Port of Tacoma commissioners hired consultants Steve Rothberg and Monica Isbell last year to develop what they called a SWOT report – strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats – as the first step in creating a new...
Read MoreEast Coast ports from New York to Miami simply aren’t deep enough to handle such mammoth vessels as the CMA CGM Figaro, which measures 1,100 feet long with space for 8,500 cargo containers a tractor-trailer can haul one at...
Read More[ENGLISH TRANSLATION: This news release from Costa Rica’s dockworkers union says that national president Laura Chinchilla’s administration and the JAPDEVA port administrators continue to impose privatization of the...
Read MoreGlobal grain companies looked past anti-government protests that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday to sell Cairo a large quantity of wheat without raising prices to include any risk premium. The sale underscored...
Read MoreThe U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has started an inquiry into how slower container ship speeds are affecting freight rates and supply chains. Ocean liners have been reducing their travel times over the past two years to save...
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