How Stable Will Freight Rates Be in 2017?
Carriers could finally get some freight rate stability going in 2017. Traditionally, freight rates are a very volatile thing in the international shipping industry. In the last few years, [...]
Carriers could finally get some freight rate stability going in 2017. Traditionally, freight rates are a very volatile thing in the international shipping industry. In the last few years, [...]
The Emergence of SM Line It sounds like the story of the phoenix: SM Line rising “from the ashes of Hanjin.” But perhaps the better mythological creature to describe this story is the [...]
Hanjin Container Ship Photo by: Flickr user Ingrid Taylar The Emergence of SM Line It sounds like the story of the phoenix: SM Line rising “from the ashes of Hanjin.” But perhaps the better [...]
We now know who will be buying Hanjin’s Asia-U.S. assets. Yes, we’re still talking about Hanjin Shipping. Yes, we know Donald Trump was elected president last week. Yes, we posted a [...]
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 [...]
News broke this weekend that Japan’s three biggest shipping companies are merging. On October 31st, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and Kawasaki Kisen [...]
It’s a new twist on an old strategy. Usually with divide and conquer, it is the enemies or subjects intended for rule that an entity divides in order to overtake or rule. Maersk, the [...]
With the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, all eyes in the international shipping industry have turned their gaze on carriers. For years, carriers have struggled to be profitable, suffering huge [...]
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 [...]
“Don’t call it a comeback; I been here for years.” I can just hear the Panama Canal saying those LL Cool J words as it regains market share from the Suez Canal on Asia to U.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 [...]
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 [...]
With the merger of China Cosco Group and China Shipping Group creating the shipping leviathan China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, changes are going to ripple across the entire international [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Advertisements for shipping to Prince Rupert in British Columbia tout ‘infrastructure solutions’ at the ‘congestion-free’ port,” reports an L.A. Times article [...]
Goodbye P3, hello 2M. It didn’t take long after China halted plans for the P3 Network, what would have been an operational alliance between the three biggest carriers in the international [...]
by Jared Vineyard Carriers know exactly what shippers want for the holidays: increased shipping rates. Merry Christmas! Actually, most holiday international shipping has already taken place to [...]