Exporters Take Unusual Steps to Ease Shipping Container Shortage
By Ann Koh and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Bloomberg) — Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container
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By Ann Koh and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Bloomberg) — Some of the world’s biggest exporters in Asia are intervening to alleviate a shipping container
By Vinicy Chan, Christian Wienberg and Aaron Kirchfeld (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is considering a sale of its refrigerated container business
Nearly two months after losing hundreds of containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean, the Maersk-operated containership Maersk Essen is finally discharging its
A former mariner has pleaded guilty to charges related to her role in a scheme to take bribes to fix U.S. Coast Guard mariner credentialing test scores. U.S
By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Times are getting tougher by the day for oil tanker owners. With too many vessels to haul fuel, losses for supertankers on
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – To improve schedule reliability, 2M partners Maersk and MSC are to avoid congested US west coast ports with two
ATHENS, March 9 (Reuters) – Greece will deliver 50 tons of animal feed to the Togo-flagged ElBeik, which has been stuck at sea for nearly three months in
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) – Three ships carrying ethanol were heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, three trade sources told
Seaspan Corporation is continuing its newbuilding spree with an order for six 15,000 TEU containerships. With the order, Seaspan has now announced 31 newbuild
By Captain Laura Kovary – Almost every global supply chain has been affected during the Covid-19 pandemic with high demand for some products, delays
Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has become the latest to unveil a radical new ship design that the company says challenges conventional thinking around
Philly Shipyard has started construction of the second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel. A brief steel cutting ceremony was held at the yard earlier this
By Jeffrey Bair (Bloomberg) — Five gasoline tankers that were enroute to the U.S. East Coast diverted to the Port of Houston to help ease a supply
By Leslie Kaufman (Bloomberg) — Climate change is the main culprit behind nuisance flooding, but human alterations to coastal areas that deepen
The HM Coastguard has recovered a life raft that has been confirmed to be from the missing fishing vessel Nicola Faith. The raft was found off the coast of
Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping has kicked off plans for a partnership to develop methanol and ammonia as alternative marine fuels to help reduce
By Eric Martin (Bloomberg) — The U.S. trade deficit widened to the third-biggest on record in January as imports surged to the highest since mid-2019.
Australia has fined the chief officer and operator of a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier for dumping garbage into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. An
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) – Liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships are set to receive an earnings boost from restocking demand after colder
Update: Authorities have canceled tsunami warnings as the threat has passed. By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) – Thousands of New Zealanders
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