ocean container shipping

COVID effects far from over, but more positive news on the trans-Pacific.

An exclusive interview with Sea-Intelligence CEO Alan Murphy on how canceled sailings can signal future demand.

Move aimed at preventing possible container transportation emergency.

What the war of words between the U.S. and China means to ocean shipping.

Operator of Staten Island terminal spurned by container giant is not giving up without a fight.

Fewer sailings will be canceled starting in July but that won’t help restock shelves in June.

U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca Dye said Fact Finding 29’s work will help the American ocean shipping industry better prepare the supply chain for the post-virus economic recovery.

An exclusive interview with Deutsche Bank’s Amit Mehrotra on what COVID-19 means to transport stocks.

Supply chain management solutions provider project44 said it has shippers covered no matter where and how their cargo is transported throughout the world.

“Nowcasting” platform uses ship-tracking data to detect coronavirus fallout.

World’s largest box carrier expects capacity cuts to mitigate volume downside.

As ships sail full in May, the hope is that fewer 3Q sailings get the ax.

New data from eeSea reveals that U.S. ports will see capacity plunge by up to 20% this month.

Liners could scrape bottom over next two months, then recover.

Industry sage Martin Stopford dives deep into the future of global trade.

Judge gives Maersk go-ahead to jump ship from GCT terminal in Staten Island.

Service contract negotiations between container carriers and shippers are being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission says.

IHS Markit’s Paul Bingham predicts sustained 2020 weakness and higher long-term costs.

Maersk plans sudden switch from Staten Island to New Jersey. The Staten Island terminal is fighting back.

Here it comes: Ports will soon feel full force of canceled box-ship sailings.

Big April gains at Southern California container terminals are deceiving.

Pandemic yet to heavily impact Caribbean container transshipment but fallout looms.

Pandemic pressures on tourism, oil and textiles squeeze Caribbean cargo demand.

World’s second-largest box carrier resolves its website woes.

Good news for box carriers: Freight rates haven’t collapsed. Bad news: Volumes have.

Website and the online booking platform of MSC have gone offline but fallout appears contained.

Cargo flows face worst hit in a century but have potential to bounce back fast.

No collapse yet for ocean container spot rates. In fact, they’re up.

Plunging demand on land has yet to be fully felt by ocean shipping

Carriers slash even more ocean services in bid to prop up rates as demand crumbles.

No one was prepared for the global shipping disruption caused by COVID-19, but Mike Meierkort said Damco’s resiliency program is “the closest thing to having a playbook.”

Coronavirus will inevitably infect more seafarers. How ports respond will be pivotal.

FIATA questions the reasonableness of assessing demurrage and detention charges against shippers and forwarders during pandemic.

Canceled sailings surge, schedule reliability sinks and import demand evaporates.

More booking cancellations equal more ocean-service cancellations equal more delivery uncertainty.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s legal staff is expected to deliver its final demurrage and detention rulemaking assessment to the commissioners in the next several weeks.

Social distancing will wreak havoc on trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe box volumes.

An exclusive interview with Nerijus Poskus, global head of ocean freight at Flexport.

China-to-U.S. box rates are losing steam after last week’s rise.

Ocean shipping has functioned well during the outbreak but pressures are mounting.

Halt of cruise voyages will slash HFO demand, a positive for cargo ships with scrubbers.

Coronavirus left containers scattered in the wrong ports. Liner companies are trying to get them back into position.

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco writes about the ramping up of manufacturing in China, and the subsequent ramping up of cargo headed to the U.S. via ships.

Here’s why tanker stocks are rising as the rest of the U.S. stock market is crashing.

Unprecedented uncertainty will likely delay annual contracts between shippers and ocean carriers.

An exclusive interview with SIA Flexitanks CEO Damien McClean on what’s happening right now with Chinese manufacturing, trucking and ports.

Slashed oil production is bad for tankers, but fallout for container ships hinges on price action.

CargoMetrics data reveals that Chinese port activity has recovered much faster than some had feared.

The World Health Organization on Friday raised its assessment of the global coronavirus risk from “high” to “very high,” the most serious assessment in its new four-stage alert system. “This […]

An exclusive interview with Jefferies analyst Randy Giveans on the coronavirus-induced shipping-stock collapse.

Inland trucking slowdown in China leaves port reefer plugs full, blocking refrigerated food imports.

Trade risks will intensify if the virus spreads from China to the global pool of seafarers.

Shipping bosses warn of huge economic knock-on effects from the coronavirus outbreak.

No evidence yet of a rush to expedite exports ahead of feared price increase.

Guest columnist Sri Laxmana writes about the impacts of IMO 2020.

Coronavirus is not yet affecting rates, but it is influencing where U.S. importers look to source cargo.

Earnings calls shed new light on how ocean shipping bosses view coronavirus crisis.

An exclusive interview with Matt Heider, CEO of voyage-optimization platform Nautilus Labs.

Radiant Logistics reports a 25% slowdown in its last calendar quarter of 2019.

Momentum builds for decarbonization of ocean shipping but it’s far from a done deal.

More tariff and sanction risks lie ahead for ocean shipping.

Pricing data implies pendulum is swinging even more toward East Coast ports at expense of West Coast.

Still too early to confirm coronavirus fallout in trans-Pacific freight pricing data.

Liners confront higher ship-lease rates at the very time fuel prices are spiking.

Trans-Pacific container volumes face escalating coronavirus risk.

Commissioner Carl Bentzel said the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will have an increasing role in the development of shoreside activities that impact international container shipping.

New pact is a plus for tankers, bulkers and box ships, but less so for equities.

A global container index offers a big-picture perspective on the worldwide supply/demand balance.

Despite all the mergers and all the alliances, ocean container rates are still lower than they were seven years ago.

Traditional U.S. import rush prior to Chinese holiday is subdued in 2020.

Hopes that last week’s trade deal might boost the beleaguered shipping lane are overly optimistic, says analyst.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said excluding ocean cargo from the Section 321 pilot program reduced “a substantial number of relevant shipments of potential participants.”

Darren Prokop writes about the benefits of economies of scale in maritime shipping; he also writes about the dangers of diseconomies of scale.

Radiant Logistics posts a good quarter, but warns that peak shipping season isn’t shaping up heading into the holidays.