Ocean Transportation

Broken Supply Chains Threaten Ruin at a Growing Number of Small Firms

November 23, 2021

A growing cohort of smaller companies that survived the cold depths of the pandemic say now they’re in danger because the economy is too hot.

Port Congestion Eases in Asia While U.S. Battles Import Deluge

November 21, 2021

Bloomberg

Asia’s largest ports are showing signs that congestion is easing ahead of the holiday season, a potentially positive step for key trade gateways in the U.S. that are still battling an influx of imports.

Container Shipping Rates May Take Two Years to Fall to Normal

November 17, 2021

Bloomberg

Ocean freight rates, which have pummeled retailers and manufacturers throughout 2021, may take more than two years to return to normal levels if past market cycles are any guide.

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Watch: The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Shipping Patterns

November 17, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Raul Alfonso, chief commercial officer with Port Tampa Bay, discusses how the pandemic and surge in consumer buying have motivated international shippers to seek alternative gateways, in order to avoid congestion at major port complexes.

Foldable Shipping Containers? New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams

November 16, 2021

Bloomberg

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.

L.A., Long Beach to Delay Start of Fee for Lingering Containers

November 15, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

The $100-per-day fee for containers was put on hold until Nov. 22 because the ports have seen a “significant improvement in clearing import containers” in recent weeks.

Georgia Port Pins Hopes on Rail to Move 80,000 Containers

November 14, 2021

Bloomberg

At the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest U.S. trade gateways, containers are stacked up like colorful children’s building blocks stretching as far as the eye can see.

Zero-Carbon Shipping Plan Targets Container, Iron Ore Routes

November 11, 2021

Bloomberg

The Clydebank Declaration on green shipping was unveiled Wednesday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, and signed by 19 nations including the U.S., U.K., Japan, France and Germany.

Smaller U.S. Ports Pitch for Cargo as California’s Logjams Swell

November 8, 2021

Bloomberg

The U.S.’s busiest port complex in southern California has more demand than it can handle — and that’s left smaller hubs along the nation’s coastline angling for some of that business.

Texas Tells Cargo Ships to Join Tesla and ‘Escape California’

November 4, 2021

Bloomberg

A month after Texas poached Tesla Inc.’s headquarters from California, it’s now trying to attract freight carriers dealing with near-record backlogs at the U.S.’s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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