Tag: Ocean Carriers

Surcharges, artificial demands and market opportunists

Supply Chain & Logistics February 2, 2024

Xeneta, a data analytics firm specializing in shipping markets, has presented some data for their webinar January 25, 2024. One of the most striking figures...

‘This is seemingly the new normal’ – Autoblog

Automotive January 6, 2024

Top 10 Global Supply Chain Risks – Supply Chain Game Changer™

Supply Chain & Logistics December 9, 2023

CrimsonLogic Launches Two New Tools in North America

Supply Chain & Logistics October 27, 2023

Yang Ming Accused of Profiteering During Pandemic by Bed Bath & Beyond

Supply Chain & LogisticsSeptember 20, 2023

Taiwan-based container line Yang Ming unfairly exploited its customers by systematically failing to meet its service commitments in order to take advantage of higher...

Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 08/18/2023-08/24/2023

AIAugust 25, 2023

Panama Canal delays causing unrest for ShippersThe Panama Canal is currently facing disruptions due to low water levels and restrictions imposed to conserve water....

Ship It Zero’s green shipping shaming

Supply Chain & LogisticsAugust 7, 2023

Ship It Zero is a collective of US environmental groups. It has designed a new scorecard, with separate metrics for shippers and ocean carriers,...

West Coast container ports hit by labor actions

Supply Chain & LogisticsJune 5, 2023

Apparently the negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) are not going well over wages. Some...

Port of Los Angeles Shipping Volumes Fell 22% Year-on-Year

Supply Chain & LogisticsMay 19, 2023

Cargo volumes at The Port of Los Angeles during April 2023 were down 22% compared to a year earlier, although volumes have been rising again...

FMC fines ONE and Wan Hai Lines $2.65mn

Supply Chain & LogisticsMay 19, 2023

A pair of ocean common carriers recently paid a total of $2.65 million in civil penalties and fines to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to...

Rail storage fee disputes – STB or FMC?

Supply Chain & LogisticsMay 10, 2023

When containers go by rail to or from ports, we would expect that any detention or storage fees would fall under the Surface Transportation...

Are VSAs going away?

Supply Chain & LogisticsMarch 28, 2023

Nick Savvides updates us on the Ocean Shipping Antitrust Enforcement Act (OCAEA), which has been sponsored in the US Congress. The bill would repeal...