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On March 26, 2024, in the early morning hours, a large cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing an immediate...

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·         It was announced recently that the Biden administration would help to fund the creating of a US based manufacturing for port...

·         The Whitehouse Administration has released a new plan to spend $20 billion to return the manufacturing of ship to shore cranes...

·         As import volume has decreased down to pre pandemic levels, there has been a lot of speculation on where the shipping market...

·         The Suez Canal situation has had numerous effects on the shipping industry especially in the Asia to US trade route. As this...

·         As most carriers have re-routed container vessels around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the tension at the Suez Canal spot...

·         As the tensions continue to grow in the Suez Canal with ocean carriers unable to complete safe passage. Yemen rebel forces...

·         In the past several weeks as the war with Hamas and Israel has continued several ocean freight carriers have found themselves...

· The West coast MTO Agreement announced effective November 1, 2023, that the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach will have a 4%...

· As the 2023 year comes closer to an end, rates have been an ever-changing environment and it is important to know what to expect....

· Recently due to impacts from multiple typhoons in Asia delays in the supply chain are to be expected. Several port locations...

· The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) provided notice and started a planned strike in British Columbia ports over...

· Recently, the west coast of the US experienced a detrimental work slow down by the ILWU (International Longshore Workers Union)...

· The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) appear to have reached a stalemate in contact negations in the US and...

· In recent years fraud and theft have been an increasing problem for US shippers, truckers, and brokers across the board. Despite...

· As part of the continued review and political scrutiny of the shipping industry after the pandemic, the president has pushed for a...

· The US imports coming from Asia plunged again in the recently released February reporting. In February a drop of 31.1% for a total...