As a freight forwarder, I’ve had a front-row seat to the challenges that equipment imbalance can create for exporters and importers. It affects us all, and it’s important to know what to expect should it happen and how to deal with such an eventuality. What Is...
READ MOREMay Shipping Report: Almond Farmers Turn to Alternative Crops
by Eric Bailey
If you are an almond grower in California, you’re no doubt aware of the challenges facing the industry today. While almonds are California’s chief agricultural export,...
April Shipping Update: ILWU Shutdown at California Ports
by Eric Bailey
As we have reported previously in another shipping update, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents dockworkers, has been involved in...
March Shipping Update: Looking Back at 2022 Ocean Carrier Profits
by Eric Bailey
While you may understand how much it costs to ship goods across the globe—and why the costs are what they are—do you know how much the companies that manage those shipments...
February Shipping Report: The Status of Port Delays
by Eric Bailey
In the shipping industry, the one constant is change. The past few years have shown us that conditions can vary daily, and it’s good to have not only a Plan B but perhaps a...
January Shipping Report: ILWU Contract Negotiation Update
by Eric Bailey
For more than six months, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have been striving to come to an agreement that...
December 2022 Shipping Update: Rail Workers Strike and Its Effects on Shipping
by Eric Bailey
A crisis was narrowly averted in the last few days as Congress put a halt to a potential rail workers strike that threatened the supply chain and shipping across the US....
November 2022 Shipping Update: The Future of the Shipping Industry
by Eric Bailey
You’ve undoubtedly heard the saying, “what goes up must come down.” Such is the case across the board, and it also seems to be coming true for the shipping industry. Amid...
October 2022 Shipping Update: Forecast for 2023 Shipping
by Eric Bailey
The shipping industry has weathered numerous storms over the past few years, primarily due to the effects (and aftereffects) of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Now, as we look...
September 2022 Shipping Update: The Importance of Celestial Navigation
by Eric Bailey
The Naval Academy stopped teaching its notoriously difficult celestial navigation course in 2006, ending a tradition that had lasted more than 100 years, since 1845. The...
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