container shipping

With U.S. port data from August trickling in, we’re getting greater insight into the West to East cargo shift that continues to play out in the United

The Port of Houston has smashed its record for the highest number of containers handled in a single month as some U.S. imports have shifted from West to Gulf

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The head of the second-biggest US port expects the pandemic-era surge in consumer demand that snarled supply chains

As part of the directives to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) contained in the three month old “Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022” (OSRA 2022), the

There’s been a lot of speculation about when and how fast the container shipping market would return to pre-pandemic norms. Today there is more hard data

By Jamie Freed and Casey Hall SYDNEY/SHANGHAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Global trade bellwethers like FedEx and Cathay Pacific Airways. have cast a pall

The import surge at the Port of Los Angeles slowed in August as predicted as the nation’s busiest container port is finally starting to see cargo volume

By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) – Transpacific ocean rates might be experiencing a “post-Covid plummet”, but US import volumes remain high and lower

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – After the prolonged container spot rates decline the transatlantic trade has supplanted the transpacific trade as

Another big month for the Port of Savannah in August as cargo continues to be re-routed there despite congestion. The Georgia Ports Authority said it handled

More signs that container shipping’s pandemic-fueled bull run is starting to crack. The National Retail Federation (NRF) on Wednesday published its

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – A two-tier market within the container shipping sector is opening up as spot rates in key trades collapse. Carriers

Container shipping earned a “mind-altering” $63.7 billion in profits in the second quarter, according to industry veteran John McCown’s

PARIS, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Weakening consumer spending is curbing shipping demand and freight rates, transport giant CMA CGM said on Friday as

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – A New York shipper is legally pursuing Maersk for $180m, claiming the carrier failed to meet contractual obligations

Singapore has celebrated the opening of three additional berths at its Tuas mega port. Singapore’s Tuas Port is set to become the world’s largest

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The capacity shortage that underpinned skyrocketing ocean freight rates for the past two years has ended and rates will

By Vera Eckert and Jan Schwartz HAMBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters) – German container shipper Hapag-Lloyd is spending billions on expanding and renewing its

By Jeannette Neumann and Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Supply-chain obstacles are forcing US retailers to rewire their shipping routes. The early

The container market may be softening, but long-term freight rates are still through the roof. A new report released Wednesday by ocean freight benchmarking