65 Never Looked So Good: The Future of Container Shipping Looks Bright
2021 marks the 65th anniversary of containerized shipping. On April 26th, 1956, shipping containers became an industry. Although it took...
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cameronc86
Jul 1, 20212 min read
What Are Carbon Emissions and Why Do Container Lines Want to Charge a Fee for Them?
While the EU has come up with a carbon emissions trading scheme to reduce the world’s effects toward climate change, container lines are...
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cameronc86
Jun 29, 20212 min read
Global Port Congestion: The History, Current Trend, And What to Expect
Over the last year and a half, we have written several times about the US-based port congestion in relation to COVID-19 as well as a lack...
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cameronc86
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Why Are Shipping Carriers Suspending Calls to Oakland Port?
Until early 2021, the Port of Oakland did not have any first calls inbound from Asia. However, due to record volumes of imports from China l
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cameronc86
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Bottlenecks in Southern China Causing Even More Disruption than the Suez Canal
While the Suez Canal blockage affected a total of about 330,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) over six days, the clogged Yantian...
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cameronc86
Jun 18, 20212 min read
Industry Highlight: Home Goods/Housewares Industry
The shifts caused by the pandemic have been felt by just about every industry, leading to some sudden and substantial shifts in consumer...
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cameronc86
Jun 15, 20212 min read
What Can North American Shippers Expect from the CN or CP Merger with KCS?
Currently, at the time of this article’s publication, two of Canada's biggest railroad companies, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific,...
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cameronc86
Jun 11, 20213 min read
Last-mile Delivery Costs Increase for Retailers as Population Decentralizes
The retail world was already in the process of shifting to digital storefronts and home deliveries prior to the onset of the Covid-19...
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ClearFreight
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Container Shipping Rates Still Surging With Rising EU & US Demand
Global trade continues to take blow after blow in its battle against Covid-19, which is causing freight costs to maintain their upward surge
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ClearFreight
Jun 3, 20212 min read
SoCal Port Congestion Looking Brighter with Increased Longshore Labor Availability
For over a year, ports in Southern California have been running at 110% capacity with full anchorage areas. At times, some ships wait to doc
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cameronc86
Jun 1, 20212 min read
What is a “GRI” and Why are Container Carriers Implementing Them
A GRI, or General Rate Increase, is an increase in base ocean freight rates for a specific route during a set period. These rate...
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cameronc86
May 27, 20212 min read
Why is There a Container Shortage in Asia and What can Shippers Expect?
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, global supply chains have been struggling with container shortages all over the world....
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cameronc86
May 25, 20213 min read
Crack in Memphis Bridge Adds to Shippers’ Woes
A major fracture was discovered in the Hernando de Soto Bridge’s steel support structure during a routine inspection of the Memphis...
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cameronc86
May 20, 20212 min read
The Ongoing Struggle between Longshore Unions and Port Terminals
Tensions between longshore unions and terminal operators have been escalating in North America while struggles in Canada, the Southeast,...
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cameronc86
May 18, 20213 min read
Transpacific Airfreight Rates Soar as US Economy Recovers
Air freight rates on the trans-Pacific continue to climb, as the US economic recovery bolsters robust demand on the capacity-constrained...
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cameronc86
May 13, 20212 min read
Shipping Containers Fall Overboard: How and What Happens Next?
It may come as a surprise to many, but not everything that gets placed on a cargo ship always makes it to its destination. Whether...
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cameronc86
May 11, 20212 min read
What is “Green Financing” and How is it Affecting the Shipping Industry?
Green financing is a new way of financing that connects the terms of loans with certain sustainability metrics. This type of financing...
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ClearFreight
May 7, 20212 min read
The Future of Shipping and Logistics - Automation and Cargo Visibility
As logistics companies struggled to fulfill fluctuating demand with a reduced workforce and added expenses during 2020, they began embracing
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cameronc86
May 4, 20213 min read
What is General Average and Why Cargo Insurance is Important?
Despite humanity’s impressive feats of engineering and our deep understanding of the laws of physics and the natural world, Mother Nature...
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cameronc86
Apr 29, 20212 min read
U.S. Intermodal Network: An Overview
In the mid-1900s, when modern shipping containers emerged, freight railroads and other transport companies began investing in a...
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