Swire Shipping has advised that effective immediately, shipments in 40-foot containers will no longer be accepted to or from Vanimo and Lorengau in Papua New Guinea. Shipments in 20-foot containers will continu...
Latest data shows containerized imports into the Middle East collapsed in the month immediately following the escalation of conflict at the end of February, down 64% in March year-on-year. Exports from the regi...
Freight procurement has always been more than a desk job. It’s built on phone calls, handshakes, and relationships forged over years of navigating uncertainty together. When a crisis hits, those relationships...
Quick Definition: The A3 methodology is a lean management framework—named for the 11″×17″ A3 paper it is documented on—that condenses an entire problem-solving cycle (problem identification, root cause...
ANL has issued separate operational notices covering schedule adjustments and a regulatory tariff update. Due to vessel delays at New Zealand ports affecting operations and berthing schedules, Xin Zhang Zhou vo...
It’s a question we hear all the time from our customers, family, and even friends when we tell them what we do at Falcon Structures: “Where do all those shipping containers actually come from?” It’s a g...
Shipping containers are the global go-to for the storage and transportation of goods. The adoption of containerization in the mid-20th century drastically increased the speed of international trade and r...
Two new quay cranes (QC) that recently arrived at Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) are seen to boost the Port of Gdynia’s capabilities and competitiveness. The QCs are part of an investment program carried out...
Last month’s deal between the agency running Canada’s largest container port and the terminal operator tenant ends a years-long legal battle over development of the Robert Banks Terminal 2 and GCT’s separ...
When Jordan Foster Construction needed site offices at their El Paso Airport, Project Manager Dan Robillard took a different approach: ditch the mobile office trailers and try something new. We caught up with D...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claimed responsibility for the attack on the 3,900-TEU vessel, which the ocean carrier said was “completely unjustified.”
After a difficult first quarter of declining container volumes, the Northwest Seaport Alliance wants to incorporate the best features of both landlord and operating ports to better meet the needs of its exporte...
Industry sources say operations have been affected by yard congestion and associated delays in inter-terminal transfer activity, which is an integral part of transshipment operations.
Justice Department indictments against four of the world’s biggest box manufacturers follow reciprocal port fees and tariffs on China-made port equipment.
Ocean freight procurement has always required nerve. But this tender season is testing shippers in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar, and some ways that are entirely new.
Why a ceasefire alone will not restore global shipping and what the weighted factors of the crisis reveal about the new operating baseline. The post Explainer: Factors that shaped Middle East shipping operation...
Modified shipping containers are used for multiple applications and in many regions across the United States—all the way from the heat of a Texas summer to the frigid cold of a Minnesota winter. But...
Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA), the region’s leading academic institution for maritime training, and an integral part of AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...