Maritime

India’s largest commercial port in potential path of Cyclone Vayu.

Witnesses offered the House Highway and Transit differing views on a wide array of trucking priorities as Congress faces reauthorization of surface transportation legislation.

AOTOS award winners are announced; earning honors are C.R. England’s vets, Easy, environmental champions, NYK, outstanding young professional and state DOTs.

Suppliers, traders and ship operators will need to increase credit lines and be more diligent about counterparty risk.

Donald Broughton explains the harm that tariffs can do to the economies of the United States, the country(ies) that tariffs are imposed on and the global economy.

U.S. officials say video shows an unexploded limpet mine being removed from the Kokuka Courageous, but the president of the ship’s operator said the crew reported the vessel was hit […]

Tennessee court orders the technology company to pay a $500,000 fine for devices shipped in interstate commerce in 2014.

Despite trade war, exports and imports were up year-over-year in May.

Small carrier profits are about to be pressured by a large government organization and it’s not the FMCSA, DOT, or CVSA.

Iran has denied responsibility for the attacks carried out early yesterday morning on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the sea immediately adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed the U.S. accusations as “baseless”. Maritime security experts say commercial ships are impossible to defend.

Slow growth in intra-Asia volumes seen as a harbinger for long-distance container trades in peak season.

New chairman and vice chairman will lead The International Air Cargo Association and global corporate insurance carrier will make management changes.

The scale and growth of China’s domestic over-the-road trucking and international ocean container shipping trade has been revealed in new data from the country’s Ministry of Transport.

An independent valuation of DryShips’ fleet by VesselsValue puts the bid to take it private in context.

More than 48% of freight traveling to or from the German port is carried by railcar.

Achim Martinka is named vice president for Germany and Dan Byrne is promoted to chief revenue officer.

The multistep requirements for initial applications and renewals have been simplified by the Ministry of Transport.

The balance among the fuels needed to be in compiant with the new rule will have a knock-on effect down to the price at the pump.

Volvo’s Vera autonomous vehicle is now moving containers from a local distribution center to the port in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Norwegian-owned Front Altair was “suspected of being hit by a torpedo” and the Japanese-owned Kukako Courageous was struck “with some sort of shell.”

The company said the refrigeration units are part of its commitment to environmental sustainability.

Frontier Logistics’ 550,000-square-foot facility will support the handling of plastic and resin exports from the Port of Charleston.

Middle East tanker attacks could spur oil importers to bring forward purchases, increasing shipping demand.

Two people were arrested by federal authorities after more than $1 billion worth of cocaine was found Monday in containers aboard the MSC Gayane.

Exporters at the annual meeting of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition lament lack of visibility and carrier accountability and the disappearance of telephones.

Washington’s container ports are looking to incent marine terminals to open at off-peak hours for trucks in preparation for the peak shipping season. The move underscores how U.S. ports are […]

Suezmax tankers can carry half as much crude as VLCCs, but now command twice the VLCC rate.

The blast occurred Tuesday in the engine room of the M/V VF Tanker-16 and caused three other crew members to go to the hospital, Volga Shipping Company said.

Scale and critical mass matter to transshipment hubs, but location and inland connectivity are more important to gateway terminals, said Drewry’s Neil Davidson.

A new report says additive manufacturing may negatively affect transportation industry’s revenues.

The ship left Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas on June 1 with 19,284 TEUs onboard, surpassing the total of 19,190 TEUs loaded on the MOL Tribute in February.

Shipping line’s announcement says the chief financial officer since 2015 will “take over new projects in Chile.”

The 8,469-TEU CMA CGM Dalila arrived Wednesday as part of the carrier’s Pacific Express 3 service.

The Port of Los Angeles saw May container volumes grow at their best year-to-date level since January, even as empty containers still account for most of the growth. To keep […]

Nicholas Press, Founder and President of CEC Systems, explores the maritime industry’s problem with empty containers and explores potential solutions to deal with them.

International shipping has become one of the largest drivers of domestic shipping volumes in the United States over the past several years. Knowing when and where container volumes are moving […]

The agreement — also signed by Russian Direct Investment Fund, Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel — outlines a study of the commercial options for the use of the NSR.

Millions of tons of cargo, inducing U.S. grains, remain stuck due to flooding.

Fiscal year-to-date TEU volume at the two container terminals is up 9.7%.

Maersk is building a cold storage facility for bananas as well as refrigerated and frozen products in St. Petersburg.

Developers are poised to bring new software to the ocean shipping sector. What will work and what will not?

The exact cause is still unknown, but initial reports found the schooner turned in front of the Astrosprinter in the Elbe River, according to a German radio station.

Aymeric Chandovoine is promoted, Criss Edwards is hired and Justin Renfro assumes company leadership.

Autonomous shipping is slowly gaining greater attention in the maritime industry, prompting more industry players to figure out where they will fit in what may be the future of ocean […]

The Global Ports Tracker forecasts higher import totals between June and September for the U.S. ports it covers, but the projections are lower than forecasts from May.

“The ongoing political volatility” spurs the Mediterranean Shipping Company to apply a premium surcharge of $150 for 20-foot containers and $300 for 40-foot containers.

The fires set on the MSC Canberra off Haifa reportedly were not the work of a terrorist.

Higher cost of Chinese goods could result in lower transpacific volumes and need for more direct calls at ports near new suppliers.

The 14,000-TEU containership employs technology that facilitates flexibility in operations and boots fuel efficiency.

The two companies signed an agreement at the 2019 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The agency is “interested in data sources, methodologies and potential technologies” that could give insight into loading and unloading delays.

The first installation of the Airseas-developed SeaWing on a bulk carrier in an effort to reduce emissions is scheduled for late 2021.

An assessment conducted by the nonprofit Business for Social Responsibility compared containers transported per kilometer in 2018 to 2009.

The Port of Los Angeles expects cargo volumes to dip in the coming fiscal year due to the fall-off from last year’s front loading of containers and the potential impact […]

U.S. coal export volumes are down 12.7 percent in the first four months of this year and the outlook looks even worse for 2020.

A consortium comprising DP World of the United Arab Emirates, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (a sovereign wealth fund), Rosatom and Norilsk Nickel have agreed to look into developing the Russian Northern Sea Route.

Is a recovery near for VLCC crude tanker spot rates? Not yet, warns an an analyst at VesselsValue.

Lawmakers quash recommendation to reject C-48, which would effectively ban large-scale crude transport along the northern coast.

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation invested $23 million to install the technology in the U.S. Snell and Eisenhower locks.

Honors also go to Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, Amsterdam Airport, Brim Explorer, CHAMP, Dropslab, NYK, Schneider, Sovcomflot, UltraShip and Werner drivers.

The open standard, scheduled to be published in October, will start with refrigerated containers before expanding to cover all types.

The port’s 2019 volumes are up, but China accounts for 38% of its trade.

Both container and bulk terminals have a large number of projects planned.

Transpacific trade VP Jesper Stenback says APL is committing to truck turn times of 25 minutes for cargo pickup and 40 minutes for cargo pickup and equipment returns.

Mike Weindel is promoted to company president and Rita Andreone is appointed to board of directors.

Bringing spot vessels together into a pooling arrangement made sense, but ultimately, business interests diverged.

Farming not the only industry to suffer losses from major flooding.

Purchase of 179 million square feet of space from Singapore’s GLP is part of plan to meet e-commerce demand.

Industry expresses disappointment that Customs’ umbrella system remains vulnerable to shutdowns.

The autonomous ship, the Yara Birkeland, will provide the blueprint for the operation of autonomous vessels on European and U.S. inland waterways.

Switch to long-term coverage that began in 2016 continues to pay off in 2019.

Volvo and Mack used trucks are now backed by factory warranties of up to 24 months and 250,000 miles for parts and labor on certain components.

BE-GATE is designed to simplify the import and export of e-commerce goods.

The Group marks World Environment Day by reiterating its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.

The e-commerce giant on Wednesday unveiled its latest design for the Prime Air drone, which can fly up to 15 miles, deliver in 30 minutes and carry items weighing up […]

Worldwide Flight Services will begin operations in the newly built 120,000-square-foot warehouse later this year.

The federal agency announces the names of 168 individuals and entities banned from exporting defense articles that require a State Department license.

The federal agency announces the names of 23 individuals and entities banned from exporting defense articles that require a State Department license.

The service will commence sailing June 17 from Osaka and provide weekly connectivity between North Asia and Southeast Asia.

The Port of Long Beach can be a challenge for truckers, even during the slow season. But the port and its tenant marine terminals are looking to software to ease […]

In 2018, international shipping recorded the fewest number of casualties in 100 years, insurer Allianz reports. A disturbing truth about worrisome Wednesdays, and a curious incident involving cocaine-bearing sharks, were also revealed.

Investor concerns are intensifying over the fate of George Prokopiou’s publicly listed LNG partnership.

Customers are expecting same- or next-day delivery, variable last-mile delivery options, high in-transit visibility, flexible or free return policies and always-in-stock inventories.

The legislation, favorably reported to the House by a 29-21 vote, provides $137.1 billion in budgetary resources and includes $75.8 billion in discretionary funding.

“Insurers have been warning for years that the increasing size of vessels is leading to a higher accumulation of risk,” says Allianz.

The Richmond, Va.-based trucking company’s $15 million bid for Eastern Freight Ways and Carrier Industries was approved by a judge in mid-May.

A memorandum of understanding paves the way for digital and physical connections between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Installations of the exhaust cleaning systems will begin on three vessels in 2019 and the remaining three in 2020.

Market expert Henry Byers examines the U.S.-Chinese trade war and its impact on imports and the broader economy.

The Shanghai International Shipping Institute points to “feeble economic and trade growth” in a recently released report.

Thomas Sonntag is named managing director and Marcus Anvell is appointed area sales manager.

While most trade lanes grapple with overcapacity and weak rates, the trans-Atlantic westbound market is one bright spot for ocean carriers. One market expert credits a strong U.S. dollar  and […]

Erin Wirth succeeds Clay Guthridge, who retired last week after serving 13 years as the Federal Maritime Commission’s chief administrative law judge.

Australia’s border biosecurity system was stretched “close to breaking point” and had “severe impacts on sections of the shipping and exporting industries,” says the Inspector-General of Biosecurity.

Trade growth, demography and land use changes in the city of Melbourne, Australia, have made necessary a shift of freight from truck to rail, according to an analysis by Melissa Horne, Victorian Minister for Ports and Freight.

Rates are rising for bulkers and gas carriers, while container pricing on the trans-Pacific is showing signs of life.

It has been the slowest start of the year on record for shipping on Wall Street.

Funds will be used to increase rail capacity and reduce truck traffic in downtown Halifax.

Market expert writes about how current trade issues between the U.S. and China, the U.S. and Mexico and the U.S. and the EU may disrupt supply chains and cause economic problems.

The shipping line says the move is in line with a decision to quit other voluntary discussion agreements in 2017.