3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (605+ words) Construction is underway on Delaware’s largest-ever maritime infrastructure project, a $669 million container terminal that state officials say will quadruple the state’s cargo-handling capacity and create thousands of high-paying jobs, even as rival port operators mount new legal challenges to stop…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (345+ words) The Port of Los Angeles processed 955,907 container units in August, capping the busiest three-month stretch in its history as resilient consumer demand and early holiday shipments drove volumes. With more than 2.9 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) moving across its…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (125+ words) The Shipper Rate Report — presented in partnership with Trimble — is a quarterly publication using SONAR datasets to create the most in-depth rate and demand outlook for shippers. The insights within this paper are curated by the market experts at FreightWaves…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (386+ words) The Iran war is pushing bunker fuel prices back toward mid-year levels, setting a higher cost floor for container shipping even as trans-Pacific spot rates show early signs of cooling from peak-season highs. Climbing fuel costs are likely setting an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (511+ words) Trans-Pacific container freight rates rose to new highs last week, supported by peak-season demand that has remained unexpectedly firm despite beginning earlier than usual in May. Persistent congestion at major Asian ports, following a series of typhoons, is also tightening…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (289+ words) Southeast hub in pact to study terminal deepening South Carolina Ports and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have signed a feasibility study agreement toward investigating deepening of the North Charleston Terminal. NCT is currently maintained at 48 feet. The Port of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (475+ words) The orderbook is heavily skewed toward large mainline vessels rather than feeders and smaller regional ships. Global Ship Lease of Athens, using Maritime Strategies International data as of June 30, estimated the orderbook-to-fleet ratio at 39.1% of the overall operating fleet, with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (363+ words) Loaded container volumes at the Port of Oakland remained essentially steady through the first seven months of 2026, despite a difficult July comparison with the previous year. The northern California hub handled 179,999 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July, virtually unchanged…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (202+ words) Shippers should consider U.S. West Coast import gateways for significant cost savings, even with added inland logistics. While spot rates on the trans-Pacific continue to tick up, the spread between these two U.S. fronthaul trades is also growing. Xeneta’s market average spot…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (406+ words) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted a federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal, a major Port of New Orleans development intended to expand the Lower Mississippi River gateway’s capacity for larger ships and growing cargo volumes....