Shipping & Freight Resource

The sixth Container Port Performance Index has landed, jointly published by the World Bank Group and S&P Global Market Intelligence.. Covering over 400 ports worldwide from 2020 to 2025, it …

In bulk terminal operations, some of the most important equipment may also be unknown outside the industry.. One such piece of equipment is a Tippler.. It may not sound as …

The Asia-Pacific freight market is entering a period where cost pressures, fuel volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and operational disruptions are becoming increasingly interconnected.. While many shippers have spent the last year …

When hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) carried by sea cause damage, the cost can fall on public authorities, coastal communities, fisheries, ports, clean-up teams, and businesses with no direct contract …

China’s revised Maritime Code came into effect on 1 May 2026, marking the first major overhaul of Chinese shipping law since 1993.. The revised Code has 16 chapters and 310 …

Federal prosecutors in the United States have filed criminal charges against the operator of the cargo ship Dali, two years after the vessel struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing …

A vehicle move looks simple from the outside: collect the car, load it safely, and deliver it to the consignee. In practice, vehicle shipping sits at the intersection of capacity …

As geopolitical tensions continue to disrupt international travel networks, the maritime industry is once again facing mounting pressure around one of its most operationally sensitive areas, crew changes.. Flight cancellations, …

If you thought cargo theft was still about opportunistic break-ins at truck stops or the stolen containers, the latest cargo theft intelligence from BSI Consulting and TT Club paints a …

If you are managing freight today, you would have already felt it.. Capacity tightening without much warning, rates moving faster than your contracts can keep up, and routing decisions needing …

~20,000 Seafarers are paying for a war they didn’t want or choose.. We should all be ashamed..!! Twenty thousand human beings.. Civilian workers.. People with families waiting for them at …

Transnet SOC Ltd has announced the appointment of Mohammed Abdool as Chief Executive of Transnet National Ports Authority, effective 01 May 2025.. Mohammed Abdool brings over 29 years of professional …

I was fortunate enough to attend Bryan Adams’ “Rolling with the Punches” concert over the weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa.. My word, what a performance and performer..!! Somewhere between the …

Ten years ago, I wrote a little birthday tribute to the container.. It was a moment to pause and appreciate just how far this humble steel box had come since …

Supply chain teams are under pressure they haven’t felt in a generation. Tariffs, port congestion, and the whiplash of pandemic-era disruption have forced a hard look at where fulfillment networks …

In my previous article on Document of Title not equalling Ownership of Goods, I made the point that holding a Document of Title does not automatically make you the owner …

Multi-load food shipments are a common practice, but without the right precautions, it creates the perfect conditions for cross-contamination. Just one of these incidents can cost carriers and operators between …

Containers do not lie.. They show what is moving, what is not, and where the pressure points in global trade really are.. In this edition of Executive Insights, Lori Ann …

Nobody in shipping thinks of themselves as bad at documents. Forwarders send them. Brokers file them. Suppliers produce them. But the point where most import shipments lose time and money …

There are moments in this industry when numbers stop being just numbers and begin to represent something far deeper, and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), approaching a fleet of 1,000 ships …

The term Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier was formally defined under the US Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. § 40102).. This Act codified the NVOCC as an operator that issues …

If you are moving cargo across Asia Pacific right now, you already sense that the market is not behaving the way it normally does.. Rates are moving without a clear …

This is one of those distinctions that trips up a LOT of people in global trade, including some who have been in the business for years.. A Document of Title …