With a population of over 746 million, Europe has a significant need for products, from food to clothing and consumer goods. It’s no wonder, then, that they turn to the USA to supply some [...]
In case you haven't heard, Evergreen has had another costly and public debacle. No, this isn't a story about Hilary Clinton; Evergreen being her code name from the secret service is just [...]
This is a guest post by Alan Porter. When trying to understand how the modern world economy works, you cannot help but appreciate the role of shipping containers. The only way in which one [...]
This is staggering. Over 3,000 shipping containers fell into the Pacific Ocean last winter, Tim Lydon reports in the Revelator. We're not talking about all shipping containers lost throughout the [...]
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 [...]
On November 30th, the MV One Apus had a massive shipping container collapse as it was hit by a storm and massive waves in the Pacific Ocean on its way to the Port of Long Beach. We blogged about [...]
This is a guest post by Jonathan Miller. Given that as much as 90% of world cargo is transported by ships, it is curious that the general population knows so little about such a large and [...]
We're less than a month away from New Year's Day when some big rule changes are to be implemented on the international shipping industry: Incoterms 2020 and IMO 2020 go into effect on January [...]
In only 5 months, starting on January 1st, 2020, cargo ships have to meet the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) new 0.5% sulfur cap on fuel known as IMO 2020. [...]
A combination container and RORO ship called the Grande America caught fire and sunk.
Read the blog for all the details.
Shippers will start seeing random container inspections from Maersk on U.S. imports and exports.
Gavin van Marle reports in the Loadstar:
Maersk Line is set to begin [...]
The ocean freight sector of international shipping is getting closer and closer to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 0.5 percent sulfur cap on fuel. That goes into effect in [...]
This is a Guest Post by John from Anster Special Vehicles When you import or export heavy equipment or oversized equipment, getting it to your destination is always a big challenge. Heavy lift [...]
Traditionally, when it comes to international shipping, there are two major modes to choose between: ocean freight and air freight. But now, shippers are starting to eye a combination service [...]
Maersk announced that it is sending the first container ship from East Asia to Europe through the Arctic Ocean. Daniel Shane reports in CNN Money:
The newly built Venta Maersk is set [...]
This is a Guest Post by Cory Levins, Director of Business Development for Air Sea Containers.
It is remarkable that in an age of flight and space travel, most cargo transport around [...]
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Collisions and incidents with cargo ships are not uncommon; however, it's not every day one is caught on video. But that's exactly what happened at South Asia Pakistan [...]
Hope dwindled last week for rescuing the four crew members of the Maersk megaship Honam who remained missing. Now that hope is completely gone.
Maersk announced in a press [...]
On Tuesday, a tragic fire broke out on one of Maersk's new megaships. If Maersk is right about the fire's cause, this will be a quintessential example of why the international shipping industry [...]
A fire still burns even though the collision that created it between the oil tanker Sanchi and the cargo ship CF Crystal happened Saturday. BBC News reported that the oil tanker was an Iranian [...]
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