Container Shipping

Russian imports via ocean, truck, rail and air are now being simultaneously squeezed. Shipping data shows growing pressure.

The U.S. Maritime Administration issued a final environmental impact statement for the Pier B on-dock rail facility at Long Beach and approved the project.

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the impact of the latest Chinese lockdowns on the supply chains between China and the U.S.

Five hundred containers were removed from the Ever Forward to lighten its load and help salvage crews refloat the vessel stuck in Chesapeake Bay.

Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach executive director, says there have been “notable improvements across the supply chain,” but lockdowns in China could change that.

Tanker, bulker and LNG shipping stocks rise as domestic freight and container stocks face pressure.

The future of global supply chains is in flux. The pandemic was a game changer. Then came the war.

America’s largest container port, Los Angeles, just posted the best March and best first quarter in its history.

Deputy director for the past three years, Beth Rooney will become leader of the Port of New York and New Jersey on May 2

SC Ports handled 264,334 TEUs in March, up 6% year-over-year.

Cargo is piling up at the Port of Shanghai because a citywide quarantine means most trucks can’t reach the port to pick up loads and keep commerce flowing.

The debate heats up on whether this is the beginning of the end of container shipping’s bull run.

Maersk is one of the world’s dominant container shipping lines. Now it is making a play to be a major cargo airline.

The ripple effects on logistics from Shanghai’s quarantine are being felt beyond the city as companies try to redirect freight to alternative import/export gateways.

March volumes at the Port of Virginia were the highest yet for 2022.

PSA International has added to its port portfolio with the acquisition of Canadian container terminal Ceres Halifax.

Chinese President Xi is intent on eradicating COVID. The policy has come at a high economic cost. A new lockdown in Kunshan could threaten electronics production and further snarl ocean and air transport.

If at first you don’t succeed, switch to plan B.

Folding five empty shipping containers into the space of one could curb smuggling, save shippers money and reduce emissions.

RH confirms sharp drop in demand since Russia-Ukraine war and sees no supply chain relief.

The sustained year-over-year gains propel the Georgia Ports Authority to expedite more than $538 million in funding for projects aimed at increasing capacity at the Port of Savannah.

Big companies are finding it increasingly difficult to make big deals that can get regulatory approval in the U.S. and other countries.

Charter rates hold steady at their peak as the seemingly neverending container shipping boom continues.

The new container cranes will enable the terminal to accommodate multiple ultra-large container vessels simultaneously.

More than 20 years after the planning began, the Port of Savannah shipping channel has been deepened to 47 feet at low tide.

Some shipping shares are rising because of war tailwinds. Others are rising despite war headwinds.

The Port of Vancouver handled a record volume of containers in 2021, but the biggest driver was the export of empties headed back to Asia.

Shippers should brace for “skyrocketing haulage costs,” HLS Holding warns.

If imported adult beverages are your thing, there’s a good chance DHL or J.F. Hillebrand took care of the shipping.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for federal, state and local governments to develop inland ports to improve network flows, say stakeholders.

The refloating of the container ship stuck in Cheseapeake Bay could be a “long, laborious operation.”

Congestion could go from bad to worse as liners steer a record number of container ships toward East Coast ports.

American Made Chassis, an alliance of LB Steel and Integrated Industries, will build the chassis at an Illinois facility.

Maritime authority Lars Jensen says the “reality is that vessels do at times get stuck and this is not an event with major global ramifications.”

Racing a car at 223 mph is insane and so is the logistics that makes it possible. Get ready for the F1 season.

California ports make progress on bottlenecks, but Chinese lockdowns could spur “hockey stick” import rise.

COVID lockdowns haven’t closed Chinese ports yet. If they do, U.S. importers face “shockwave” of higher rates and delays.

The Coast Guard said it is working with the Maryland Department of the Environment to refloat the grounded Ever Forward.

Current CEO Jae Hoon Bae was not mentioned in the announcement that Kyung-bae Kim will succeed him.

COVID has been great for container shipping, terrible for cruising. What does this mean to MSC, which is big in both?

SC Ports has seen record container volumes for 12 months straight.

“Africa remains an important strategic growth market. Particularly for our service offering from and to South Africa, DAL is a valuable addition, allowing us to offer our customers a better network and additional port coverage in this region,” said Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

Ocean liner Zim will include the Port of Boston in a China-Vietnam trade route.

Liner company Zim expects to rake in a billion dollars more this year than in record-setting 2021.

“The solution to the nation’s port congestion problem is right here in this room,” CEO Eric Green said during his State of the Port address.

The new facility will reduce wait times and port congestion, according to Transport Canada.

Longshoremen along the U.S. West Coast say they won’t touch any shipments for Russia.

Invasion and price spikes could destroy demand, weaken consumer confidence and curb cargo volumes, warns BIMCO.

The cost of the fuel consumed by the world’s commercial ships has skyrocketed — and it’s still rising.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is a leader in computer science education; Jonathan Hoffman has expertise in national defense.

Kuehne + Nagel is the biggest air and ocean logistics provider and it’s pushing the right buttons for fast growth.

Tanker stocks favored by retail traders post big gains, while most container and dry bulk stocks hold steady.

Pandemic gridlock, the Ever Given, COVID outbreaks, container shortages, flooding, Ukraine. The next shoe to drop: a labor dispute.

The South Atlantic Chassis Pool 3.0, will be ready in October 2023 and will have 60,000 chassis available.

Container lines and tanker owners rapidly and preemptively suspend business with Russia.

Container lines, shipowners and shippers have a new way to navigate the market chaos: cleared freight futures.

The container port business is booming and the big are getting bigger, particularly in China.

Georgia Ports Authority outlined projects that would take container capacity to 9.5 million TEUs by 2025.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine this week has caused uncertainty not just for the energy markets but also for global agricultural trade.

The port chaos cocktail: Mix 12 months of container bottlenecks with contentious contract talks for dockworkers.

The railroad says it is taking steps to grow capacity, both on its network and in places where more volumes need to push through, such as Charleston, South Carolina.

There are now more container ships waiting off East and Gulf Coast ports than there are off Los Angeles/Long Beach.

Several trade and transport groups claim ocean carriers should lose special antitrust privileges and face stricter regulatory enforcement of shipping laws.

Tanker and dry bulk trades could be disrupted; container shipping faces heightened risk of cyberattacks.

Some big ports are import focused. The Port of Oakland is a big export port. It is trying to restore the traditional import/export balance.

“Efforts to successfully move aging cargo out of shipping terminals” improve the picture at California’s San Pedro Bay ports.

CEO Rodolphe Saadé said CMA CGM “will transform the Beirut port’s container terminal into a state-of-the-art facility that meets the best international standards.”

The more ocean shipping is in the news, the more attention it gets from tech founders and investors.

“Removing plastic waste is a priority when discussing the protection of our oceans and conserving biodiversity,” CMA CGM Group said.

After last year’s historic run-up, factories are producing fewer containers and pricing of new boxes is down.

“Everything we have sails. Every box we have we try to move,” says Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

Ceres Terminals will lease, operate and modernize the TraPac Jacksonville terminal in a $60 million deal.

A one-on-one talk with the head of maritime operations for the Port of New York/New Jersey.

Jefferies analyst Randy Giveans maintains that container shipping stocks still have a lot more room to run.

Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber and Steve Ferreira, CEO of Ocean Audit Inc., discuss international shipping on Monday during FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund explains how carrier negotiating power has changed the annual contracting equation.

Long-term contract rates are at record highs. Shipping lines hold all the cards at the negotiating table.

They can take my gravy when they pry it from my cold, greasy skillet.

COVID container boom continues: Maersk may earn even more this year than in record-trouncing 2021.

The Port of Savannah has seen monthly port records for the past 18 months.

January marks the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year container records, according to SC Ports.

The number of ships waiting off Los Angeles/Long Beach fell 23% over the past week.

The cost of ship fuel looks like it’s about to topple records set in 2012 and 2008.

Accusations fly as shipping lines rake in billions, but the numbers imply more carrier competition, not less.

Barring an economic downturn, U.S. demand could still be squeezing ports a year from now.

Carrier profits are reaching previously unimaginable heights as supply chain disruptions supercharge gains.

E-commerce is becoming an increasing area of focus for some ocean carriers.

The investments rely on expectations that customers will want easy or green access to railroads’ intermodal offerings.

The FTC wants to know if large corporations are engaging in anticompetitive supply chain practices.

SoCal imports suffering multimonth slide, not because of falling demand, but because of supply chain bottlenecks.

The Port of Savannah handled a record 5.6 million TEUs in 2021.

MSC, a giant shipping line, wants to buy an Italian airline. If successful, it will then be in the passenger airline and air cargo businesses.

An attack on Ukraine could hike costs for shipowners and cargo shippers across the globe.

Family comes first for Lionel van der Walt, who has left PayCargo.

Kubed Living is turning shipping containers into homes, offices and gyms.

Could container shipping and tanker stocks end 2022 very differently than they began it?

“Historic, pandemic-induced import surge” drove record-smashing volume at the Port of Long Beach.

For bulk commodity shipping, a rough start to the year. For container shipping, the profit bonanza continues.

“The global supply chain will be further strained because of these lockdowns in China and the result would be a further gap in global demand and supply,” says Container xChange CEO Johannes Schlingmeier.

FedEx Logistics is the latest company to find an alternative to big-port congestion by taking freight business to the Port of Hueneme in California.