To make room for more containers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, UP and BNSF are offering incentives to ocean carrier customers to move out the containers already there. UP is also temporarily pausing westbound marine container movement to its Long Beach facility.
The Clure Public Marine Terminal now can handle “international shipping containers transported by vessel.”
Many media outlets are reporting that a Long Beach city order will allow bigger container stacks at the port. Not true. It’s for container yards outside the harbor district.
Upward of 2,000 empty containers are being sent to LA, potentially creating more burden on the congested port.
It’s no coincidence that spiking trans-Pacific trade coincides with more boxes overboard and more shipping accidents.
It costs roughly $7 million to charter a vessel, but avoiding congested ports may be worth it for some big companies.
Cargo Force is the intermediary between the U.S. Postal Service and FedEx on Priority air shipments.
The iconic MD-11 has ended its run with Lufthansa Cargo. The 23-year-old planes now head to a U.S. cargo carrier.
The number of idling vessels has roughly doubled in the past decade, in part due to port congestion, a recent study finds. Idling vessels are at higher risk of biofouling, especially in warm waters.
Ocean cargo shippers are paying more than they ever have before for the worst service they’ve ever experienced.
Military truck drivers and $1,000-per-chassis tax credit incentives are part of a slate of recommendations for the commerce secretary to consider to help unclog U.S. ports.
Regional operator Mesa Air Group will begin testing last-mile drone delivery in a partnership with manufacturer Flirtey.
American Airlines is riding the cargo wave, like its competitors, but a challenging passenger environment is holding back its financial performance.
It’s an upside-down world when an airline makes more money flying less cargo than it did two years ago.
Lawmakers hear testimony on how smaller shippers are disproportionately hurt by supply chain disruptions.
The Port of Los Angeles had its busiest September ever, while Long Beach had its second busiest.
Two logistics companies at Chicago O’Hare airport are combining as congestion continues to slow freight deliveries.
California port congestion is as bad as ever. Some imports have been stranded offshore for over a month.
Several large retailers are pledging that in less than 20 years, they will ship goods across the ocean without emitting greenhouse gases. Some environmental groups say that’s not soon enough.
Port volumes across the Gulf Coast were boosted in September by exports of petroleum and steel and imports of refrigerated cargo.
The Airbus A321 and the A330 are the new kids on the block in converting passenger planes to cargo, in a sector dominated so far by Boeing.
Barbara Melvin will succeed Jim Newsome at the helm of South Carolina Ports next summer and will become the first woman to lead a top-10 U.S. container port.
The ocean shipping boom is spreading across vessel types. Spot LNG shipping rates just topped $150,000 per day.
Some are questioning President Biden’s pick to lead the Maritime Administration for a lack of commercial shipping experience.
The Biden administration is pushing industry to take immediate and long-term steps to get ports and intermodal transport working smoothly.
As freight congestion weakens transportation links, AskWaves looks at potential federal funding options for supporting a move to 24/7 operations.
More public shipping companies go private as IPOs remain rare. Here’s why exits outpace new listings.
Freightos has set up an index to track a basket of prices for airfreight, just like it did with its ocean shipping index.
A top Biden administration official believes securing data among supply chain competitors will be the key to rolling out a nationwide 24/7 strategy.
Every facet of the supply chain must be participating in an equal fashion in order to successfully complete the 90-day sprint.
For the time being, two ocean services will not call Georgia’s busy Port of Savannah.
Liner deals in the ship-leasing market imply strong confidence in high freight rates for the foreseeable future.
Delta Air Lines’ recovery from the pandemic hit a high note in the third quarter.
The transportation industry needs to transition to cleaner fuels to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Green hydrogen-based fuels have potential to decarbonize shipping, aviation and long-haul trucking, according to recent reports.
“The growth we’re seeing is not artificial, and the movement of loaded and empty containers is up, for both exports and imports.”
Big-box retailers, FedEx and UPS have detailed plans to speed up container processing at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The traditional peak shipping season for air cargo is turning into super peak and a microcosm of the ocean shipping chaos. Turbulence ahead.
Ahead of talks with President Biden, the ILWU is calling out foreign carriers’ focus on profits as a hurdle to solving supply chain disruptions.
As America struggles with a growing supply chain crisis, ocean carriers rake in even more profits.
All-cargo planes carry bulk shipments of lithium batteries under strict regulations. Airlines want to minimize mistakes that can cause a fire during flight.
“By investing more than $2 billion in port infrastructure in recent years, we have the capacity to handle the influx of imports we are seeing today,” says SCPA CEO Jim Newsome.
Pullback in trans-Pacific shipping rates: beginning of the end or brief reprieve with end still not in sight?
“This record result was achieved despite severe congestion around the network,” says the Hong Kong ocean carrier.
Despite Ikea’s many climate-related goals, Ship It Zero is calling out the Swedish retailer and other major players such as Amazon and Walmart via “die-ins” to highlight shipping emissions’ impacts on human and environmental health.
New forecasts from the National Retail Federation call for retail imports to stay high through at least February.
Biden’s port czar outlines a 90-day plan to expand operating hours along the U.S. supply chain.
Cost of fuel consumed by container ships, bulkers and tankers is effectively at a seven-year high.
Yes, despite the headaches, the ocean carriers are making boatloads of money.
Officials say a proposed inland port near where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers meet will have ample capacity to serve Midwest customers seeking export access via barge, rail and truck.
If you thought President Joe Biden would quickly reverse Trump’s controversial trade policy toward China, guess again. U.S. importers aren’t happy.
Captured carbon dioxide and green hydrogen are combined to make e-methanol. Sweden-based Liquid Wind has big plans for this alternative shipping fuel.
The ongoing supply chain crisis and lack of seafarers is leading to a global shortage of key commodities, Salvatore R. Mercogliano, an associate professor of history at Campbell University, told FreightWaves’ Anthony Smith at the virtual OceanWaves Summit on Wednesday.
Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts, inhibiting the real-time tracking of trade flows.
Shipping Asia-U.S. via regular ocean service and rail? “I would bet your goods will not arrive in time for Christmas,” says Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.
FreightWaves’ Anthony Smith talks about the ways shippers are building reliant supply chains with Nate Shutes, VP of global fulfillment and logistics at Blu Dot, during FreightWaves’ OceanWaves Summit.
NYSHEX can help untrusting shippers and carriers find common ground to improve contract performance.
Ports and inland transportation connections are choking on ocean imports. A top economist says don’t blame ocean carriers.
Amazon aggregator Perch’s international transportation manager John Esborn explains how the company secures shipping capacity during FreightWaves’ OceanWaves Summit.
Los Angeles is at the front line of the port congestion crisis. Its executive director outlines his strategy to clear anchorages.
“If I’m optimistic, you’re looking six months into the future” before congestion and capacity challenges start to subside, says Vespucci Maritime CEO Lars Jensen.
How will public view ships anchored off Los Angeles/Long Beach if one of them is tied to Huntington Beach spill?
Capesize bulkers haven’t earned this much since 2009, and freight futures just made “monstrous” move up.
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative’s recent report on marine fuels urges the inclusion of all aspects of sustainability, such as air quality, human rights, water, social equity, land use and of course, greenhouse gas emissions.
DHL Express is investing around the world in its international parcel network. A bigger Paris hub means faster package delivery.
A cargo jet made an emergency landing in the ocean off Oahu this past summer. Investigators are now going to pull the wreckage off the ocean floor.
More air cargo operators are interested in flying the Airbus A330 as a converted freighter and Israel Aircraft Industries has jumped in to produce them.
There are two ways to transport goods overseas: ocean or air. Port congestion and shipping delays are forcing companies to shift to faster air transport, which releases more emissions, costs more per unit and has its own capacity constraints.
With no end in sight for global supply chain crisis, importers warned to brace for high costs throughout next year.
According to customs data, the share of empty exports to total exports leaving the Port of Los Angeles is up over 10% and leaving at a faster rate compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Air cargo is booming, but the pandemic set back international passenger airlines by seven years or more by several metrics.
Containerized exports continue to struggle but overall, U.S. exports are rising. Sales are at record levels for some commodities.
Airlines put many aircraft into a deep sleep to ride out the pandemic slowdown in business, but storing and reactivating them involves a lot of resources.
Air Canada will be able to handle more COVID vaccines, lobsters and other perishable products after it builds out a refrigerated airport warehouse.
They’re baaaack: United Airlines is running auxiliary freighters with passenger planes again after travel demand slumped.
The International Air Transport Association reported strong growth for air cargo in August.
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has been awarded a $139 million contract to work on the third phase of the Port of Corpus Christi ship channel improvement project.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has agreed to become the owner of the largest U.S. terminal operator, Ports America, in a deal with Oaktree Capital Management
A big ocean container line is buying big cargo jets from Boeing.
The organizations are asking the heads of government to take “swift action” lifting fragmented travel rules and getting vaccinations into the arms of the manufacturing and logistics workforce.
Freight Farms is turning shipping containers into productive farms that require only 5 gallons of water per day.
Dead spots are plaguing the flow of trade within the nucleus of their port bubbles. One wrong step at the Port of Los Angeles and your cellphone call could drop.
The East Coast ports of Savannah and Jacksonville are adding more container capacity amid long-term plans to serve as an alternative to West Coast ports.
Boeing is beefing up its ability to convert older 767s for dedicated cargo operations with new production facilities in China.
Port Houston officials said they successfully defended the port against an attempted hack in August and “no operational data or systems were impacted.”
High-tech manufacturer Enovix is not outsourcing production to Asia, unlike many predecessors. Its assembly line arrived in California on a giant plane.
As some Chinese factories go dark, more delays for container imports but bullish sign for coal, LNG and oil shipping.
Costco is going boating. Unwilling to wait for space on commercial vessels, it is now renting its own ships to haul exports from Asia.
Trans-Pacific traffic snarl is bicoastal: More container ships waiting off Shanghai and Ningbo than Southern California.
Nike shoes may symbolize speed on the track, but its business has been slowed by shipping and production delays.
Can collecting carbon dioxide from ambient air combined with renewable energy create a cost-competitive, scalable, carbon-neutral fuel? Maersk is betting on it.
Worldwide Flight Services announced Friday it has acquired Pinnacle Logistics, a provider of cargo-handling services for the aviation market across the U.S.
Port of New Orleans recorded mix results during August, which officials attributed to global supply chain issues.
Canada Border Services Agency officers back a deal that will bring a new four-year contract with additional pay. But there’s one catch: The retroactive agreement expires next year.
FedEx doesn’t operate any 747 freighters itself but is hiring Atlas Air to use jumbo jets on its behalf.
Green shipping technology and fuels are costly and could remain that way until economies of scale and innovation advance — something that many shipping companies say will require government regulations.
Mammoth Freighters plans to produce 777 passenger-to-freighter conversions. A new deal makes it more mammoth.
One of the largest container terminals in Southern California is testing a system for 24-hour cargo pickup.
Southern California ports would need two weeks with zero vessel arrivals to clear logjam — but the ships keep coming.
CEO Tim Strauss and Amerijet’s board kiss and make up. He will continue to run the company.
Port Houston saw a spike in imports and exports of steel and imports of general cargo during the month.
