The Port of Los Angeles (LA) saw a 15% drop in container volumes handled in August as imports tumbled, while the Port of Long Beach fared better with just a 0.1% fall.

“Strike averted” was the good word on Thursday morning, September 15, as Americans turned on their news feeds to accompany their morning coffee.

Hutchison Ports celebrated the inauguration of Jazan in Saudi Arabia with a visit from the royal commission.

Container line profits could come under pressure in the coming months as their customers look to renegotiate long term contracts fixed at the market’s peak.

With more than 2% of global container shipping capacity idle outside German ports Nidhi Gupta CEO and Co-Founder of Portcast explores the causes of the congestion.

As the threat of US rail strike from Friday looks ever more real carriers have stopped accepting hazardous and refrigerated cargoes.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) was continuing on its course of implementing mandates contained in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022).

AD Ports Group has completed the acquisition of a 70% stake in Transmar and Transcargo International.

Just when people that supply chain pressures were easing, and indeed pointing to lowered prices to move boxes into the States, the possibility of a strike by workers on the large “Class 1” railroads, has popped up.

Economic indicators in the US provide little reassurance for the container market, according to a recent Bimco webinar.