Cargo throughput and container volume at major Chinese ports was up sharply in February a year on from the world’s first Covid-19 lockdowns.

A survey of supply chain professionals found that one-third were highly likely to diversify their sourcing in the near future with the vast majority finding their current strategy under duress.

MSC is introducing a new transpacific service between Southeast Asia the US West Coast.

SSA Marine Terminal has started operations of the first of nine electric cranes destined for the container yard at the Port of Long Beach.

Global port operator DP World is set to return to Indonesia with a $1.2bn port and logistics complex in East Java.

The crew change crisis and recognising seafarers as key workers were high on the agenda at recent virtual meeting of the Roundtable of International Shipping Associations.

Marine fuel supplier Monjasa has deployed a new vessel in the Panama bunker market.

Shipping agency and logistics provider GAC has set up a new office in Shenzhen, South China.

With the shipment of more than 1.9m reefer containers in 2020, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) surpassed its previous 2019 mark of 1.8m units transported.

Congestion at US ports has become a mainstream issue not simply confined to shipping people. Retail supply chains, which gets to the items that consumers are buying in stores - or, these days, through online shopping - have been greatly impacted.