Is There Trouble in 2M Alliance?
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 [...]
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 [...]
With all the bad news for international shipping that came with the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, how about a little good news for the industry? U.S. agricultural exports look to get a huge bump [...]
The typical person generally thinks of international shipping as a boring topic, if he or she even thinks of the topic at all. However, this industry–which profoundly but invisibly impacts [...]
Illegal. That’s what Seaspan called Hanjin Shipping Co.’s request for a cut in charter rates on the ships it leases from the container ship leasing company. Kyunghee Park [...]
South Korea might have been taking notes when China pushed for the merger of its two, big, state-owned shipping companies, Cosco Group and China Shipping Group. South Korea may force Hanjin [...]
When you think of major U.S. ports, the obvious ones that come to mind are probably the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on the West Coast, the Ports of New York and New Jersey on the East [...]
Things are not looking good for Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). South Korea’s second largest shipping line has been in financial crisis that it is looking less and less likely to survive. [...]
Maersk, the world’s largest ocean carrier by capacity, had one of its ships collide with another container ship off the coast of China over the weekend. The ship then caught fire. While the [...]
“And now for something completely different…” We take a break from our regular blogs to reach out to our readers and shippers everywhere, asking you how we can serve your needs [...]
China boasts the second largest economy in the world, but economic research and numbers show a declining Chinese economy in February. And that is not an anomaly, but a disturbing trend. Voice of [...]
Residents feel betrayed. Green groups are enraged. Politicians call for change. What happened? In 2003, an anti-pollution agreement was made–well, a settlement, really–in which the [...]
A.P. Moeller-Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, is in the news this week for saying the global economy is growing slower than widely forecasted. Actually, it was the [...]
What are you talking about?! Every industry has its own special vocabulary. The international shipping industry probably has more than most, along with a great many acronyms. It can be hard for [...]
“Why do I need cargo insurance?” I’ve heard this question asked. The short answer is: “Because you’re a shipper.” If that isn’t enough for you, keep [...]
Who says international shipping has to be boring? For many, international shipping is a fascinating subject; however, for many, many, many more, it is not. Yet, over the last several years, [...]
Here’s another story for our “international shipping fought the law and the law won” annals (always be careful to include both n’s when using that word). The Federal [...]
On June 30th, the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s charter expired for the first time since President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the federal credit agency by executive order in 1934. [...]
Shippers are tired of paying the price for port congestion, and rightly so. Demurrage, detention, and per diem fees have unfairly been charged to shippers on top of the lost money and overseas [...]