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Maritime
Import gains at top US container gateways go ballistic
U.S. ports just booked their largest import hikes in memory, according to The McCown Report.
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Container
‘March madness’ at LA port amid ‘once in a lifetime’ surge
Imports into Los Angeles at not slowing down. Can the backlog be cleared before the peak-season swell begins?
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Container
Shipping’s billion-dollar coke bust: 8 plead guilty, sentencing begins
More than a third of the crew on the MSC Gayane smuggled cocaine in June 2019. The first prison term has just been handed down.
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Container
Container shipping is about to report blockbuster Q1 earnings
As cargo shippers struggle, container-vessel companies rake in massive profits. Early signals point to record Q1 results.
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Container
Could container shipping rates stay this red-hot until 2022?
Container shipping spot rates haven’t budged from COVID-fueled peaks. Cargo shippers' hopes for a rate pullback are fading.
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Maritime
Light at end of the tunnel for battered tanker trade?
Glimmers of hope for the beaten-down tanker sector: more OPEC+ crude production and more long-haul exports from the U.S. to India.
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Maritime
Suez Canal still not back to normal — but it’s getting closer
Days after Ever Given backlog was declared cleared, the number of ships waiting to transit the Suez Canal remains high (with video).
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Maritime
How shipping giant MSC reacted to billion-dollar cocaine bust
Twenty tons of coke was found aboard an MSC ship in 2019. MSC just revealed that it's spending $100 million more on security in response.
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Container
Demand boom on collision course with ocean transport ceiling
Bad timing: Still-rising cargo demand is coinciding with container-shipping constraints in the wake of the Suez Canal crisis.
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American Shipper
First interview with new Federal Maritime Commission chairman
Daniel Maffei becomes chairman at a time of massive disruption in the world of trade.
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