Ocean Transportation

With End of Holiday Shopping Season, Normal Level of U.S. Retail Imports Expected by April

January 12, 2016

With the holiday season over, import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to slowly decline through the first quarter of the year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Freight Regulation and Profitability: Can We Strike a Balance?

January 11, 2016

Want to get a sense of how new federal regulations will affect transportation tomorrow? Look at California today.

MSC Among Latest Western Companies to Resume Business With Iran

January 8, 2016

Maritime Executive

European shipping and offshore interests are pursuing business in Iran with news this week that MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has resumed vessel operations to Iran, after services were suspended in 2012 in response to trade sanctions.

Ocean Cargo Rates to Continue to Drop, Industry Losses to Mount in 2016, Report Says

January 8, 2016

Drewry

Further widening of the supply-demand imbalance at the trade route level and insufficient measures to reduce ship capacity will lead to an acceleration of freight rate reductions and industry-wide losses in 2016, according to the latest Container Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Rates for Ocean Cargo Continued to Sink in Last Quarter 2015

January 7, 2016

Drewry

Ocean freight rates for cargo moving under contracts on the major East-West trade routes saw another reduction in the last quarter of 2015, according to Drewry's Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of multinational retailers and manufacturers who closely monitor their contract freight rates.

CMA CGM Launches New Med Gulf Ecuador Service

January 6, 2016

CMA CGM

CMA CGM has launched a Med Gulf Ecuador (MGE) service, offering a direct connection between the Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador.

Logistics Confidence Index Hits Lowest-ever Mark as Air, Sea Freight Shipments Slump

January 6, 2016

Transport Intelligence

With a score of 45.4, the December edition of the Stifel Index has recorded its lowest-ever total, amidst a continued pattern of decline.

CaroTrans Launches New Service Between Miami, Manaus

January 5, 2016

CaroTrans

CaroTrans, a non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has launched a direct, biweekly service between Miami, Fla. and Manaus, Brazil, for less-than-containerload exports.

Big Ships, Small Infrastructure: A Recipe for Disaster

January 4, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

By the time you read this, the largest containership ever to call a U.S. port will have visited the ports of Los Angeles and Oakland. It won't be the last. But will regulation and environmental pressures prevent carriers from developing the infrastructure needed to handle these seagoing behemoths?

AAL Enters Space-Sharing Pact in Asia-East Coast Australia Trade

January 4, 2016

AAL

The breakbulk, project and heavy-lift carrier AAL has entered into a space-sharing agreement with Swire Shipping in the Asia-to-East Australia liner service.

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