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 is acceptable to both sides. The ILWU contract negotiation affects 22,000 employees at ports...
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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....
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...
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...
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...
First it was the backup off the coast of California, when shipping containers sat at port for up to eight days. Now the backup has shifted to the East Coast, causing port...
With a current inflation rate of 9.1%, it’s hard to believe anything could be going down in price. However, that’s exactly what’s happening with freight rates. One large...
As a freight forwarder, our job is to always stay ahead of what’s happening in the world of shipping. One of the ways that’s evident is in our monthly shipping reports. We...
Just when we thought the worst was behind us and the world was getting back to something resembling normal, chaos has returned. Shipping delays are currently being reported...
Although its official name is the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 (OSRA), due to the fact it was introduced in August 2021, it’s making headlines again. That’s because it...