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Out-of-Control Shipping Costs Fire Up Prices From Coffee to Toys
The skyrocketing price of shipping goods across the globe may hit your pocketbook sooner than you think -- from that cup of coffee you...
icarussmith20
Jun 14, 20214 min read


How bad are global shipping snafus? Home Depot contracted its own container ship as a safeguard
Home Depot is one of the largest importers in the country. Yet with congested ports, container shortages and Covid-19 outbreaks slowing...
icarussmith20
Jun 14, 20214 min read


Shipping has a new association, the M7
Leaders of many of the world’s largest economies have descended upon Cornwall in southwest England this week for the annual G7 summit....
icarussmith20
Jun 13, 20211 min read


Cargo Ship Turned Away From Asia, Captain Died but Still on Board
A container ship owned by the same company as the Ever Given — the ship that blocked the Suez Canal — is sailing back to Italy this week,...
icarussmith20
Jun 11, 20212 min read


US, Denmark and Norway commit to ensure hundreds of zero-emission ships are in operation by 2030
International cooperation to decarbonise shipping is pressing ahead with a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission...
icarussmith20
Jun 2, 20212 min read


The Suez Canal is being widened. Will it be enough to stop another ship getting stuck?
(CNN)In March, world trade was thrown into chaos by a boat. The Ever Given, a container ship nearly as long as the Empire State Building...
icarussmith20
Jun 1, 20214 min read


Maersk international destinations sent medical aids to assist India
Maersk has so far transported over 6,000 oxygen concentrators, 500 oxygen cylinders, 60 cryogenic oxygen tanks and several medical...
icarussmith20
May 30, 20212 min read


Shortage of shipping pallets could be the next big supply chain issue
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- After nearly 15 months of living through a pandemic, we're getting use to the fact that sometimes there are...
icarussmith20
May 29, 20212 min read


Hapag-Lloyd Orders 60,000 TEU of Standard Containers
The sharp increase in demand has led to a shortage of containers across the world. Hapag-Lloyd has once again invested in its container...
icarussmith20
May 28, 20211 min read


Cargo Shippers Call on Congress to Reform Shipping Act and FMC
Contending that the congestion, delays, rising fess, and lack of equipment experienced at U.S. seaports has caused unprecedented...
icarussmith20
May 22, 20213 min read


Anthony Fauci said he thinks universities, cruise ships, and airlines will require proof of COVID-19
Anthony Fauci said though the US is not requiring everyone get the COVID-19 vaccine, he expects individual businesses will. Fauci, the...
icarussmith20
May 21, 20212 min read


Shipments Delayed: Ocean Carrier Shipping Times Surge in Supply-Chain Crunch
Cargo ships have been delivering their loads later than ever this year, adding to the supply-chain woes that are undercutting efforts by...
icarussmith20
May 19, 20214 min read


Biden waives US shipping law to mitigate fuel shortages
The Biden administration has temporarily waived a century-old U.S. shipping law for one company in order to mitigate fuel shortages on...
icarussmith20
May 16, 20212 min read


India’s Covid-19 Surge Adds Pressure to Seafarers Stranded at Sea
Shipping companies struggling with cargo bottlenecks are again facing a potential crewing crisis as major ports refuse to accept or...
icarussmith20
May 13, 20213 min read


Too cold to handle? Race is on to pioneer shipping of hydrogen
Hydrogen is touted as an inevitable green fuel of the future. Tell that to the people who'll have to ship it across the globe at...
icarussmith20
May 12, 20215 min read


Shippers Brace for Two More Years of Freight Rate Pain
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Shippers must brace themselves for at least two more years of elevated freight rates and tight supply,...
icarussmith20
May 9, 20212 min read


Shipping Delays and Supply Shortages to Constrain Firms All Year
Companies worldwide expect supply-chain constraints resulting from logistics backlogs and the global semiconductor shortage to continue...
icarussmith20
May 2, 20212 min read


More Shipping Containers Were Lost At Sea In Two Months Than In An Entire Year
Thousands of shipping containers have fallen overboard in recent months as massive new ships, demand for products from overseas during...
icarussmith20
Apr 29, 20213 min read


Are We Still Feeling The Effects Of The Suez Canal Blockage?
On the morning of March 23 2021, a 400-metre-long shipping tanker called the Ever Given wedged itself across the waterway of the Suez...
icarussmith20
Apr 27, 20213 min read


Ship Operators Move Toward LNG to Pare Emissions
The maritime industry, under growing pressure to reduce shipping’s carbon emissions, is coming to a growing consensus that liquefied...
icarussmith20
Apr 23, 20214 min read
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