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South Carolina Ports recorded what it described as its "best calendar year in history" in 2021 as the gateway handled an unprecedented amount of cargo. "2021 was a truly banner year for South Carolina Ports," SC Ports CEO Jim Newsome said. "Amid...

Maersk said in its latest customer advisory that operations at Ningbo Port continues to be "normal" amid Covid restrictions implemented at Beilun. "Container load and discharge operations keep normal in the three terminals near the epidemic area...

The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach announced that consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” will be held off another week, until January 17 citing improved port conditions. In a statement, the two ports said they have seen a comb...

ZIM has announced the launch of North China – Australia Express (C3A), ZIM’s new Express service, connecting major ports in North China, South Korea, and Australia to meet "fast emerging demand." In a statement, it said the C3A will follow the Xi...

Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has become the world's largest container line by capacity, according to shipping analytics firm Alphaliner, noting higher trans-Pacific volumes and fleet growth. Figures released by Alphaliner on January 11 showed...

The annual container throughput at Shenzhen Port reached 28.77 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2021, up 8.4% year on year, which is a "record high" according to Chinese state media.

China has started construction of the world's largest roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) ship in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, according to reports from Chinese state media. The said ship is 238 meters long and 34 meters wide, with a design draf...

Shanghai Port, the world's busiest container port, saw container throughput exceed 47 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last year. Chinese state media reported that with this, Shanghai Port ranked first globally for 12 consecutive years...

Covid-19 related disruptions at Ningbo, home to the world's third-largest container port, continued following announcements of a partial lockdown of Ningbo city in East China's Zhejiang Province. "The authorities announced a lockdown for the dist...

The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach announced that they will further delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week, this time until January 10 citing improved cargo movement in the ports. "Since the program was...

DHL announced that effective immediately, Deutsche Post is now offsetting all CO2 emissions generated by its mail transport operations as part of its efforts to make a more sustainable mail service at no extra cost to customers.

Suez Canal reported that its annual revenues reached US$6.3 billion in 2021, the highest in the Egyptian waterway's history despite the Covid-19 pandemic and disruptions brought by the blockage by cargo ship EVER GIVEN in March last year.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development forecasts that maritime trade growth will slow, citing, among others, the drag from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earlier this year, Walmart and Home Depot made headlines with their decisions to charter ships to ensure they would get their imports from Asia to their distribution centres in time to avoid stockouts and lost sales. Since then, the ongoing supply ch...

The supply chain industry is ramping up its efforts to push for sustainability in the sector with representatives from both the aviation and shipping sectors adopting a net zero carbon emissions goal by 2050.