The financial health of the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union is in jeopardy as the union seeks to avoid paying $19 million in damages to a Portland terminal operator over disruptive job actions years ago.

ILWU bankruptcy filing provides dramatic twist to long-running Portland dispute 

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MPV newbuildings are being designed for higher cargo intake and improved efficiency, but any consensus on green fuels and propulsion systems remains elusive.     

Global MPV/HL fleet is “between technologies”: carriers   

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A systems outage that has left less-than-truckload carrier Estes grappling with email, website and data exchange issues is the latest such incident to befall the logistics and transportation industry. 

US LTL carrier Estes hit by widespread systems outage

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Use of the little-known arm of the FMC comes as shippers are increasingly turning to US maritime regulators to perform a consumer protection function in the aftermath of pandemic-linked disruptions and broad shipping reform that became law 15 months ago.

FMC mediation office ramps up help for US shippers seeking dispute relief

Rising airline costs and increasing air cargo demand over the last three months have largely insulated rate levels against a steady and significant increase in available air freight capacity.

Asian air export rates rose in Q3 as cargo demand stabilized 

A significant misalignment in ETS surcharges among ocean carriers can be expected if the per-FEU levies already announced by Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are any indication, according to Sea-Intelligence Maritime Analysis.

Europe’s coming ETS surcharges based on ‘guesswork’: Sea-Intelligence 

These are issues with a myriad of complexity, but they are not beyond the ability of the talented individuals at the FMC and in our industry, who know intuitively and through their experience what is reasonable and just, writes an executive for BassTech International.

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Identifying unreasonable detention charges still a work in progress

Not knowing how to navigate Incoterms rules can create true vulnerability for sellers and buyers of breakbulk and project cargo. 

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Breakbulk carriers

Knowing Incoterms rules 

The decision to suspend a service outright may represent a new leg down in terms of ship capacity, which is expected to grow sharply this year and next.

More trans-Pac service cuts on tap for October as carriers seek to buoy rates 

Shippers more than tripled their formal complaints in fiscal year 2022, emboldened by the maritime regulator’s sharpened focus on how ocean carriers interact with their customers.

Pandemic, shipping reform boost caseload for harried FMC

Ocean carriers on the busy trade lane plan to slash deployed capacity to match falling demand levels that typically follow China’s Golden Week holiday at the start of October.

Asia-North Europe blank sailings to soar in October amid capacity overhang 

The phased implementation of Europe’s emissions trading system on the shipping industry beginning next year will generate significant costs for carriers that will be passed on to customers in the form of new charges.

Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd put shippers on notice ahead of European ETS surcharges 

Senior Editor

A US bankruptcy court approved a $1.525 billion bid by Estes Express Lines to be the “stalking horse” that sets the floor price for Yellow’s terminals at auction, controlling their sale in November.

Estes wins battle to control sale of Yellow terminals amid tightening LTL capacity 

Carriers appear reluctant to make the drastic capacity reductions required to match supply with demand on the westbound trade lane, leaving rates far below pre-pandemic levels.

Trans-Atlantic blank sailings to ease despite loss-making rate levels 

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The BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index measures expected industry expansion or contraction based on revenue forecasts, inventory levels, and order volumes ahead of each quarter. Informed by shippers across various industries and reflects all modes of transport, the LCI comprises data related to customers’ expectations and confidence in their organization’s financial growth or stagnation, level of inventory and warehouse capacity. [BlueGrace Logistics](https://mybluegrace.com/report/bluegrace-logistics-confidence-index/)

Shipper Inventory Sentiment (BlueGrace Logistics)

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