Ports

Today's Pickup

Brian Straight 2 weeks ago
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Today’s Pickup: Grocery shoppers still prefer shopping in stores

While shoppers are flocking to e-commerce sites, that is not the case for grocery shoppers, who remain more interested in…
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Market Update

Zach Strickland, FW Market Expert & Market Analyst 3 weeks ago
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Weekly Market Update: Seasonal peak arrives on schedule, but still disappoints

Freight volumes may have peaked for the season, but it certainly doesn't feel that way. There is still a lot…
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Weather

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist 3 weeks ago
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Significant earthquake strikes near Panama Canal

Container ports at risk of earthquake aftershocks
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Autonomous Trucking

Brian Straight 06/13/2019
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Volvo’s autonomous vehicle Vera enters port duty

Volvo's Vera autonomous vehicle is now moving containers from a local distribution center to the port in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Release Notes

Zach Strickland, FW Market Expert & Market Analyst 06/11/2019
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FreightWaves SONAR platform now has Drewry’s world container indices

International shipping has become one of the largest drivers of domestic shipping volumes in the United States over the past…
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Weather

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist 06/06/2019
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Midwest flooding ripples through economy, transportation

Farming not the only industry to suffer losses from major flooding.
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Canada

Nate Tabak, Canada Correspondent 05/29/2019
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British Columbia port employers, longshoremen in talks ahead of lock-out

Escalation in labor dispute threatens to put a stop to maritime trade across the province, including Vancouver.
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Equipment

Brian Straight 05/28/2019
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Today’s Pickup: Blade Runner futurist designer Syd Mead conceptualized Volvo trucks

Famed artist Syd Mead worked for Volvo Trucks at one point in his career, leaving behind a series of conceptual…
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Asia-Pacific

Jim Wilson, Australia Correspondent 05/09/2019
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Revenues, profits, box-lifts are all up for terminal operator ICTSI

Manila, Philippines-based container terminal operator International Container Services International has posted a solid set of first quarter results. Revenues were…
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Asia-Pacific

Jim Wilson, Australia Correspondent 05/08/2019
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Port Report: A solid first quarter… but forwarders fear Australia’s freight future

Australian ports recorded in excess of 1.94 million twenty foot equivalent (TEU) container movements during the first quarter of 2019.…
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