Peter T. Leach

Sr. Editor – Peter first started covering international trade for The Journal of Commerce back in 1973. He has been providing readers with extensive insight into the business of shipping is widely known for his expertise on the financial, operating and strategic fundamentals of shipping, with special focus on North American and European trade.

ILA Strike Threat Could Spark Early Peak Surcharge

Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |

Mar 8, 2012 4:21PM GMT

Harold Daggett did trans-Pacific carriers a favor by threatening to strike East Coast ports this year, a veteran carrier executive said. When the president of the International Longshoreman’s Association told The Journal of Commerce’s Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference in Long Beach...

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Will They Never Learn?

Peter T. Leach |

Nov 3, 2011 2:50PM GMT

It’s not a problem of too much vessel capacity, but rather good old-fashioned rate wars that have destroyed pricing on the Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific trade lanes. The rate wars have plunged most of the major container lines into the red for the second quarter in a row for the first six...

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Rival Carriers Ready Response to Daily Maersk

Peter T. Leach |

Sep 30, 2011 8:36PM GMT

While most shippers applaud the call by Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding for a change in the way the container industry conducts business, rival carriers see it as a campaign by the world’s largest carrier to establish clear dominance over the major east-west trade lanes. They are preparing...

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A ‘Rock Star’ Leaves the Stage

Peter T. Leach |

Apr 26, 2011 12:52PM GMT

When Ron Widdows retires as group president and CEO of Neptune Orient Lines at the end of this year, the container shipping industry will lose a tireless advocate and its most visible spokesman. It will also lose the only American who is head of a major global shipping line, and the trade press...

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