Ocean Shipping

By Jeff Berman · March 17, 2020
February shipments—at 846,054—decreased 7.5% compared to February 2019, and containerized freight shipments, for the month, were down 4.5%. On a year-to-date basis through February, U.S.-bound waterborne shipments—at 1,874,305—are down 5.4% compared to the same period a year ago.

By Jeff Berman · March 11, 2020
Total February POLA volume—at 544,037 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—saw a 22.9% annual decline. At the Port of Long Beach, total February volume—at 538,428 TEU—saw a 9.8% annual decline.

By Jeff Berman · March 9, 2020
Given how the coronavirus continues to spread, the subsequent impact on global shipping operations is expected to be longer, larger, and more lasting than was first thought, coupled with factory shutdowns and travel restrictions in China affecting production according to the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

By Jeff Berman · February 20, 2020
In a move geared towards augmenting its end-to-end supply chain service offerings, Copenhagen, Denmark-based A.P. Moller Maersk, an integrated container logistics services provider, said yesterday it inked an agreement to acquire El Segundo, Calif.-based Performance Team, a provider of warehousing and distribution services.

By Jeff Berman · February 13, 2020
1026714年1月shipments-at—每年下降3.6%。And containerized freight shipments were off 2.8% annually, with Panjiva saying that it was notable there was a decline even with the earlier timing of the 2019 Lunar New Year. Looking back, for calendar year 2019, total shipments—at 12,243,739—slipped 1.0% compared to 2018, marking its worst annual output going back to 2009.

By Jeff Berman · February 10, 2020
The coronavirus is continuing to impact United States-bound consumer goods originating out of China, according to the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

By Jeff Berman · December 17, 2019
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Larry Gross, president of Gross Transporation Consulting, about the 2019 Peak Season, trade and tariffs, sourcing, and modal conditions.

By Jeff Berman · December 9, 2019
U.S. reports covered in the report handled 1.95 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU) in October, the most recent month for which data is available, which is up 0.6% over September’s 1.97 million TEU and down 7.5% annually compared to the 2 million TEU handled in October 2018, which stands as the all-time monthly record.

By Jeff Berman · December 2, 2019
As a chocolate and confectionary shipper known for various household name sweets––including Nutella, Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, and Tic Tac––Ferrero is intent on getting its shipments to its customers’ sweet tooth’s, or destinations, across multiple modes. And with that intent comes the need for a very high level for augmented supply chain visibility, something it had been struggling with.

By Jeff Berman · November 11, 2019
A final tariff push set to take effect in December is pegged to result in another month of increased import activity for United States-based retail container ports, according to the most recent edition of the Port Tracker Report, which was issued late last week by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.

By Jeff Berman · October 29, 2019
Almost six full months to the day after it was introduced, H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, was passed by the United States House of Representatives by a 296-109 margin.

By Jeff Berman · October 9, 2019
In advance of another round of tariffs set to take effect in December, the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report, which was issued today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates, expects import volumes at major United States-based retail container ports to hit its highest mark for 2019.

By Jeff Berman · September 13, 2019
August shipments, at 1,095,208, eked out a 0.1% annual gain, and on a year-to-date basis, shipments through August, at 8,212,273, are up 1.5% compared to the same period a year ago.

By Jeff Berman · July 10, 2019
High levels of imports are expected to remain intact at United States-based retail container ports, albeit at a lower level than a year ago at this time, as retail shippers rushed to bring goods into the U.S., in advance of scheduled tariff increases, according to the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report published today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.

By Patrick Burnson · June 27, 2019
As he has done in past years at this time, Philip Damas, head of Drewry’s Supply Chain Advisors, shares his views on the current ocean cargo arena.