A container ship crossing the Pacific Ocean sounds like nothing new. Importers and exporters know that carriers have ships sailing goods between Asia and America every day. However, a ship Nippon [...]
It has been a dark time for ocean carriers. Investing heavily in megaships–ships so large they can destroy entire planets–carriers created capacity greatly surpassing disappointing [...]
How can carriers reduce CO2 emissions, consume less fuel, and add extra protection on their container ships? How about a windshield? That’s right, a windshield on a container ship. [...]
The “Tripartite Agreement” is what it was called–an agreement between Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (K Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) that included [...]
It was a surprise move back in November when Korea Line swooped in to buy Hanjin Shipping’s Asia-U.S. assets. South Korea’s second largest bulk shipping company saw it as an [...]
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 [...]
A lack of chassis during peak season is causing congestion issues at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Sound familiar? Two years ago, the Southern Californian ports were suffering from [...]
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 [...]
What’s going on with this new Verified Gross Mass (VGM) rule? Somehow the answer to that question is getting less clear as the July 1st rule change concerning VGM draws near. Ripples of [...]
In yesterday’s blog we wrote how shippers feared pre-filed Port Congestion Surcharges (PCS) would be implemented by carriers as the ILWU has made a bad congestion situation worse with [...]
We’ve been talking about it for a little while now. The Los Angeles Times calls it a “logistical nightmare”. Claims Journal calls it the Ports of Los Angeles and Long [...]
“Suddenly beneath you swims the biggest creature there’s ever been. He sings a booming, lonely song into the empty blue.” My two-year-old son likes to say these words, quoting one of his [...]
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 [...]
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is currently working to address a serious problem that faces the international shipping industry: misdeclared container weights. Containers with [...]
May 1st is a big day for international shipping carriers’ eastbound trans-Pacific container lines. Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor for the Journal of Commerce (JOC) compares it to a race, calling [...]
Automobile and Vehicle Shipping When it comes to automobile shipping, you have two main options. You can ship your vehicle in a container or ship via Roll On Roll Off (RORO). But which option is [...]
The transpacific carrier market is in transition and many in the industry are trying to determine how best to profit by marginal economic growth in US markets. This marginal growth (up 5% from [...]
Carriers have been ordering a new breed of cargo container ships that are finally beingintroduced to the world. At the risk of sounding like a B-horror flick like Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, [...]
APL has joined the bandwagon of ocean freight carriers to stop carrying their own chassis for truckers to use in transporting the ocean freight shipping containers. While this is not the case [...]
Universal Cargo Management’s last blog of 2011 was about carriers using a General Rate Increase (GRI) or Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) to raise container rates for international shipping from the [...]