trans-Pacific

Ocean cargo shippers are paying more than they ever have before for the worst service they’ve ever experienced.

California port congestion is as bad as ever. Some imports have been stranded offshore for over a month.

Pullback in trans-Pacific shipping rates: beginning of the end or brief reprieve with end still not in sight?

Yes, despite the headaches, the ocean carriers are making boatloads of money.

Shipping Asia-U.S. via regular ocean service and rail? “I would bet your goods will not arrive in time for Christmas,” says Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.

Los Angeles is at the front line of the port congestion crisis. Its executive director outlines his strategy to clear anchorages.

How will public view ships anchored off Los Angeles/Long Beach if one of them is tied to Huntington Beach spill?

Trans-Pacific traffic snarl is bicoastal: More container ships waiting off Shanghai and Ningbo than Southern California.

Southern California ports would need two weeks with zero vessel arrivals to clear logjam — but the ships keep coming.

Supply chain crisis deepens as more imports snared in historic ship queue off Los Angeles/Long Beach.

As stimulus-fueled demand overwhelms trans-Pacific capacity, a widening freight spread leaves small shippers behind.

Port of Los Angeles boss warns: ‘Anchorage and dwell times are trending in the wrong direction.’

Maersk results offer more evidence that capacity constraints and U.S. — not worldwide — demand drive rates.

Los Angeles’ port boss speaks to American Shipper about congestion challenges — and potential release valves.

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

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

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?

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

Container spot rates spiked again, with new records set. For importers, the worst is yet to come.