Earlier this week, on the 26th of February, the Federal Maritime Commission issued its final rules for demurrage and detention billing as set up for it to create by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act [...]
"How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?" --George Carlin If you're ever at a major U.S. port, take a look at the cranes looming over the [...]
You wouldn't know it by watching the news, but the water conditions at the Panama Canal have improved. More ships can transit the canal than restrictions had been and were planning to allow. With [...]
This is a guest post by Diana Zheng. The seamless movement of goods across international boundaries is crucial for businesses involved in global commerce. Among the many terms and regulations [...]
Missile Strikes U.S. Cargo Ship A CBS News video reports that the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have been attacking ships in the Red Sea, hit the U.S. cargo ship Gibraltar Eagle with a missile [...]
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents approximately 40,000 dockworkers up and down the West Coast, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Saturday night, according to a [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
I posted a week ago about the massive delays happening at the Panama Canal. I've seen new articles on the topic, published today and yesterday, that would make you think the situation has only [...]
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. [...]
So some have deemed to tell you there is no peak season this year? Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. There is, indeed, a peak [...]
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 [...]
This is a guest post by Alice Lawrence. In today's frantic business environment, meeting deadlines is more important than ever. When shipments are late, businesses risk losing customers and [...]
Patrick E. McLean wrote in his book How to Succeed in Evil, "There is no such thing as coincidence, Topper. It is always, always your enemies conspiring against you." Shippers may feel that's an [...]
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach suddenly shut down Thursday night. The closure of the country's busiest port complex continued Friday. "Terminals noted they closed due to labor [...]
Shippers may find themselves uneasy when they realize North American dockworker unions coast to coast will be negotiating contracts at the same time. As port disruption from labor slowdowns is [...]
What goes up must come down. Despite many experts saying we would never see pre-pandemic-level freight rates again when the cost of ocean shipping skyrocketed out of control during and after the [...]
Maersk doesn't believe any of the ocean freight carriers outside of itself and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have the ability to stand alone. For this reason, the company doesn't believe [...]
After a couple years of out of control, skyrocketing freight rates, ocean freight pricing finally came tumbling down. Freight rates have gone from peaks, including cargo routes getting carriers [...]