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CMA CGM’s New Shipfin Program Offers Import, Export Finance

The service includes two initial products, Supply Chain Financing and Cargo Financing, dedicated to importers…

Autonomous Ships Form a $6B Industry. How Soon Until Unmanned Cargo Ships Set Sail?

Autonomous cargo ships using cleaner energy than traditional vessels present a more sustainable alternative…

Digital Container Shipping Association Created for Greater Industry Standardization

Four major ocean freight carriers have formed the Digital Container Shipping Association to create common…

The Ongoing Consolidation of Shipping Points to Sector Sea Change

The consolidation of the ocean freight industry has continued this year, as a trio Japanese carriers merged…

Ocean Shippers Impose Fuel Surcharges as Oil Prices Spike

Major ocean freight carriers have instituted "emergency bunker recovery measures" to counter a hike in fuel…

Maersk Eyes Service Cuts as Profits Sink on Capacity and Cost Issues

Ocean freight giant A.P. Moller – Maersk saw its loss widen to $239 million in the first quarter, and…

International Maritime Organization Aims to Cut GHG Emissions in Half by 2050

The International Maritime Organization has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping…

Digital Disruption Will Cause Waves in Container Shipping

The Digital Age–new technologies, big data and the Internet of Things–will help reinvent the container…

The View From 2067: Bigger, Better Container Ships and Carriers

By 2067, McKinsey & Co. believes the industry will have many new characteristics that will cause dynamic…

Bangladesh Moves to Ease Congestion at Chittagong Port After Two-Week Delays

The Chittagong Port Authority has taken steps to alleviate the congestion situation at Bangladesh's top port…

Megaships in New York Area Ports Could Mean Lower Costs for Clothing

Here come the big ships - the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's $1.6 million project to raise the…

Idle Container Ships Skyrocket on Hanjin Demise, Costs to Rise

Roughly 1.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units are sitting idle somewhere, and that number will only…

The Container Shipping Sector on Track to Lose $5B

The container shipping market may be reaching new lows, but a recovery is on the horizon.

New Shipping Alliance Stokes Fear of Monopoly

In a little-noticed partnership certain to have a big impact on the global container industry and…