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Air freight divisions at Asian airlines are trapped in an impossible situation.

US maritime regulators are on the forefront of monitoring the market for anti-competitive practices while nudging stakeholders to make containerized supply chains more efficient and reliable.

Southeast Asia’s port scene is incredibly dynamic, and 2017 will be a year of significant changes with big implications for shippers.

The complexity inherent in global supply chains means small disruptions can have big knock-on consequences.

Fierce competition, weak freight rates, and infrastructure shortcomings at many ports across Asia are making life difficult for ocean liners in the world’s largest container trade.

US ports are facing what could be a historically challenging 2017 as changes in the rapidly evolving steamship industry — among them new alliances, consolidation, and escalating ship capacity — heighten the already vigorous competition between ports for cargo.

Breakbulk carriers share a problem common to other ocean carriers: too many ships for too little demand.

US maritime regulators have approved an alliance between container terminals at Port Miami.

Trans-Pacific spot rates to the United States shot up this week.

Reliance on growth from an ever-expanding pie of box volumes growing in the high single or double-digits is a thing of the past for Chinese ports.

This year has been one of “remarkable” growth for DP World in India.

Spot rates on Asia-Europe have managed to hold on to gains as 2016 draws to a close, continuing a steady upward trend that began in March.

Since Hanjin Shipping failed, the 2M has increased its share of imports from Asia to the United States.

The joint venture will be jointly controlled by Gearbulk and Grieg Star.

Food shippers have taken a particular interest in using the rail services made possible by the new line at Port Bronka.

An exciting region for port development globally, South Asia had a busy 2016 and much more is expected in 2017.

Industry analyst doubts Hyundai Merchant Marine’s goal of a 5 percent share of the global container market by 2021.

DP World increased its shareholding in the largest Busan container terminal.

Customs authorities at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and shipping lines are in a dispute over the cause of delays in the port's direct port delivery services.

Plastic resin exports are poised in 2017 to begin a multi-year surge in volume.

The Port of Antwerp handled 10 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the first time in 2016, extending a growth trend that will further boost its market share in the highly competitive Le Havre-Hamburg port range.

Marine terminals able to fork over millions of dollars in automation shouldn’t expect a rapid jump in productivity.

China’s top ports continued a relatively strong second-half throughput performance in November.

Indian maritime authorities have backed down from their pledge to abolish all shipping surcharges following stiff resistance from container lines.

Container exports from Asia will drop off sharply after Chinese New Year and carriers are blanking sailings in anticipation of the slowdown in demand.

Hanjin Shipping’s US liabilities far exceed its US assets, the company told a New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday amid close scrutiny from a host of US creditors.

A diverse group of shippers is ready to challenge fees that container lines and marine terminals impose for delays at US ports. But first the shippers need approval from federal maritime regulators.

Shippers have asked Russia’s competition regulator to investigate what they describe as a system of bribes and close business ties that results in some shippers receiving better treatment than others.

The Asia-Europe spot rate rose this week.

Trans-Pacific spot rates gave back some of their double-digit surge from last week.

Indian shippers appear less keen to rely on the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka for their international transshipment.

Elaine Chao's pro-business approach could be a big win for motor carriers that have faced a laundry list of regulations under the Obama administration that threaten to tighten capacity and increase shipping rates.

The Atlantic container trade is heading for another year of fine-tuning as major carriers focus on the pivotal Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific routes ahead of the spring launch of two new mega-alliances.

Weak demand has eroded domestic shipping rates, and may also have slowed the steady increase of rail transportation of ocean containers.

When it comes to big-budget infrastructure spending proposals, US shippers and transportation providers be warned: you’ve been down this road before.

Breakbulk carrier BBC Chartering has added a monthly service between Southeast Asia and Australasia.

The bull run of the industrial real estate sector is expected to continue well into 2017 as importers and exporters seek quality sites for warehouses and distribution centers close to major seaports and inland hubs, but also in secondary markets.

Shippers have seen cargo delays and higher storage fees, thanks to six months of labor actions.

Port gains new outlet for fast-growing exports of plastic resins.

Surging demand for same day and e-commerce delivery is reshaping the Russian trucking sector.