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Container carriers parry critics of consortia

New study from World Shipping Council outlines benefits of vessel-sharing agreements as European regulators study whether to extend antitrust protections past April 2020.

Mar 19, 2019

Container carriers parry critics of consortia

New study from World Shipping Council outlines benefits of vessel-sharing agreements as European regulators study whether to extend antitrust protections past April 2020.

Mar 19, 2019

Fitch Ratings believes port growth will moderate

Container volume growth will not outstrip global GDP to the same degree as in the past because many commodities once shipped in bulk already have shifted to containers.

Mar 11, 2019

Fitch Ratings believes port growth will moderate

Container volume growth will not outstrip global GDP to the same degree as in the past because many commodities once shipped in bulk already have shifted to containers.

Mar 11, 2019

Africa has massive potential to boost global trade share

Africa continues to deal with challenges that keep its share in world container port throughput at around 4 percent, but the continent has more potential than perhaps anywhere else in the world.

Mar 10, 2019

Africa has massive potential to boost global trade share

Africa continues to deal with challenges that keep its share in world container port throughput at around 4 percent, but the continent has more potential than perhaps anywhere else in the world.

Mar 10, 2019

Commentary: U.S. East Coast ports gaining ground

Of the nation’s top five container ports, Savannah’s TEU volumes grew the most in 2018, while L.A. saw the smallest uptick.

Mar 07, 2019

Commentary: U.S. East Coast ports gaining ground

Of the nation’s top five container ports, Savannah’s TEU volumes grew the most in 2018, while L.A. saw the smallest uptick.

Mar 07, 2019

Container shipping has good opportunities, says analyst

Lars Jensen says while individual carriers and freight forwarders may be under threat, the industry is not.

Mar 07, 2019

Container shipping has good opportunities, says analyst

Lars Jensen says while individual carriers and freight forwarders may be under threat, the industry is not.

Mar 07, 2019

Container carriers parry critics of consortia

Container carriers parry critics of consortia

Fitch Ratings believes port growth will moderate

Fitch Ratings believes port growth will moderate

Africa has massive potential to boost global trade share

Africa has massive potential to boost global trade share

Commentary: U.S. East Coast ports gaining ground

Commentary: U.S. East Coast ports gaining ground

Container shipping has good opportunities, says analyst

Container shipping has good opportunities, says analyst

Container carriers parry critics of consortia

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CEVA recommends holdouts sell shares to CMA CGM

Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of CMA CGM, is expected to be elected as chairman of CEVA during annual meeting in April.

By Chris Dupin, Published a day ago

Source: Tariffs could depend on China’s concessions

U.S. tariff levels on China apparently will depend on how far China is willing to go in agreeing to Trump administration requests for trade enforcement and other priorities.

By Brian Bradley, Published 2 days ago

Drewry foresees more slow steaming and transshipment

Drewry says container carriers may try to mitigate the rising cost of fuel by slowing ship speeds and relying more on feeder ships.

By Chris Dupin, Published 2 days ago

NVOs face ISF-5 enforcement

CBP will begin accessing liquidated damages against non-vessel-operating common carriers that fail to timely and completely file their Importer Security Filings.

By Chris Gillis, Published 2 days ago

Freightos sees ocean freight rates falling

Rates from Asia to the U.S. East Coast have fallen since the fourth quarter of 2018, and there are “several signs of slowing world trade.”

By Chris Dupin, Published 5 days ago

Brexit may be ‘biggest challenge’ in years for U.K. logistics

U.K. Freight Transport Association doubles down on advice to members to plan for a worst-case scenario.

By Chris Dupin, Published 5 days ago

Commentary: U.S. oil, LNG will ease sulfur cap woes

“The second wave of the U.S. shale revolution is coming,” says the International Energy Agency, which released its five-year forecast for world oil production Monday.

By Alexander Ullmann, Published 5 days ago

CMA CGM increases CEVA ownership to nearly 89.5 percent

French container carrier increases ownership of Swiss logistics company after monthlong tender offer.

By Chris Dupin, Published 5 days ago

Fuel spill from sunken Grande America 10 kilometers long

The Grimaldi Group ship was carrying about 2,200 tons of heavy fuel oil when it sank Tuesday in the Bay of Biscay.

By Jon Shumake, Published 6 days ago

House Homeland Security clears two CBP bills

The bills introduced by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., and Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., focus on bolstering CBP staffing.

By Brian Bradley, Published 6 days ago

Commentary: When there’s smoke in compliance

Corporate compliance programs must protect against costly violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By Paul DiVecchio, Published 7 days ago

SBA can improve export grants, GAO finds

The Government Accountability Office said the Small Business Administration can take steps to improve oversight of its State Trade Expansion Program grants to states.

By Brian Bradley, Published 7 days ago

Grande America had 45 boxes carrying hazardous materials

France’s Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic reportedly said Wednesday the sunken Grimaldi Group-owned ConRo ship was carrying 365 containers and more than 2,000 vehicles.

By Jon Shumake, Published 7 days ago

‘China will remain manufacturing’s center of gravity’

Lower labor costs make other countries alluring, but China’s transport infrastructure and container services make it hard to beat.

By Chris Dupin, Published 7 days ago

Lighthizer says trade talks won’t drive firms to China

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday during a hearing on World Trade Organization reform.

By Brian Bradley, Published 7 days ago

Transportation unions call for infrastructure investment

The executive committee of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department set an agenda Monday that also eyed rail safety and combating commercial driver fatigue.

By Jon Shumake, Published 8 days ago

Nations united on USMCA labor, environment provisions

People involved in negotiations gave a ringing endorsement of the pact’s labor and environmental provisions, a hot topic as Congress expects to consider the deal soon.

By Brian Bradley, Published 9 days ago

Alibaba buying $693 million chunk of delivery company

E-commerce giant Alibaba says it will deepen collaboration with the parcel delivery company STO Express

By Chris Dupin, Published 9 days ago

‘Hardship’ cited with new CBP form deadline

The NCBFAA responded with alarm to Customs and Border Protection’s March 16 mandate to use the new “create/update importer identity form.”

By Chris Gillis, Published 9 days ago

Hyundai Heavy inks deal to buy Daewoo

Korea Development Bank will transfer its Daewoo stocks to a subholding company to be established by Hyundai Heavy in return for equity stake in the company.

By Jon Shumake, Published 9 days ago

Other News

Maersk selling shares in French oil company Total

By Chris Dupin, Published Mar 19, 2019

NFI Industries picks up SCR Air Services

By Chris Gillis, Published Mar 19, 2019

Steve Cernak, Port Everglades director, dies at 63

By Jon Shumake, Published Mar 19, 2019

OFAC ratchets up Russian sanctions

By Chris Gillis, Published Mar 19, 2019

PSA International among group acquiring DCT Gdansk

By Jon Shumake, Published Mar 19, 2019

JAXPORT welcomes its largest containership

By Jon Shumake, Published Mar 19, 2019

$14.5 million in emergency relief funds approved

By Jon Shumake, Published Mar 18, 2019

Rhenus Group acquires Rodair

By Jon Shumake, Published Mar 18, 2019

FMC reviews 21 OTI license applications

By Chris Gillis, Published Mar 18, 2019

Maersk to charter 13 new feeder ships

By Chris Dupin, Published Mar 15, 2019

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