This is a guest post by Jeremy Raynolds. In December 2018, we reached a new record level of carbon dioxide emissions. The global CO2 emissions for 2019 are still not in, but one thing is [...]
Less than half a year away from the IMO 2020 cleaner fuel mandate, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) put out a media release raising safety concerns around the [...]
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 [...]
Is international shipping manipulating weather? Controlling the weather has often captured our imagination in popular fiction. Examples include the upcoming movie Geostorm about weather [...]
It’s no secret that pollution in China is bad. If you ever visit the country, you’ll probably notice some people walking around wearing surgical masks because of the haze from [...]
Trucking, obviously, is crucial to the supply chain and international shipping as a whole. Therefore, when there’s news that affects the trucking industry, it also affects the international [...]
It was only a matter of time. Well, there still is some time, really. But not much. The first automated containership is scheduled to set sail in 2018. Check out this video from Kongsberg [...]
A draft of the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) update has been released by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. You have between now and September 18th to submit written comments on it. An [...]
Zero emissions. That’s the goal the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are working toward. Such a feat might have seemed impossible ten years ago. Or perhaps like the science fiction [...]
How can carriers reduce CO2 emissions, consume less fuel, and add extra protection on their container ships? How about a windshield? That’s right, a windshield on a container ship. [...]
Another world record will be created…The world’s largest solar-powered ship, Turanor PlanetSolar, has arrived on the Galapagos Islands (Santa Cruz and Puerto Ayora) off the coast of Ecuador [...]
Part I Part II and Ms. Benson’s Comment It’s inevitable to cut conventional reefer ships because of the convenience of reefer containers loading, unloading & transporting among [...]
2010 was the year our operations received the most roll-over notices and delay arrival-to-port notices. After reading several news reports, slow steaming (SS) or super slow steaming (SSS) plays a [...]
As logisticians, we coordinate and arrange containers’ deliveries every day from one point to another point around the world. However, containers can become a business store, our living shelters, [...]
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