Port

Chinese authorities shut down a terminal at the third busiest container port in the world after a single positive COVID test. Yesterday, Eric Kulisch reported in American Shipper: Chinese [...]

While it wasn't anywhere near as big as the devastating blast at the Port of Beirut a few weeks ago, a tragic explosion interrupted a U.S. port at the end of last week. On Friday, a dredging ship [...]

Do you feel that breeze? It's either the winds of change or a collective sigh of relief from shippers as the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance [...]

Something has changed at U.S. ports. And it’s a good thing for shippers. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) agreed to an early contract extension in August that brings [...]

Yesterday (Monday, June 19th), truckers formed picket lines at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, going on strike over their classification as independent contractors. If this sounds [...]

With all the alliances of carriers in the international shipping industry, it was inevitable that ports and terminals would begin forging alliances too. A little less than a month ago, we posted [...]

“Five large terminal companies and one European port authority have joined together to file a discussion agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in attempts to establish a [...]

The 40 day strike by the dockworkers slowing international shipping at the Kwai Chung cargo terminals in Hong Kong has come to an end. In the last blog I wrote about the strike drawing near [...]

China Shipping Holding Company recently revealed parts of a $206.5 million expansion project at the Port of Los Angeles. Only $47.6 million worth of improvements were recently unveiled. These [...]