Shipping Containers Get Foldable Design Seen as Cure for Logjams
By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply
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By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply
Check out this 60 Minutes segment “What’s caused America’s supply chain crunch?” on the United States’ supply chains that are
Important Update: Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Authorities Postpone New Container Dwell Fees The controversial new dwell time fees, which were set to start
OSLO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Norway’s trade surplus rose to a record high in October as revenues from its offshore petroleum fields soared,
By Siddharth Cavale and Corina Pons (Reuters) – Major clothing and shoe companies are moving production to countries closer to their U.S. and European
By Brett Pulley(Bloomberg) –At the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest U.S. trade gateways, containers are stacked up like colorful children’s
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) –The logjam of container ships outside the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach swelled to another record as
Like many Americans I have been intensely following our country’s supply chain crisis. Many of gCaptain’s readers are maritime, logistics and
Offshore wind turbine installation shipping company Eneti (NYSE:NETI) has priced shares in its secondary public offering meant to help fund its newbuild
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are offering significant discounts on Asia exports to the US and Europe as the traditional slack season
By Blake Schmidt (Bloomberg) — Wang Jing, the Chinese ex-billionaire behind Nicaragua’s ambitious interoceanic canal
Nov 12 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index eased on Friday, but posted its first weekly rise in five weeks, helped by
A bulk carrier carrying a chemical cargo has been given the boot from South Africa’s Port of Durban after it began spewing toxic fumes during cargo
By Jonathan Saul and Simon Jessop LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Shipping companies that transport the world’s coal are in the crosshairs of
The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) will establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, a move some say has been a long time coming. The
By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The head of the organization representing companies in labor relations at the U.S.’s largest ports is worried that
By Christopher Jasper (Bloomberg) — Shipping routes for the transport of iron ore from Australia to Japan and containerized goods from East Asia to
How will shipping decarbonize; what’s the path? That’s the $2 Trillion – $4 Trillion question, depending which set of prognosticators that you are
Last month, allegations by U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Midshipman X of being sexually assaulted on a commercial ship during her Sea Year training were posted
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Congestion and bottlenecks in moving container traffic through the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s
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