and box ships, but less so for equities.

A global container index offers a big-picture perspective on the worldwide supply/demand balance.

Despite all the mergers and all the alliances, ocean container rates are still lower than they were seven years ago.

Traditional U.S. import rush prior to Chinese holiday is subdued in 2020.

Hopes that last week’s trade deal might boost the beleaguered shipping lane are overly optimistic, says analyst.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said excluding ocean cargo from the Section 321 pilot program reduced “a substantial number of relevant shipments of potential participants.”

Darren Prokop writes about the benefits of economies of scale in maritime shipping; he also writes about the dangers of diseconomies of scale.

Radiant Logistics posts a good quarter, but warns that peak shipping season isn’t shaping up heading into the holidays.