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FMC Reaches Major Settlements & Announces a new Review

· The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has had several recent announcements on resolutions to outstanding cases as well as upcoming...

Potential Ripple Effects from Shanghai Shutdown

· As the Shanghai shutdown continues analysts are concerned about the growing impending ripple effects to come. The closure of most...

Where is the Trans-Pacfic Ocean Market headed?

· Assessing the extradentary ocean industry outlook for the Trans-Pacific market has become increasingly harder in 2022. Unknown and...

Shanghai Shutdown likely to Create Disruptions for Weeks

· A recent increase of COVID-19 cases has been plaguing eastern China and forced a two-stage lock down to be announced in Shanghai...

Fuel Cost Hikes have US Shippers Concerned

· Fuel prices are always a concern with US shippers, and during the current instability in the market many are bracing for what may...

Recent Cyberattacks affecting the Shipping Industry

· Cyberattacks have become a prevenient problem over the last several years throughout the world. And large-scale companies are...

New Record of Asian Imports reached in January

· Container imports from Asia into the US reached an all-time high in January. A staggering 1.7 million TEU arrived in the US...

Potential Pier Pass Review by the FMC

· On February 11, 2022 chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) released a statement questioning the fees being charged in...

Anchored Backlog in Charleston

· The South Carolina Ports Authority has released a projection for clearing currently anchored vessels in Charleston and the outlook...

Potential Roadblocks in 2022 for the Ocean Shipping

· Many of us have asked for a return to a more normal way of life since the pandemic start of 2020, and although most of us intended...

Incentives to keep cargo moving in LA & LGB

· Los Angeles (LA) and Long Beach (LGB) have been making strides to lessen congestion at the ports over the last several months....

Major Winter Storms creating Havoc for Trucking

· The US has had multiple major winter storm systems move over large areas in the county for the last week. These storms have been...

FMC to Explore Wan Hai Detention Charges

· The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has started an initial investigation into Wan Hai’s detention charged to empty containers....

US Chassis in Short Supply

· A major contributing factor in the ongoing supply chain issues in the US has been the availability of chassis. Chassis are...

Weather Impacts felt around the World

· We have seen in the past several months high winds and heavy rains impacting cargo movement and creating additional delays in the...

Looking Ahead to 2022

· · As a changeling year comes to an end, commerce forecasters are looking ahead to what we should expect in the shipping...

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