Maritime

Appeals court rejects CMA CGM’s attempt to avoid paying up.

Dry bulk transport is about to get more expensive thanks to new marine fuel regulations.

Egypt seized a tanker loaded with Iranian crude oil in the latest incident to rattle the tense Mideast trade lane. Middle East Monitor reported that a Ukranian tanker was arrested […]

The November 2019 contract is being bid at $2.01/mile and falling.

Panalpina announced a war risk surcharge in response to increased insurance expense for shipments moving through the Strait of Hormuz.

Atlas Air has won an injunction ordering pilots that have been staging sickouts and delays to stop the practice.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said with the exception of a small number of containers involved in the illegal drug shipment investigation in Philadelphia, the rest of the MSC Gayane’s containers were […]

The German shipping company’s fleet of reefer containers will exceed 100,000 units.

Capital Logistics is the newest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about the company, as well as BiTA’s efforts to develop blockchain standards for transportation and logistics.

Maersk’s (Nasdaq OMX: MAER) fight to bring automation to its largest North American marine terminal is getting support from shippers and non-ocean carriers concerned about the impact on the environment […]

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control took PB Tankers and its six tankers off the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List after three months.

Hope springs eternal for shipping stocks. Some analysts claim now is finally the time to jump back in.

Longshoremen around Australia are walking out on the job for two-, three- and four-day strikes in the latest collective employment dispute. A series of work bans on overtime and shift extensions is also now in effect.

Integrated logistics provider Qube (ASX:QUB) issued its formal takeover to the shareholders of target logistics service provider, Chalmers (ASX:CHR) on Monday, July 8.

A federal prosecutor filed to seize a container ship at the center of one of the largest U.S. cocaine busts in history, a first step to a possible forfeiture of […]

It has now been a half-decade since the emergence of large-scale container liner alliances. What’s their track record?

A $1,000 increase is announced for 40-foot containers moving from Asia to the U.S.

The agency called the seizure of the 10,776-TEU MSC Gayane the largest in its 230-year history.

FreightWaves’ Freight Intel Group has released a new study of the impact of IMO 2020 on the U.S. trucking industries (and other industries). Read what may happen to diesel fuel prices.

One of the largest eastern U.S. ports is looking to promote the use liquefied natural gas as the marine fuel of the future.  The Port of Virginia announced it will […]

The service will offer connections to APL services to and from Asia.

Conversion to hybrid yard cranes will result in a 96% drop in emissions.

As more bulk and oversize cargo gets transported in containers, some shippers are abusing equipment, says the Institute of International Container Lessors.

Container carriers implement charges on ships sailing through the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.

Port Corpus Christi could emerge as the United States’ top crude oil export hub over the next decade, thanks to more than $380 million in new shipping facilities and three […]

The California Retailers Association opposes a bill to have the State Lands Commission approve port automation.

The Florida East Coast Railroad’s ships ran a regular and profitable service from 1915 to 1940.

Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists in Port Manatee, Fla., discovered the potentially destructive pest in a shipment of malangas from Mexico.

Truckers are “aghast” at massive increases imposed upon them by marine terminal operators to use the Vehicle Booking System. State government action may now be in progress as consequence…

The U.S. fireworks supply comes primarily from China, and one company controls most of that trade. Read Market Expert Henry Byers’ fascinating article about fireworks!

Ships all over the world are running aground despite having highly trained, qualified and experienced crew. Why?

It’s taken more than 20 years, but the mandatory automated submission of in-bond information to CBP via the Automated Commercial Environment starts July 29.

Some believe the pace of regulatory and technological change is causing owners to pull back from newbuilding contracts.

Maersk and MSC add a second service between Asia and U.S. Gulf ports, and ZIM will take space on both.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida approved the $2.3 million sale of IPS Worldwide’s remaining assets to Europe Management SPRL.

Dry bulk shipping could be a winner following the ceasefire in the trade war between the U.S. and China.

Gemini Shippers Group, a non-profit shippers association that is nearly 100 years old, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read about Gemini and why it has joined BiTA.

Global container port throughput is forecast to grow 3% in 2019 instead of 3.9% because of tariffs and other headwinds.

Could the record seizure of cocaine aboard the MSC Gayane be a sign of things to come?

“American Shipper journalists, contributors and sponsors will now have access to the world’s largest audience for transportation and logistics news and content.”

Hapag-Lloyd (FSE: HLAG) and Ocean Network Express (ONE) says they will join the TradeLens blockchain platform developed by Maersk (Nasdaq OMX: MAER.B)  and IBM (NYSE: IBM). The fifth- and sixth-largest […]

GAO says a study of freight trains as long as three miles should include a strategy for both the FRA and railroads to ease impacts of delays at crossings.

The fourth-largest container terminal operator is expanding its fleet of vessels supporting the oil and gas industry.

Cloud-based supply chain solutions provider E2open has completed its acquisition of Amber Road by purchasing outstanding shares.

While shoppers are flocking to e-commerce sites, that is not the case for grocery shoppers, who remain more interested in seeing and feeling their produce before buying.

The Justice Department said a California man will face trial in a Los Angeles federal court for his alleged role in the illegal export of cesium atomic clocks to Hong […]

Brian Aoaeh has written a thought-provoking commentary on the impact of climate change on supply chains, and what governments, companies and startups can do to mitigate supply chain disruptions.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has started taking applications this week to fill new agriculture specialist positions in ports of entry throughout the country.

CMA CGM and X-Press feeders have implemented surcharges, and other carriers are evaluating the situation.

Shippers now will have access to container carriers in all three major east-west space-sharing alliances through the digital shipping platform.

Singapore, one of the world’s biggest centers for the supply of marine fuels, is now enforcing the mandatory use of mass flow metering system for the delivery of distillate fuels. The new mandate went into force as of July 1, 2019.

Barge grain movements on Mississippi 85 percent lower than a year ago

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners will reconsider a coastal development permit it approved earlier this month for the APM Terminal at Pier 400.

FreightWaves, the leading source of news, data and insights for the freight markets, has acquired American Shipper, a leading news publication serving the global shipper community.

Cathy Roberson writes about Vietnam’s growth as a manufacturing center as manufacturing moves from China to other nations in Southeast Asia.

The current port director will be offered a five-contract to serve as chief executive officer and executive director.

“The requested special permit presents unique and substantial risk to the safety of the public and the environment,” reads a letter sent by Reps. DeFazio and Malinowski.

The change will happen around the same time that HMM starts taking delivery of the first a dozen 23,000-TEU containerships.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 17 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from CJ Services International Corp., Doral, Fla. (Carla […]

The freight railway owner and operator will be taken private once the transaction, which includes debt, closes later this year or in early 2020.

The autonomous ship segment is in a nascent stage now, but it can do well by learning from the limitations seen within the self-driving automotive segment today.

“K” Line, U-Ming, Kuang Ming and Taipower signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to establish a joint venture in October 2020.

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will join THE Alliance as a full member. The move comes after an apparent rebuff of the money-losing Korean liner company’s efforts to strike a similar […]

The U.S. and China habve agreed to resume trade talks, a break in the nearly 2-month stalemate which has affected trade flows and spawned uncertainty among businesses

Nations in South East Asia are experiencing plunging trade and stumbling economies, analysts say, and they add it is due to a weakening Chinese economy and trade war tensions.

The Los Angeles City Council voted against a permit that would allow Maersk to begin the process of automating operations at the largest marine terminal on the U.S. West Coast.  […]

Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage […]

Also earning accolades were ports throughout the Western Hemisphere, Kongsberg Maritime and ORBCOMM.

Advantages include lower operating costs, increased throughput capacity, improved service reliability and reduced emissions.

The investment plan includes a CA$330 million national hub in Toronto set to open in 2021.

Top transportation economist Paul Bingham goes in-depth on trade war freight consequences, both pro and con.

Also announcing appointments are Deutsche Post DHL, Crowley Logistics, Hamburg Süd, QuestaWeb and Team Worldwide.

The new terminal on the Strait of Gibralter has capacity to handle 5 million TEUs annually.

Digital truck broker initially operating in Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York/New Jersey and Savannah.

The 16,000-TEU vessels will have MacGregor’s Cargo Boost system implemented during drydocking in 2020.

Freight volumes may have peaked for the season, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. There is still a lot of uncertainty for Q3 as we close a disappointing Q2.

CEO Curtis Stoelting said Terence Rogers “joined Roadrunner at a difficult time and was tasked with getting our filings current and completing our recapitalization.”

An in-depth, exclusive interview with Scott Borgerson, co-founder and CEO of CargoMetrics Technologies.

The slowing of cargo ships prevents the emission of 45,000 tons of greenhouse gases and 1,000 tons of general air pollutants every year, the port estimated.

The numbers of robots in use around the world is forecast to reach 20 million by 2030…. automation is also forecast to displace tens of millions of people from their jobs.

The developer of a wheeled container storage site is suing the Port and City of Los Angeles, alleging that the project was derailed due to demands for longshoremen to be […]

The Justice Department said Höegh Autoliners’ Ingar Skiaker and Øyvind Ervik worked with other shipping companies to illegally “fix, stabilize and maintain rates.”

Generic corn and wheat futures are up nearly 30% since May 10 on depressed yields and constrained transportation in the Midwest.

Harbor Performance Enhancement Center says it was told the International Longshore and Warehouse Union runs the port.

Punitive damages now off limits in certain personal injury lawsuits

The Port of Brownsville recently received a key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the 17-mile Brownsville Ship Channel. Dredging on the $350 million project could […]

Government places 10-knot restriction on a section of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Florida International Terminal (FIT) deployed a new appointment system in a bid to improve turnaround times for reefer drivers. The appointment system is part of a previously announced expansion at […]

When Democrats took the stage for their first debate, infrastructure was hardly mentioned, and doesn’t appear to be a priority in this election cycle.

Each lane of the new ramp, opened earlier this month, operates six days a week and offers two- to three-day transit times to New Jersey and Massachusetts.

The Safe Freight Act would require all freight trains in the U.S. have at least one certified conductor and one certified engineer on board.

CEO Skou tells The Wall Street Journal he wants half of the company’s earnings to come from inland logistics.

The Netherlands leads Europe in inland waterway transport, and to keep its dominance over roadways intact, it looks to invest heavily in autonomous shipping technology.

The seizure came one day after nearly 20 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1.3 billion were seized at the Port of Philadelphia.

Cyber attacks are becoming all too common in the maritime sector, making it crucial for container lines to prevent data hacking and look to improve resilience.

A letter sent Wednesday to congressional leaders states the plan “must provide full use” of the Harbor Maintenance Tax revenues and “address tax fairness.”

Solid growth in China’s cargo throughput has been revealed in newly published data. No doubt about it – the country’s cargo volumes are growing.