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L.A.’s latest traffic jam: Dozens of container ships waiting to be unloaded

On a typical morning — before the pandemic — if you’d looked out across the Pacific from San Pedro, the southernmost part of Los Angeles, you might...

Shipping Snarls Force Global Trading to Look Outside the Box

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Surging Shipping Rates Pose New Headwind for the Global Economy

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Air Cargo Demand Surges in Face of Passenger Downturn

At the height of the pandemic, air cargo transportation firms have seen a huge surge in demand, to assist struggling global supply chain networks. Airlines which...

Container shipping must Live the digital dream

Dealing with disruption to supply chains is made easier for those digitally savvy companies that took an early leap into the virtual world, says Ross Martin, Chief O...

Inactive container shipping fleet hits all time of 11.6% of capacity

The inactive container shipping fleet has reached an all time high of 11.6% of the fleet in capacity terms at the end of May, according to analyst Alphaliner. The...

‘Don’t over think it. Shipping is simple’

Fifteen years into his career, Charlie Du Cane, commercial director at Mandarin Shipping, has just been provided with valuable advice while chewing over matters ad i...