Ocean

Ongoing drought conditions continue to impact the ability of large cargo ships to quickly traverse the Panama Canal.

41 U.S. ports will share in $653 million in new investment from the federal government, the Biden administration announced last week.

As many of the worst-case scenarios in the supply chain have not panned out, many shippers are more comfortable discussing long-term contracts with carriers, says BlueGrace Logistics executive.

Shipping bottlenecks, increased costs, and disrupted deliveries could result in shifting transportation of goods from the Middle East as a result of the Israel-Hamas war.

A bump in imports to the U.S. could be on the horizon, following a strong back-to-school season that indicate cargo volumes could reach 2 million TEUs during September and October.

Jonathan Daniels, CEO and Port Director for Port Everglades, joins Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director of Peerless Media’s Supply Chain Group, in a discussion revolving around the port’s continued expansion and sustainability efforts.

A new report from Moody's finds that companies that rely on buying carbon offsets as an emisisons-reduction strategy could face financial and reputational harm.

As the drought continues to hamper ocean vessel traffic in the Panama Canal, AlixPartners offers tips on how shippers can manage the current crisis.

Low water levels have caused a backlog of container vessels at the Panama Canal, and that could impact the ability of businesses to restock inventories in time for the holiday shopping season.

In an interview with a Danish newspaper, Maersk CTO Navneet Kapoor said the company is using AI to automate as much as 20% of its logistics tasks today and hopes to increase that to 80% within seven years.

The period from mid-2020 to the fourth quarter of 2022 was a high-water mark for the container shipping industry, and with it came unprecedented turmoil, disruption, and prosperity, and that period was, above all, a period of extremes: extreme rate rises, extreme container and labor shortages, extreme delays, extreme congestion, and extreme chaos for exporters and importers alike, this time it's different.

On this episode, Byron Bennett, CEO of Zergratran, describes an underground alternative to the Panama Canal. Peerless Media editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Barbara Melvin, Chief Operating Officer of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA).

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director and COO, for the Port of Long Beach (POLB).

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Connor, President and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Connor, President and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).

Industry-first Dynamic Ocean goes beyond container tracking, introducing international document management workflow, trading partner collaboration, booking support and industry-leading tracking accuracy.

The Ever Given container ship that has spent the last week wedged across the Suez Canal is under way again after being successfully refloated yesterday, ending the blockage of traffic in the strategic waterway that disrupted global trade and impacted international markets.

In this paper, we aim to demonstrate how the strategic use of OFTS can drive tangible business benefits. In doing so, we will show how buyers, whether shipper, forwarder, or BCO, can determine how they should measure the return on investment of deploying an OFTS.

A growing number of ships are currently trapped in the Suez Canal after the 20,000 TEU Evergreen container vessel Ever Given ran aground Tuesday at 7:40 am local time.