1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (463+ words) Chart of the Week: Import Ocean TEUs Volume Index – USA, Logistics Managers’ Index – Inventory Levels SONAR: IOTI.USA, LMI.INVL The IOTI is an index that measures bookings of container imports with a 14-day moving average. Like most indexes, its…...

3+ day, 12+ 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, 17+ 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, 11+ hour ago   (227+ words) Colonial Terminals has opened Foundation 3, a new 25-acre multimodal breakbulk facility on the Savannah River, expanding capacity and connectivity for bulk and project cargo moving through the Port of Savannah region. Foundation 3 includes two warehouses totaling 130,000 square feet, including a…...

4+ day, 12+ 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, 14+ hour ago   (539+ words) Global container shipping’s average emissions intensity rose 1.5% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, but that masked widespread efficiency gains across most vessel segments and stark operational differences between carriers running comparable services. Overall Well-to-Wake emissions intensity climbed to…...

5+ day, 16+ 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, 3+ day ago   (307+ words) Severe weather disturbances in Asia hit global container shipping’s on-time performance in July. Global container vessel schedule reliability dropped to 56.4% in July 2026, a decline of 6.1% from June, according to a new report from Sea Intelligence. It’s the sharpest single‑month…...

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…...