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Reefer Rates Up A Penny In April

DAT Freight & Analytics

The national average rate for reefers lost 2¢ last week, to drop to $2.26 per mile and below April's average.

The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: ‘Pacific Rate Increases Ahead’

Container shipping lines are raising rates on the Asia-U.S. trade lane by $300 per 40-foot container to West Coast ports, and by $400 to all other U.S. ports, starting May 15. This comes on top of the $400 per 40-foot container peak season surcharge that goes into effect on June 15.

Lara L. Sowinski

China's Approval Of P3 Alliance Not So Smooth

China's approval is not a certainty according to a source who spoke to the Journal of Commerce, putting the odds for approval no higher than 50-50.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Truckers: 'We Are Employees'

Dozens truck drivers staged a protest contending they are being treated unfairly by companies who hire them to move containers

Canada Tells The U.S. No To Potential Cargo Tax

Canadian ambassador says the proposal to impose a fee on cargo bound for the U.S. through the ports of its North American Free Trade Agreement partners would “create massive congestion” at the borders and dislocate supply chains.

More Trouble For Panama Canal Expansion Project

The project that was interrupted In February over a dispute over cost overruns, was halted Wednesday for a strike by workers demanding higher wages.

Fuel Efficiency

Are LNG And 'Ultra-Large' Boxships The Future

With containerships getting bigger and slower across the world's trade routes over the ocean, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and bigger containerships could be the only answer to rising fuel costs for carriers.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port of Seattle, Port of Tacoma Merger Faces Big Struggles

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)

Another commissioners’ meeting comes the same week a consultant’s report says that the Port of Seattle’s maritime container facilities were operating at just 38 percent of capacity in 2013.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Reefer Traffic Hurt By Ongoing Union, Port Of Portland Dispute

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

The ongoing disagreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Port of Portland terminal operator ICTSI has many casualties.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Gives The Go-Ahead To G6 Alliance

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

U.S. approval will allow the carriers APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK and OOCL to better compete with the massive vessel-sharing agreement sought by the three largest global container lines P3 Network.

U.S. Wine Exports Are Treatened By Union Talks Of Strikes

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

Negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, dockers' union and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers with the Pacific Maritime Assocation could bring shipping across the Pacific Ocean to a stnadstill.

Will LNG Change Shipping Forever?

Analysts say the number of ships converted to liquefied natural gas will increase 20-fold by 2020, which could translate to lower prices for goods in the future.

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