What Does Trump Presidency Mean for Shippers?
Donald Trump, seemingly despite all polls and predictions, has been elected the next president of the United States, and the impact his presidency could have on international shipping is, as he [...]
Donald Trump, seemingly despite all polls and predictions, has been elected the next president of the United States, and the impact his presidency could have on international shipping is, as he [...]
Don’t look now, but it seems like the honeymoon might be over between Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) in their 2M Alliance. There is no news about the premier carrier [...]
A lack of chassis during peak season is causing congestion issues at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Sound familiar? Two years ago, the Southern Californian ports were suffering from [...]
Following an analysis on Hanjin’s demise released by SeaIntel, shipping blogs and news sources are posting headlines laying responsibility for the major carrier’s bankruptcy on the [...]
Despite the fact that Hanjin Shipping has been in financial trouble for a long time, the ocean carrier’s collapse last week is major news. The entire shipping industry is affected by South [...]
There could not have been a worse time for one of international shipping’s major ocean carriers to sink than peak season. However, that’s exactly what’s happened with Hanjin [...]
Hanjin Container Ship Photo by: Flickr user Ingrid Taylar There could not have been a worse time for one of international shipping’s major ocean carriers to sink than peak season. However, that’s [...]
This year has seen record low freight rates. While freight rate pricing has been increasing, shippers are still paying significantly less than in previous years. World Maritime News reported a [...]
When watching the carriers operating in the international shipping industry, the old Agatha Christie mystery, “Ten Little Indians” comes to mind. … And then there were [...]
They’re ugly words that have become all too common when discussing international shipping: Port Congestion. However, congestion at U.S. ports has to be discussed, so action can be taken to [...]
Is it possible the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) would actually agree to a contract extension before their current contract expires? Long before their contract expires in [...]
A $500 million rail project that would serve the Port of Los Angeles, and certainly the Port of Long Beach too, is on the verge of being scrapped. Over a decade in the making, the Southern [...]
It has begun. Amazon is launching air freight service. The rumors have been circulating for a while that Amazon was planning to lease Boeing jets and take over shipping that the e-commerce giant [...]
As the international shipping industry is on the verge of a shakeup from carrier alliances rearranging themselves, maritime regulators throughout the world should reexamine whether these large [...]
For a long time, China has been the world’s leading shipbuilder. But as Bob Dylan would say, “The times, they are a changin’.” Shipbuilding in China is now [...]
It just seems inescapable for shippers. There’s no way to avoid hearing the “C” word. The “C” word being, of course, congestion. Although congestion has certainly [...]
East Coast ports have been eagerly anticipating the expansion of the Panama Canal to allow megaships (of course, not the most mega of megaships, but 1.5 times larger than the previous [...]
Almost two years ago, I posted Hunger Games of the Sea, a blog about all the carrier alliances that were forming as international shipping companies struggled for dominance and just to stay [...]
There has been a hard push in recent years, and rightfully so, to decrease pollution in ocean freight shipping. Great strides in decreasing CO2 emissions are being made. While ocean shipping [...]