Canada’s Ray-Mont Logistics will build its third US transload site at the Alabama port as the company looks to offer shippers an alternative to the busy Gulf Coast hub of Houston.

Carriers and their affiliates now own about 50% of worldwide terminal capacity, coming close to double what it was 10 years ago, according to various industry estimates.

The ocean carrier halted the Pearl service about a year ago due to weak market fundamentals, but said current demand merits its return.

Vancouver and Prince Rupert are in the midst of a long-term recovery from severe disruptions that occurred in 2023 and 2024, indicating not superiority but rather another step in regaining what had previously been the region’s normal role, writes Larry Gross.

Space on vessels leaving Asia has become tight enough that forwarders are warning customers they must book at least three weeks in advance amid a rush to bring in fall and end-of-year holiday merchandise.

The end of the Indus Express service comes as Indian exports to the US East Coast in April were down 25% year over year.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claimed responsibility for the attack on the 3,900-TEU vessel, which the ocean carrier said was “completely unjustified.”

The deal is one of three orders announced recently by vessel operators which together increase the global order book for MPVs to 280 ships, equivalent to 19% of the existing fleet.

Current indications are that the normal schedule program for the “Epic” service will begin with a late-June westbound vessel departure out of India’s Nhava Sheva Port, sources say.

After a difficult first quarter of declining container volumes, the Northwest Seaport Alliance wants to incorporate the best features of both landlord and operating ports to better meet the needs of its exporter and importer customers.

The coming legislation is part of a larger effort by Prime Minister Mark Carney to double non-US exports within the decade and boost supply chain resilience by investing in ports and curbing freight disruptions.

Huge rail bottlenecks are being reported across the busy network, with carriers, forwarders and rail freight operators battling to keep cargo flowing as demand begins to build in an early start to peak season.

A Canadian bitcoin miner that faced customs delays bringing specialty cooling towers into the US from China alleges Zim and the Port of Houston charged unfair per-diem fees.

Last month’s deal between the agency running Canada’s largest container port and the terminal operator tenant ends a years-long legal battle over development of the Robert Banks Terminal 2 and GCT’s separate plan to build a fourth berth at its Deltaport facility.

Strong regional cargo demand, buoyant market sentiment and higher bunker costs signal continued upward movement on intra-Asia rates, executives and analysts warn.

Caterpillar and Deere are key global manufacturers of high-and-heavy cargo and considered bellwether companies for the ro/ro breakbulk shipping segment.

Spot rates on the corridor hit their highest level of the year in the first half of May, but there are mixed views on whether demand will continue into the summer.

Industry sources say operations have been affected by yard congestion and associated delays in inter-terminal transfer activity, which is an integral part of transshipment operations.

Vessel operators are banking on rising demand for ships to support the growth of wind farm installations over the next decade.

The US maritime regulator said the ocean carrier will also refund third parties that paid detention bills and will limit future billing to shippers and consignees.