Shipping

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Shippers will be back on the front foot when the 2023 contract negotiations begin, but a leading maritime consultant is

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — A dispute over the assignment of work at a terminal in Seattle is casting a shadow on the outcome of talks to reach a

By Shannon Stapleton and Brendan O’Brien TAMPA, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their

By Bryce Baschuk (Bloomberg) — Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world’s largest container line, will expand into air cargo using four leased Boeing Co.

With Hurricane Fiona’s path of destruction in Puerto Rico, there are growing calls to waive Jones Act requirements that would allow foreign-flagged ships

By Layan Odeh (Bloomberg) — A consortium led by former Berkshire Hathaway Inc. executive David Sokol and Canadian investment group Fairfax Financial

KYIV, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Seven more ships laden with agricultural produce left Ukrainian ports on Sunday, the country’s infrastructure

Cal Maritime has appointed its first female Captain of its training ship, TS Golden Bear. California State University Maritime Academy announced this week that

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the launch of a 16-month study exploring low carbon fuel options for shipping on the Great Lakes. The

UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan is calling on the shipping industry to redouble its efforts to help get food and fertilizers from the Black Sea to

By Elizabeth Elkin and Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping commodities like grains, metals and coal has fallen as soaring energy prices in

The United Nation’s says it has raised enough funds to begin the operation to transfer oil from the decaying tanker FSO Safer in the Red Sea off the

By Sarah McGregor (Bloomberg) — After years of “unmitigated growth,” the US’s busiest port complex is facing calls to lower its carbon footprint

By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (Reuters) – India is considering allowing the overseas shipment of some rice cargoes stuck at ports after

One of the world’s largest container shipping lines and terminal operators is throwing its support behind a bill introduced in the U.S. House of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Honolulu-based US domestic and transpacific premium carrier Matson has closed its seasonal China-California Express

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — The car industry, already grappling with a shortage of semi-conductors, is now seeing another source of supply-chain

By Ivelisse Rivera and Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Hurricane Fiona bore

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Dockworkers and their employers at 29 West Coast ports will keep cargo at the busiest US maritime operations moving

The Baltic Dry Index is now up almost 80% from its 52-week low of 965 points recorded on August 31st. Sept 20 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s