“Ocean Insights has dominated the container-tracking space, and we look forward to providing the industry not only the best ocean capabilities but also the most comprehensive end-to-end visibility platform,” says project44 CEO Jett McCandless.
Northwest Seaport Alliance reports January exports dropped 13.4% year-over-year.
Amazon may get the headlines for promising fast deliveries, but if it can’t get the product from overseas, the efficiency of trucks and delivery vans won’t make a difference.
AgTC’s Peter Friedmann said Hapag-Lloyd’s Rolf Habben Jansen failed to mention in a press conference that the container shipping lines are enjoying record profits “while pushing their customers into real financial trouble, some towards bankruptcy.”
It’s not just small and midsized importers that face massive contract rate hikes. Even the biggest shippers will feel the pain.
More than 2,900 containers have gone overboard just since the end of November.
“We have really a perfect storm of demand that’s surging like there’s no tomorrow, everybody needing to get the boxes back, COVID-related restrictions,” says Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
“If we do nothing, we will still have vessels at anchor come midsummer,” says Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka.
The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up oversight of charges imposed on trucking companies and U.S. exporters by containership companies.
Lending a hand includes everything from improving the environment to funding community initiatives to rescuing a skier mauled by a bear.
Here’s a helicopter view courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard of container-ship armada off Los Angeles and Long Beach (WITH VIDEO).
Thanks to COVID, there are no seasonal highs and lows for international shipping. There is so much demand for goods that the peak season never seems to end — and ports, railroads, truckers and warehouses are reaching the breaking point.
Due to shipping snarl and container congestions, delays in retail inventories will be felt from Christmas through Easter.
Maritime operators make the case for being included in the next COVID-19 relief bill.
Demand for its products skyrocketed, but port congestion and freight capacity constraints have prevented their delivery, and now Peloton is spending $100 million to try and fix its supply chain.
The Port of Long Beach may need to start filling out its record book in pencil as new numbers keep replacing those on top.
The discharging of damaged containers continues nearly two months after the storm-battered ONE Apus arrived in Japan.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero delivers a melodious annual report.
The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been infected with COVID-19 — with at least 700 positive test results from port employees.
California calls on feds to protect exporters. Shipping groups claim California export cure will worsen congestion — including for importers.
