The concept of a single electronic platform for port users is gaining momentum with truckers, beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), and other port users, and GE Transportation’s Port Optimizer at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach is a pacesetter that’s achieving breakthroughs.
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16 Aug 2018
Further, DFDS underscored its confidence, moving forward, by placing an order today for a sixth ro-ro vessel, designed to carry about 450 trucking trailers – just two months after the order for a fifth sister ship at China’s Jingling shipyard.
16 Aug 2018
The world’s largest ocean carrier has reopened shipping connectivity to the Maldives with a direct, weekly feeder link between Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Male, which it believes will prove to be a boon for trade to/from South Asia.
15 Aug 2018
Looks can be deceptive. Terminal operators, a very visible component of container shipping, are often the first to be criticized by BCOs and truckers when there are delays in delivering cargo. However, they have no control over the various transport modes that bring cargo to them.
15 Aug 2018
The new vessels, accounting for almost 44 percent of its current fleet, will boost the Taiwan carrier’s order book to 74 ships.
14 Aug 2018
Hyundai Merchant Marine, which recently announced its withdrawal from the Trans-Atlantic trade, said it expects higher freight rates and load factors through the third-quarter peak season but cautioned cargo volume is likely to fluctuate due to “changes in [the] international situation.”
13 Aug 2018
Sponsored: Craig Mygatt, Sealand CEO, speaks to Mexico-US trade as well as the impact of polyethylene pl
13 Aug 2018
A LinkedIn discussion served as a microcosm for how shippers and the broader logistics industry are wrestling with a few key questions regarding blockchain. Are blockchain’s proponents inordinately and/or prematurely boosting the new technology — including its appropriateness and efficiency-enhancing capabilities?
13 Aug 2018
Under the International Maritime Organization's rule, starting in 2020, ships will only be allowed to emit 0.5 percent sulfur, down from the currently acceptable level of 3.5 percent.
10 Aug 2018
Space is so tight today in the eastbound Pacific that some beneficial cargo owners are paying higher than spot rates to get their shipments on vessels leaving Asia. However, there is a qualifier to that trend shippers should know about.
10 Aug 2018
Unless ocean carriers radically change the paradigm on how they go to market, the Jan. 1, 2020 sulfur cap on bunker fuel will represent another cost that carriers fail to pass on to customers. How many other industries operate this way?
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Commentary
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A fair assessment of the Jones Act’s costs
The irreversible ELD era
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