Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's second largest ocean freight carrier by capacity for the moment, put out a press release on Monday concerning its executive leadership: MSC [...]
In case anyone actually needed more evidence for the volatility of freight rates, ocean shipping prices just swung in the opposite direction again. After blogging just a week ago about a surge in [...]
This year, freight rates in the traditionally peak season months have behaved untraditionally. Instead of seeing higher freight rates, this peak season was full of falling freight rates. However, [...]
Maersk predicted, a couple years ago, that carrier competition would shrink to just 3 global companies. Of course, Maersk is at the top of the list of carriers expected to be left if its [...]
You thought those 25% tariffs on $250 billion worth of products imported from China were high? Well, starting October 1st, they're going to be increased to 30% according to tweets from President [...]
This is a guest post by Stasha Smiljanic. “Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think [...]
Less than half a year away from the IMO 2020 cleaner fuel mandate, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) put out a media release raising safety concerns around the [...]
If you were driving on the Florida Turnpike at the right moment on Father's Day, just a couple weeks ago (June 16th, 2019), you could have looked over at a truck driving [...]
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) suspended MSC's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification after a historic drug bust was made on a ship of the world's second [...]
A trilateral trade meeting between the U.S., EU, and Japan after President Trump's decision to postpone a decision on whether or not to impose tariffs on automobile and auto part imports to the [...]
We're finally seeing news on how carriers will pass higher fuel costs, which are on the way, to shippers.
It seems that all the news around the International Maritime Organization's [...]
Two weeks ago, when this blog last checked in on freight rates, they were falling. Massively. This week, transpacific freight rates rise significantly with a wave of General Rate Increases (GRI), [...]
Shippers need to be extra careful about the trucking companies they hire to transport their shipping containers to and from the ports. If not, shippers could find themselves liable in legal [...]
A combination container and RORO ship called the Grande America caught fire and sunk.
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Are you unhappy with your current freight forwarder? It might be time to change your freight partner. To be sure you are changing a freight forwarder at the right time, look for these telltale [...]
A couple years ago in San Francisco, the world's major ocean freight carriers were holding a biannual Box Club meeting when the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) burst in on them with a raiding [...]
A's Want to Build a Ballpark in the Port of Oakland
The Oakland Athletics, lovingly known by their fans as the A's, don't want to play baseball at the Oakland Coliseum anymore. Their [...]