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How exactly does container shipping work? It's more complicated than you think!

How Container Shipping Works? Do you know how the process of container shipping works?If you have a business or involved in any form of business activities there are high chances you are ...

Ocean Carrier Alliances: What Does A Shifting Landscape Mean For You? There are a number of reasons for some of the significant carriers to team up with one another (instead of directly competing). These alliances allow the

U.S. Container Imports Continue to Trend at Pre-Pandemic Levels U.S. container imports in February continued to trend near pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) reported today its import tally for February, revealing 1,734,272 TEUs imported in...

Global Supply Chain Returns to Normal Conditions in the global supply chain have returned to normal after three-years of pandemic-induced disruptions, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The latest reading of the NY...

The Inflation Effect for Import and Export Businesses: How A Weaker Dollar Will Benefit Some and Limit Others Inflation is par for the economic course—but, coming out of the pandemic, the accelerated rate of inflation hit the shipping and logistics industry hard.

Council Post: Three Ways To Stop Supply Chain Issues From Slowing Down Your Development Project The global supply chain is a complex and ever-changing landscape, and it can be difficult for hotel developers to navigate.

Port Tampa Bay Approves $50 Million Logistics & Distribution Center | Transport Topics Maryland-based Tradepoint Atlantic, a shipping logistics company, is coming to Tampa, Fla., in a deal that Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson called “potentially one of the biggest modern opportunities in the modern history of our port.”

UP shifting to stacked container operation at Joliet for California imports Journal of Commerce - International shipping and logistics news, analysis, and business intelligence.

Supply-Chain Headaches Ease for Many Companies Some retailers and manufacturers expect fewer disruptions and lower freight rates this year.

How the end of Maersk and MSC’s 2M alliance will shake up ocean shipping Experts say that the split could prompt capacity shifts and lower rates as competition for customers heats up.

CBP Targets March 2023 for Chinese Postal Code Import Requirement The U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) announced a new requirement within CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to file entries from China. The new requirement is called the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Region Alert (UFLPA). The law requires both a “postal code” and the “manuf...

Major Ocean Carriers Commit to 100% Electronic Bills of Lading by 2030 Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) announced today that its nine ocean carrier members have committed to the adoption of an electronic bill of lading (eBL). Switching away from the transfer...

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Wisconsin Grants $5.3 Million to Ports | Transport Topics Wisconsin has awarded $5.3 million in grants for seven harbor maintenance and improvement projects to enhance its waterborne freight and economic development.

The Logistics and Supply-Chain Slowdown Has Begun. Here’s How to Take Advantage. Shipping prices have plunged after a pandemic surge, casting a cloud over peak season. Logistics leaders should take it slow as the industry recalibrates.

Is there an Artificial Increase in Shipping Demand? It’s a delicate balance. Given the pandemic-powered disruptions facing the global supply chain—slowdowns, lockdowns, and manufacturing shortages, for

Container Imports Continue to Fall as Retailers Exercise Caution Inbound cargo volume at major container ports across the U.S. is expected to drop to the lowest level in nearly three years this month as retailers remain cautious about the...

Post-Boom Hangover Leaves Carriers with Massive Container Surplus By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The return to ‘supply chain normalisation’ has led to the container liner industry being hobbled by an estimated surplus of 5m teu of boxes, piled...

Optimizing Your Supply Chain Spend The COVID-19 pandemic shined a big, bold light on increasingly universal weaknesses in the global supply chain—weaknesses that, during the COVID-19

The Outlook for Diesel: Supply Woes Aren’t Going Away Soon Prices are unlikely to revisit last summer’s peaks, but OPIS’s chief oil analyst writes that tight supplies will continue to exert pressure on diesel markets in coming months.

Boxport congestion back to pre-covid levels - Splash247 Boxport congestion is now back to pre-covid levels according to one UK index. A key lever in the last couple of years of record earnings for liner shipping has disappeared, according to the latest data from Clarksons Research. Clarksons containership port congestion index closed on Friday at 31.5%,....

A Wave of New Container Ships May Help Ease Inflation Sting If you thought the shipping-capacity shortage of past few years was interesting and consequential for the global economy, just wait for the glut.

11 Logistics Fun Facts You Should Know | Flock Freight When thinking about logistics, not many people imagine the word fun. But we are here to dispel that rumor and share 11 fun facts about logistics!

The Long Road to Driverless Trucks Self-driving eighteen-wheelers are now on highways in states like California and Texas. But there are still human “safety drivers” behind the wheel. What will it take to get them out?

Good times still rollin’ for shipping lines in trans-Atlantic trade Container shipping rates from Europe to the U.S. are finally falling, but they’re still exceptionally high.

US supply chain congestion eases, carriers seek cargo As 2023 begins, many participants in the cargo supply chains are breathing a little easier than they were a year ago as inventory buildups have backed down, and landside congestion has eased.

How will Maersk-MSC split redraw container shipping landscape? Speculation is swirling on how the end of a global container shipping alliance will affect ocean carriers and cargo shippers.

Market Price, Contracts, and Budget Risks: What Did 2022 Teach Us to Expect in 2023? Efficiency is extremely important to almost any business. It’s nearly impossible for businesses to scale without keeping an eye on costs in most aspects

Fun Fact:

Globally, there are around a staggering 55,000 cargo ships on the oceans at any one time. How many containers are they carrying between them? Oh, only around 20 million or so!