This post concludes our long Jones Act blog series, recapping the major points of the debate we covered and putting them all in one easy reference point. We began this series after President [...]

71 U.S. agricultural industry groups teamed up to write a letter to President Biden, informing him of the injury ocean freight carriers are doing to US agriculture, food, and forestry product [...]

The Jones Act debate often flairs up during times of natural disaster in the U.S., particularly when that natural disaster hits a noncontiguous state or territory, such as Puerto Rico. As a [...]

We're now deep in a series covering the debate over the 100-year-old piece of legislation known as the Jones Act. The controversial Merchant Marine Act of 1920, as it is formally named, has [...]

Does the Jones Act have a negative impact on the economies of noncontiguous U.S. states and territories? We'll look at arguments concerning just that, with an eye specifically on Hawaii, in [...]

Today, we continue our look at the debate over the Jones Act, looking at the issue of protectionism, specifically when it comes to the U.S. shipbuilding and maritime sectors. Remember, the point [...]

Happy Chinese New Year! This year, the Chinese New Year falls on February 12th, and though it is still February 11th here as I'm typing these words, it is already February 12th in Beijing. [...]

The Jones Act, or Merchant Marine Act of 1920, is a hotly debated piece of legislation. Our last blog post got into exactly what the Jones Act is and what it does after President Biden reaffirmed [...]

Among the flurry of executive orders from the new administration (President Biden had already signed 40 executive orders and actions as of a week ago) is an order in which the president reaffirms [...]

This is a guest post by Jason O'Leary. In many ways, freight shipping and logistics serve as the cornerstone of the global economy. Everything from construction materials to food, to computer [...]

We continue today with a series taking a deep dive into the outlook of international shipping in 2021. Part 1 focused on high ocean freight rates, cargo volume trends, and the potential for a [...]

Today we continue our examination of freight rates and the outlook of the international shipping industry for 2021. Part 1 of this series looked at the high freight rate prices the international [...]

What's happening with freight rates, and shipping costs in general, in 2021? Are they finally coming down after soaring to record highs in 2020, staying the same, or becoming even more [...]

This is a guest post by Jake Rheude. The final days of 2020 ended with some of China's highest container rates in recent memory coupled with port congestion, space demands, and other metrics [...]

There's a bigger ship backup at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, with more than a score and a half of container ships anchored and waiting to birth off the coast of Southern California [...]