Ocean shipping

Despite all-time-high container production, demand continues to outpace supply and new box prices keep rising.

Matson is adding a seasonal express service to help deal with the upcoming peak shipping season from China. But will it help with freight transportation delays?

Good news for dry bulk shipping stocks, bad news for decarbonization: The global coal trade is thriving.

Despite epic container rates and hefty dry bulk profits, stocks fell by double digits over the past three weeks.

Container ships in the congestion-plagued trans-Pacific trade have stepped on the gas, with some vessels now topping 20 knots.

Wave of cargo delayed by COVID outbreak in Yantian, China, is starting to hit California’s already strained terminals.

An in-depth look at CEO compensation in container shipping, bulk shipping and the cruise industry

More than 3 months after getting stuck in Suez Canal, container ship, cargo and crew are moving again

New disclosures by lines point to massive ocean-carrier profits in the second quarter.

IRIS is GEODIS’ eye-in-the-sky ocean and air shipments visibility platform for booking and managing exports in real time.

More box ships, bulkers and tankers are changing hands than ever before — good news for ship values and stocks.

The biggest container shipping line in the world says container traffic at the massive Port of Yantian in China is moving much better after COVID restrictions were recently lifted. But exporters have a long way to go before ocean shipments go smoothly again.

Ocean carriers could make up for two decades’ worth of losses in a single year as demand overwhelms vessel supply.

California offshore traffic jam, Ever Given, Yantian closure, skyrocketing rates and volumes … what’s next for container shipping?

More problems loom for importers of Asian containerized goods and tanker slump could last even longer.

Rates for smaller bulkers remain at decade highs with most dry bulk stocks up triple digits since November.

A year and a half after COVID emerged in Wuhan, China’s exporters, liners, shipyards and container factories are all booming.

There has never been a better time to own container ships and lease them to liners. But some owners are selling ships and cashing out.

Americans are spending more on services. Contrary to predictions, this has yet to curb demand for containerized goods.

Spot pricing has surged even higher, propelled by carrier rate hikes and China congestion fallout.