By Brian Straight ·
January 1, 2024
Supply chain professionals in the global container shipping industry expect more technology investment and positive growth in the market in 2024.
By Amy Wunderlin ·
November 24, 2023
While toy imports are down 30% year-over-year, they remain at 2019 pre-COVID levels, suggesting this holiday season may not be all doom and gloom for retailers.
By Jeff Berman ·
November 14, 2023
Ongoing drought conditions continue to impact the ability of large cargo ships to quickly traverse the Panama Canal.
By Brian Straight ·
September 8, 2023
As the drought continues to hamper ocean vessel traffic in the Panama Canal, AlixPartners offers tips on how shippers can manage the current crisis.
By Brian Straight ·
July 28, 2023
A new AlixPartners report found that continued calm in the logistics markets is offering an opportunity for participants to expand or reassess and realign their operations.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 20, 2023
The Port of Los Angeles reported that February volume—at 487,846 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were down 43% compared to February 2022. The Port of Long Beach reported that total February volume—at 543,675 TEU—dropped 31.7% annually
By Jeff Berman ·
March 8, 2023
For January, the most recent month for which data is available, Port Tracker noted that import volumes, for the ports covered in the report, came in at 1.81 million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), for a 4.4% increase compared to December and a 16.5% annual decrease.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 7, 2023
For the month of February, Descartes observed that U.S. container volumes—at 1,734,272 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were off 16.2% compared to January, while falling 25.0% annually, and down 0.3% compared to February 2019 prior to the pandemic.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 2, 2023
With an eye on switching to a fully standardized electronic bill of lading (eBL) by 2030, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) recently announced its nine ocean carrier members have pledged to commit to 100% adoption of an eBL, which will be based on DCSA standards.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 17, 2023
POLA reported that total January volumes—at 726,014 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were down 16% compared to January 2021, an all-time record for the month. January POLB volume—at 573,772 TEU—was also down compared to a record January 2022, falling 28.4%.
By Bob Trebilcock ·
February 16, 2023
That's the question that Byron Bennett and the team from Zergratran plan to answer, with new technology to speed containers underground from the Pacific to the Atlantic in record time.
By Bob Trebilcock ·
February 16, 2023
On this episode, Byron Bennett, CEO of Zergratran, describes an underground alternative to the Panama Canal. Peerless Media editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 13, 2023
For the month of January, Descartes noted that U.S. container volumes—at 2,068,943 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—were up 7.2% compared to December’s 1,929,032 TEU, which were down 1.3% compared to November, and its largest December to January increase in the last six years. While volume saw a sequential gain, they were down 16.1% annually, with the caveat that this tally was only 0.3% below a pre-pandemic January 2019. The report also noted that even though the Lunar New Year was in January, the subsequent impact on import volumes won’t be felt until later this month and into March.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 7, 2023
A pairing of ongoing economic uncertainty and lower import volumes were the key themes in the new edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.
By Jeff Berman ·
January 30, 2023
Global ocean container carriers Geneva Switzerland-based MSC Shipping Company (MSC) and Copenhagen, Denmark-based Maersk A/S, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, said that they have reached a mutual agreement to terminate their 2M ocean alliance, a container shipping line vessel agreement in 2025.