The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) announced the successful completion of its first ever tender for sustainable ocean shipping, marking a significant step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by…
https://gcaptain.com/hapag-lloyd-wins-landmark-tender-for-zero-emission-maritime-shipping/
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The main US ports enjoyed another stellar month in March, according to new figures from noted analyst John McCown His figures show imports at…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-inbound-containers-surge-to-start-2024/
March witnessed an upswing in trade at the Port of Long Beach, marking the seventh month in a row of year-over-year cargo growth. Last month, dockworkers and terminal operators handled…
https://gcaptain.com/port-of-long-beach-sees-seventh-consecutive-month-of-cargo-growth/
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I wrote a tweet last year that said: “I want to start an underground fight club, but the twist is I teach you how to fight the ocean carriers with cool contracts. I think I’ll call it ‘ship we don’t talk about.’”
I want to start an underground fight club, but the twist is I teach you how to fight the ocean carriers with cool contracts.
I think...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ship-we-dont-talk-about-contracts-edition
The Port of Los Angeles reported a 19% increase in container units handled in March, marking the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year growth. The port processed 743,417 TEUs in March,…
https://gcaptain.com/port-of-los-angeles-eyes-continued-momentum-as-container-volumes-surge/
WASHINGTON — Joe Kramek has been appointed president and CEO of the World Shipping Council to replace the retiring John Butler, the container shipping lobby group announced on Wednesday.
Kramek has been WSC’s director of U.S. government relations since March 2021.
“I am deeply honored to assume the role of president and CEO, building on the foundation laid by John Butler,” Kramek said. “Together with the dedicated team at WSC, I look forward to addressing the evolving needs of the shipping...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kramek-prepares-to-lead-world-shipping-council
A fourth victim’s body has been recovered from the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in the Patapsco River, officials said.
Salvage teams recovered a vehicle with a body trapped inside while they were working Monday to clear the channel of debris, said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. Six construction workers were repairing potholes on the bridge on March 26 when it collapsed. The workers plummeted to their deaths, and two remain missing.
FBI agents boarded the Dali, the...
The Port of Los Angeles recently opened a waterfront promenade on its property, giving the nearby community unprecedented access to the water and sweeping views of the port’s activities.
The $77 million Wilmington Waterfront Promenade is the second phase of connecting the Wilmington community, located adjacent to the port, to the waterfront. The 9-acre promenade opened in February after more than three years of construction. Until this project, which port officials have deemed “transformational...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-la-opens-promenade-to-connect-community-to-waterfront
WASHINGTON — The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking another round of comments from container line operators and their customers as part of its quest to build the case for potential new mandates on container shipment data sharing.
The FMC wants to supplement an information request issued last year along with a May 2023 report on the agency’s Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI). That project, led by Commissioner Carl Bentzel, attempts to measure the extent to which shipment data is...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmc-building-case-for-new-container-data-sharing-rules
The container market continued to show strength in March as the pull forward ahead of the Lunar New Year continues to pay dividends at the ports.
According to the monthly report by Descartes, U.S. container import volumes in March climbed by 0.4% from February and over 15% from March 2023. The year-over-year gains can be explained by the timing of the Lunar New Year: This year’s holiday occurred nearly three weeks later than in 2023.
Descartes reported that U.S. container import volumes in...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/descartes-container-import-volume-trajectory-is-strong