A surge in abandoned empty containers at Nigerian ports has been traced to the staggering cost of shipping them back to origin countries, a new report by the Sea Empowerment and Research Center (SEREC ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Global shipping executives are wrestling with plunging exports, falling freight rates and mounting suspense over whether the industry is headed for a price war in a reversal of the ...

Empty shipping containers are crowding shipping ports around the world and creating an unexpected bottleneck in the global supply chain. Not long ago, the shipping industry was facing a shortage of ...

Empty container repositioning (ECR) is a critical aspect of modern supply chain management, addressing the challenge presented by trade imbalances and the resultant misallocation of container ...

As “pop-ups” go, the one coming to the Port of Seattle is pure pandemic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon be offering $200 to $400 bounties for containers packed with agricultural goods ...

Container ships are an astonishing feat of human innovation and engineering. Their size, weight, and capability to carry gargantuan loads of cargo across large expanses of the ocean have ...

Two Chinese carriers have been shipping more empty export containers than loaded exports out of the two biggest U.S. ports. The top two carriers that transported more empty containers than loaded U.S.

There seems to be a growing controversy between shipping lines under the Shipping Association of Nigeria and licensed customs agents operating in the nation’s maritime industry over the return of ...

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will strictly enforce the 90-day dwell time for empty shipping containers at seaports. According ...

Shipping industry players are grappling with financial losses amid rising operational costs and delayed shipments due to congestion crisis at the Mombasa port.A spot check showed that some shipping ...