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We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]

We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]

We’re still only beginning to see how the recent and ongoing changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ [...]

Did you know that most U.S. port terminals are owned and operated by foreign entities? Do you find that a concerning fact about these important access points to the country? If that seems like a [...]

Introduction We’re still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers’ and other industry stakeholders’ operations [...]

Controversy continues to swirl around the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC's) proposed rules on "unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodations provided [...]

Chain reaction. Noun. A series of events where one event causes another, then another, and so on. Example: there's a drought happening in Panama. The drought lowers the water level of Gatun Lake. [...]

A hot topic just popped up in international shipping. It revolves around the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) potentially getting involved in regulating pricing when it comes to importing and [...]

We’re still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses’ imports and exports as well as carriers' and other industry stakeholders' operations within maritime [...]

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) strike ended with a tentative deal last week. Chris Helgren reported in Reuters: "Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific [...]

If there was a war over freight rates, whoever ocean freight carriers' version of Paul Revere is would be riding out, yelling, "The ships are coming! The ships are coming!" Back in February, I [...]

We're still only beginning to see how the changes to U.S. shipping law will affect businesses' imports and exports as well as carriers and other stakeholders operations within in the maritime [...]

The International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU Canada) gave formal notice yesterday that it will strike starting Saturday morning. The union sent a short letter of notice to British [...]

What exactly does the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) say and do? This blog series goes through it section by section, so you can see exactly what our lawmakers changed in the U.S. Code [...]

The latest International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) labor action that shut down terminals and slowed down port operations up and down the West Coast is all about money. The ILWU is [...]

International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) labor action shut down port terminals up and down the West Coast on Friday. The labor action actually started on Thursday evening and has [...]

What exactly does the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) say and do? This blog series goes through it section by section, so you can see exactly what our lawmakers changed in the U.S. Code [...]

Approaching a year after the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) was signed into law, we've only barely begun to see its impact. It's been loftily described as crucial and the [...]

Last week, four witnesses representing U.S. and international supply chain stakeholders appeared before the House's Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee to speak and be questioned [...]

Shippers have long complained about unfair detention and demurrage fees at the ports. A particular point of contention is getting charged for days when port terminals are closed, and it's [...]