On Monday night, a violent storm hit an Ocean Network Express (ONE) containership on its way to the Port of Long Beach. A large number of shipping containers were lost overboard. Others were [...]
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is increasing how often ocean freight carriers from the three major alliances that dominate global shipping must file trade data. Shipping lines from these [...]
U.S. agricultural exporters are getting screwed. All the international shipping attention in the U.S. seems focused on importing rather than exporting. International shipping news sources, when [...]
Headlines about soaring freight rates are still prevalent in international shipping. In fact, just yesterday (November 18th), Marine Link published an article by Roslan Khasawneh called Container [...]
Check out the latest post in Universal Cargo's blog for an overview of what's happening with transpacific shipping from last month to the end of the year. This could help you decide the best [...]
This is a guest post by Jane Boyd. Maritime and shipping organizations are facing an increasing number of malicious cyber attacks. In the past couple of years, we have witnessed a series of [...]
Could freight rates from China to the US actually rise again in November? There are a couple indicators that make it look like a possibility. Find out what's happening right now with cargo [...]
There's a new 2020 doomsday word floating out there: shipageddon. NBC, New York Times, and the Washington Post – none of which is my favorite news source – have all been throwing the word into [...]
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has opened an inquiry to the public regarding the billing practices of ocean freight carriers. There have been many complaints and accusations regarding [...]
Mark the International Maritime Organization (IMO) down as the latest international shipping industry player to be hit by cyber attack. There are no indicators to say the cyber attack on the [...]
Cyber attack is back in international shipping news this week, as CMA CGM became the latest major ocean freight carrier to fall victim to this disturbing trend. All the Top Ocean Carriers [...]
There are many reasons why you might need to ship heavy machinery. If you’re in construction, you might have a whole fleet of backhoes, excavators and other equipment that need to travel [...]
The peak season continues to be strong, especially for transpacific ocean freight shipping. And surprise, surprise, equipment shortages are reported to have come with the strong peak [...]
How about a positive headline for 2020? It's a great year for ocean freight carriers in the international shipping industry. Transpacific cargo volume continues to surge here in the peak season, [...]
While the idea of shipping goods is quite an old one, using containers for their transportation in bulk quantities across the sea is fairly new. Only about six decades ago, an entrepreneur named [...]
This is a guest post by Ofer Tirosh. What are the pros and cons of business process outsourcing in supply chain logistics? Will it make the business operate more smoothly or will it hamper [...]
The massive explosion at the Port of Beirut last week shined a light on a problem in international shipping that has long been hidden in the shadows. The blast – which killed 171 people and [...]
On Tuesday, the Port of Beirut was blown off the map by an explosion so big it shook the entire capitol city of Lebanon. The death toll is still growing, but last I saw, 135 people were reported [...]
Surcharges aren't only the tools of ocean freight carriers. Rail companies can slap surcharges on cargo movement too. Indeed, U.S. shippers, right now, are seeing surcharges and gate restrictions [...]
The category of personal protective equipment (PPE) covers a broad range of goods and devices. It can refer to anything from gloves to protective clothing, face shields, surgical masks and [...]