Two weeks ago, when this blog last checked in on freight rates, they were falling. Massively. This week, transpacific freight rates rise significantly ...

We’re finally seeing news on how carriers will pass higher fuel costs, which are on the way, to shippers. IMO Cleaner Fuel Mandate Histeria It seems that ...

This is a guest post by Emily Marchant. Because of the international shipping industry’s volatility and the surge of shipments that happened in July of ...

Despite the fact their Master Contract permits port automation by terminal operators, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) is ...

BlockChain Picture by: Wikimedia user Davidstankiewicz Maersk and IBM edged forward in the BlockChain race. However, don’t let anyone fool you into ...

The share of shipments in the international shipping industry going to freight forwarders and Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC) is increasing. ...

There are a number of stories about ocean freight carriers making headlines right now. So let’s round them up and put them all in one blog. Here are ...

One of the biggest issues of our time is global warming. The ocean freight sector of the international shipping industry, in particular, faces an ...

Pallets form an indispensable foundation to the international freight forwarding industry. Worldwide shipments by sea and air would be severely ...

INNOVATION, MSC SANTHYA The U.S. Attorney broke the news via Twitter last week on Tuesday, June 18th that 16.5 tons of cocaine was seized from a ...

This is a guest post by David Fan. News background: According to the above report: Danish shipping major A.P. Moller – Maersk has decided to ...

In only 5 months, starting on January 1st, 2020, cargo ships have to meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new 0.5% sulfur cap on ...