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Okay, I wasn’t going to do a Thanksgiving blog that brings together turkeys and international shipping this year because I was pretty sure the previous ones were the least read blogs [...]

Congestion. After the last couple years, shippers are probably hoping to never see that word written in an international shipping article or blog again. Unfortunately, those hopes are doomed to [...]

There’s quite a sight to be seen of ships off the coast of Galveston, TX. And it all has something to do with oil. You may have noticed a little thicker wallet or fuller purse this year [...]

October is a big month for international shipping. At least, normally it is. Usually imports see a big bump around this time of year, especially at West Coast ports, as shippers and retailers are [...]

A.P. Moeller-Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, is in the news this week for saying the global economy is growing slower than widely forecasted. Actually, it was the [...]

Despite reportedly being 95% complete, there’s a good chance the Panama Canal expansion won’t be completed by April of next year as currently projected. I can hear those groans and [...]

Breakthrough in Search for El Faro At the beginning of October we blogged about the El Faro, a cargo ship that was lost in Hurricane Joaquin. Now, at the beginning of November, we share that the [...]