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Import Patterns Uneven, But 'Plenty of Merchandise' Expected for Back-to-School Sales

June 10, 2016

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be mostly down through the summer but should see a significant uptick just before the winter holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Can Ports Keep Up With the Changing Needs of Container Lines?

June 6, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Those idle cranes in the Port of Oakland's Outer Harbor stand as mute testimony to the changes that are roiling container ports and terminals today.

Last Year's West Coast Labor Strife Boosts New York/New Jersey, Houston, Savannah, Index Shows

May 2, 2016

CBRE

The balance of seaborne-cargo delivery in the U.S. shifted further east in the last year, resulting in East Coast seaports making gains against their West Coast counterparts in CBRE Group Inc.'s second-annual North American Seaports and Logistics Index.

F.S. Mackenzie Opens Office in Tbilisi, Georgia

April 20, 2016

F.S. Mackenzie Group

F.S. Mackenzie Group, the U.K. and Russia member of the FPS (Famous Pacific Shipping) network of independent freight forwarders and non-vessel operating common carriers, has opened a new office in Tbilisi, Georgia.

With 360 Sea, River Ports, the U.S. Is Awash in Ocean Commerce

April 19, 2016

Maritime Executive

The U.S. is served by publicly - and privately-owned marine facilities located in approximately 360 commercial sea and river ports. These are found along the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf and Great Lakes coasts, as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Ports Far Outspend U.S. Government on Their Infrastructure Upgrades

April 13, 2016

Maritime Executive

The American Association of Port Authorities suggested that its member ports intend to spend over $150bn in combined infrastructure investments by 2020 - contrasted with a "best-case" government investment in port-related freight infrastructure of only $25bn over the same period.

Weft Launches Real-Time Rank of Global Container Ports

April 6, 2016

Weft

Weft has developed a real-time ranking of global container ports. It is intended to provide companies with data related to such processes as procurement, contract negotiations and other shipment-planning decisions.

U.S. Expected to See Retail Imports Grow 4.5 Percent in First Half of 2016

February 11, 2016

NRF

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to decline year-over-year for the next few months, but the first half of the year should still amount to a 4.5-percent increase compared with the same period last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Tianjin Port Explosion May Rank as Worst Marine Insurance Disaster

February 9, 2016

Maritime Executive

Claims related to the massive explosion at the port of Tianjin, China, may grow to as much as $6bn, says the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI). More than half of the claims reportedly fall within marine insurance or reinsurance lines - potentially making it the largest single marine disaster (by claim value) in history, surpassing Hurricane Sandy.

A Port With Too Much Container Space? Welcome to the Bizarro World

February 1, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, Managing Editor, SupplyChainBrain

In the Superman comics, the Bizarro World is a planet where normal people and events become strangely inverted. Which, in the world of global trade and supply chain, appears to be happening with increasing regularity.

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