#Freight Forwarding
Hyundai Glovis moves into container freight with new China subsidiary
South Korean vehicle maker Hyundai’s logistics unit, Hyundai Glovis, has itself established a subsidiary in Chengdu, in China’s Sichuan province. Chen...
2021 carrier bonanza could presage a crash of the ocean titans in 2022
Reading supply chain industry tea leaves has become near-impossible over the past couple of years. Nonetheless, the first missive from Fiata this year cont...
Conoship Unveils Series of ‘Future-Proof’ General Cargo Ships
Dutch ship designer Conoship International Projects has unveiled its design for a series of six “future-proof” general cargo ships which the co...
MSC Passes Maersk to Become World’s Top Container Shipping Line
The Danish carrier has been overtaken by Mediterranean Shipping Co. in terms of capacity, according to data compiled by Alphaliner and published on Wednesd...
Ever Wondered What All of Those Container Ships Stacked Up at Port Look Like?
On a recent flight home to Southern California, we flew over the Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest ports in the country. We’ve seen the blinking lights of...
British Freight Lobby Calls for Investigation Into Container Shipping ‘Profiteering’
The British International Freight Association is calling on the U.K. government to investigate the state of competition within the global container-shipping market,...
Fuel Problems Force Containership to Divert for Emergency Repairs
A South Korean containership was forced to turn around in the Pacific and seek a port of refuge after reportedly suffering an engine problem that is being blamed on...
Container Shortage Sparks Experiment to Ship Coffee In Bulk
In the coffee trading world, a ship steaming across the Atlantic Ocean is garnering a lot of attention. A break-bulk vessel named Eagle has wound its way from Lam...
Inside Maersk's quest to procure green methanol for 'carbon-neutral' ships
When Danish liner operator AP Moller-Maersk revealed the design for a series of large, methanol-fuelled container ship newbuildings, it repeated a claim that these p...
Maersk expands contract options amid rumours it intends to shun forwarders
As it continues to drive its container line services towards a high majority of long-term contract business, Maersk has introduced six different types of agreement f...
Maersk forwarder clients left in limbo as carrier restricts them to Spot deals
Maersk’s forwarding and NVOCC customers are being targeted by competitor lines as the Danish carrier prepares to restrict their bookings to its online Maersk S...
The Next Shipping Crisis: A Maritime Labor Shortage
There are dozens of ships anchored off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this week, imperiling global supply chains and holiday gifts. Also imperiled? The safe...
MSC container ship fire, Baltic UPDATE
Nov 7 0945 UTC UPDATE: Finnish CG was alerted at around 0000 UTC Nov 7 by fire report from container ship MSC SHANNON in western Gulf of Finland, southwest...
Shipping during COVID-19: Why container freight rates have surged
When the Ever Given megaship blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for almost a week in March, it triggered a new surge in container spot freight rates, which had finall...
Could Amazon soon add widebody freighters to its fleet?
Ever since Amazon launched its US domestic freighter operation in late 2015 there has been speculation that the company could one day expand into intercontinental op...
03 November 2024
‘It’s all happening again.’ The supply chain is under strain
08 November 2024
Global Freight Rises But Shows Signs of Weakness in U.S.
23 Oktober 2024
Arctic Shipping Route to See First-Ever Panamax Containership
18 Oktober 2024