Ocean Transportation

Blood on the Water: The Dismal Outlook for Ocean Carriers

April 29, 2016

Too many ships, too much rate discounting, and too many service providers for the market to support: the outlook for ocean carriers is "pretty bleak indeed."

Maersk Begins Direct Service From North European Ports to Cuba's Mariel

April 28, 2016

Maritime Executive

Maersk Line marked the introduction of its first direct service from Northern Europe to Cuba on April 22 when a 2,556-TEU container vessel arrived in the Port of Mariel, 30 miles from Havana.

Maritime Shipping No Longer Immune to Cyber Attacks, Security Breaches

April 25, 2016

Maritime Executive

We live in a digital world that is evolving at breakneck speed. Unfortunately, rapid change can bring problems, issues and chaos, and the maritime world is not exempt from the potential downsides of technology's evolution.

Iran Faces Numerous Obstacles to Ramping Up Oil Exports

April 22, 2016

Maritime Executive

Iran faces a struggle to increase oil exports because many of its tankers are tied up storing crude, some are not seaworthy, and foreign shipowners remain reluctant to carry its cargoes.

Container Service Performance Steps Up its Game in March

April 21, 2016

Drewry

Ocean carriers bucked a five-month downwards trend by improving container service reliability in March, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Pricing for Profit in Container Shipping

April 19, 2016

Quintiq

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.

Port of Oakland Launches Smartphone Apps for Truckers

April 18, 2016

Port of Oakland

The Port of Oakland has introduced a pair of smartphone applications for use by harbor truckers.

It May Be the World's Biggest Traffic Jam

April 18, 2016

Maritime Executive

As ports struggle to cope with a global oil glut, huge queues of supertankers have formed in some of the world's busiest sea lanes, where some 200 million barrels of crude lies waiting to be loaded or delivered.

Are Carriers Changing Their Minds on Megaships?

April 18, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It takes a lot of time and energy to turn around one of those massive new containerships in mid-ocean. The same goes for reversing the assumptions that led to the construction of those behemoths in the first place.

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