Ocean Transportation

Ocean Carrier Mega-Alliances: A Question Mark for Shippers

March 10, 2014

I'd like to propose a symbol for those huge new vessel-sharing alliances that will dominate the global container trades this year and beyond: a great big question mark.

Africa Import-Export Shipment Reliability Predicted to Deteriorate, Study Finds

March 7, 2014

Portoverview.com

Following nearly 2,000 incident updates in 16 months, Portoverview.com's Africa's editor, Victor Shieh told attendees at the recent Cool Logistics Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, that shipping on the continent is likely to get worse before it begins to see improvements.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Launches New Service; Opens Barcelona Office

March 4, 2014

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has introduced a twice-monthly service from Santander, Spain to South Africa, and on to Australia.

Two Carriers Partner in Breakbulk Service to Puerto Rico

February 25, 2014

National Shipping of America

National Shipping of America (NSA) is partnering with Rickmers-Linie (America) to provide additional global connections to Puerto Rico shippers, and expand breakbulk services to the island.

Pollution Control for Long Beach Cargo Ships Tested

February 20, 2014

Environmental Leader

The Port of Long Beach, Calif., will fund testing of a new air pollution-control technology for docked cargo ships, after an agreement approved by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Retail Imports Expected to Drop in Typically Slow February

February 14, 2014

National Retail Federation

Import volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to drop 8.4 percent in February from the same time last year as the shipping cycle reaches its slowest month of the year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

CMA CGM Launches New Services in Oceania, African Trades

February 13, 2014

CMA CGM Group

The CMA CGM Group is upgrading its container-carrying offerings between Oceania and the U.S., with the March, 2014 launching of the PAD 2 service.

Recovering Shipping Industry Sails Back from the Brink

February 13, 2014

Maritime Executive

The shipping industry is poised to emerge from its longest downturn in three decades, buoyed by an end to years of overcapacity that have depressed freight rates since the end of a shipping boom in 2008.

Port & Terminal Technology: 6th International Conference & Exhibition

February 11, 2014

THE conference for the container, port and maritime industry!

As Cuba's Port of Mariel Becomes Major Hub, Will U.S. Miss Out on Trade Opportunities?

February 10, 2014

Art van Bodegraven, Managing Principal, van Bodegraven Associates

I was privileged to accompany the 2001 U.S. Logistics Leaders delegation to Cuba, and ended up being the expedition's recording secretary. The trip diary outlined our activities and contacts, and plunged into observations about supply chain and logistics conditions in the island nation, an inescapable force in the Caribbean Basin, a significant presence among islands it dwarfed, and with a population of some thirteen million. The trip record was published in The Journal of Business Logistics later that year.

Ocean Transportation

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