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Government, Business, Logistics

Egypt Seizes Ever Given Pending $900 Million Compensation

Egypt seized the giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as part of an effort to get more than $900 million in compensation.

April 14, 2021
Logistics

Learn How CRST Is Taking a Custom Approach to Transportation

Program Aired: April 1, 2021. CRST has been working hard since 1955 to deliver superior service to our customers. The clear effort to bring together a multitude of services under our enterprise umbrella will greatly benefit our customers and provide more career opportunities for our drivers.

April 1, 2021
Business, Logistics

Maersk Can’t Find Enough Women to Pursue Top Jobs

The chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Jim Hagemann Snabe, said it is proving difficult to get enough women to apply for top management jobs at the world’s biggest container-shipping company.

March 23, 2021
Business, Logistics

Big Ships Snag Unusual Loads as Dry Bulk Market Tightens

Shipments of timber and grain are being loaded onto a class of ship normally reserved for other cargo as strong demand to move commodities causes dislocations to the supply of vessels.

March 22, 2021
Government, Business, Equipment

Frothy Cargo Market Spurs Vessel Owners to Flip Ships

Flip this ship. That’s exactly what some containership owners are opting to do, capitalizing on a hot ocean freight market that shows few signs of cooling off.

March 3, 2021
Business, Safety

US Dockworkers May Get Better Vaccine Access

Dockworkers at the busiest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia soon may have better access to coronavirus vaccines, as officials on the West Coast battle congestion blamed on shortages of labor and equipment needed to handle a record influx of cargo.

February 8, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Surging Shipping Rates Pose New Headwind for Global Economy

Shocks to supply chains are engulfing a wider swath of the global economy as the pandemic rages on, threatening to stifle Asia’s trade-led recovery just as soaring freight rates make it harder for businesses to weather another year like 2020.

January 14, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Veteran CEO Says Global Shipping’s ‘Perfect Storm’ to Pass

The global shipping industry has run into very rough waters in 2020 as the virus crisis that has engulfed China and roiled commodity markets added to headwinds from a seasonal slowdown and poor weather. One chief executive who oversees a fleet of 55 vessels says there’ll be a comeback.

February 21, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

Stamps.com Stock Soars on Forecast Improvement

Stamps.com Inc. shares surged Aug. 8 after the company raised the midpoint of its yearly forecast, easing some investors’ worst fears.

August 9, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Shopify Sets Up Fulfillment Network in US, Just Like Amazon

Shopify Inc. plans to spend $1 billion to set up a network of fulfillment centers in the United States to help merchants using its e-commerce platform deliver products more quickly and cheaply, much the way Amazon.com does.

, June 19, 2019