#News Cargo
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...
Port Logjams Reach Savannah as Container Ships Idle off Georgia Coast
The Port of Savannah, Ga., the fourth-largest U.S. gateway for seaborne imports, is trying to clear a backlog of more than 20 container ships that has grown in the w...
Five ways to build a sustainable supply chain through optimised freight management
According to Kearney reports, the COVID pandemic significantly disrupted 80% of supply chains around the world, with the result that 47% of supply chain operations w...
CMA CGM Container Terminal Featured in Seaplane Stunt for New James Bond Flick
CMA CGM’s Kingston Container Terminal in Jamaica will serve as the backdrop for an action sequence in the upcoming James Bond flick, No Time To Die. The compan...
China-Mongolia border port sees robust growth in freight transport
The import and export values of goods transported via the border port of Erenhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region posted a yearly increase of 38...
Meet the harbor pilots who make $434,000 a year, face high fatality rates, and are responsible for guiding hulking cargo ships into ports
Harbor pilots are the highest paid city employees, but face a one in 20 chance of dying on the job. The local pilots bring a ship in from miles out at sea to wi...
The world's biggest container ship, Ever Ace, continuing its maiden voyage, heading for Suez Canal soon
The Ever Ace, the largest container ship in the world, docked at the UK port of Felixstowe in Suffolk on Sunday morning. The giant ship is the sister vessel of th...
Container sector is so hot that ships rent for $200,000/day
You can buy a brand-new Ferrari starting at $250,000. To rent a 12-year-old container ship for a mere three months, it could cost you a lot more than that: as much a...
Port NOLA awards contract for Louisiana International Terminal
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has awarded a $4 million contract to HDR Engineering Inc. as part of the multiyear due diligence and permitting process for the n...
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