Ocean freight rates have been high in 2020. Extremely high. Ocean carriers have managed to hike freight rates in the middle of a global crisis when demand ...

This is a guest post by Brad Smith. Swift technological developments over the past 30 years have provided critical benefits to multiple global industries, ...

Surcharges aren’t only the tools of ocean freight carriers. Rail companies can slap surcharges on cargo movement too. Indeed, U.S. shippers, right now, ...

Reporting is starting to come in on the first quarter of the financial year for carriers. Ocean Network Express (ONE), formed a few years ago when Japan’s ...

The massive explosion at the Port of Beirut last week shined a light on a problem in international shipping that has long been hidden in the shadows. The ...

This is a guest post by Samuel Reeds. In the contemporary world, the pace of technological progress is truly astounding. Consequently, the rate at which ...

If you go on Facebook and scroll through, you’ll probably find a lot of people bemoaning 2020 as a terrible year. For ocean freight carriers, on the other ...

Online shopping is way up. Physical shops and stores around the country have reopened or are reopening. This is the time of year retail typically stocks ...

A couple weeks ago, I posted an article about what AI “thinks” about international shipping. It contained a “conversation” I had with AI, where I asked ...

If you’re importing from Asia right now, there’s a high chance you’re experiencing or about to experience delays in getting your cargo. It’s likely an ...

The Biden Administration took a page out of the Trump Administration handbook this week as it announced big tariff hikes on imports from China. Regular ...

This is a guest post by Lucas Parker. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm, surprising everyone and shaking the very foundation of our ...