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Container vessels stuck at anchor off California are grabbing the headlines. But there's another massive shipping traffic jam out there, one that's holding up even more cargo. This other, less-publicized tale of seaborne gridlock is set in China and it's not about container ships, it's about dry...

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PierPass Inc. said Tuesday its OffPeak program has taken 48 million truck trips out of daytime Southern California traffic since its launch 15 years ago. OffPeak was designed to reduce cargo-related congestion and pollution in and around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by diverting truck...

Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) is helping its customers support carbon-reduction efforts. MSC has partnered with global climate solutions provider South Pole on a carbon-neutral program since early 2019. The container shipping line announced Monday that it was expanding the program to include...

Face masks are among the medical supplies washing up on Australian shores following the overboard loss of about 40 containers from the APL England. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said the APL England experienced a loss of propulsion amid heavy seas shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday...

The amount of fuel carried on a container ship varies based on the engine capacity and size of the ship, which themselves are a function of the particular trading route the ship operates in and the optimal speed of the ship's engine. One of the largest container ships to call on the U.S., the CMA...

Matson Inc. said it had taken delivery of the container/roll-on, roll-off (con-ro) ship Lurline on Dec. 26. Built at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, it is the largest con-ro ever built in the United States. A sister ship, Matsonia, is also under construction at NASSCO and is...

U.K.-based Kontainers is releasing a new version of its freight booking software platform aimed at the small and mid-size enterprise market and priced per transaction. The software-as-a-service company said Kontainers Essentials, the third iteration of its ecommerce platform, enables smaller...

The recent shifting in container line alliances – Hyundai Merchant Marine switching from 2M to THE Alliance and Zim tightening its ties with 2M – raises the question of whether the alliance concept and the ownership consolidation of the past five years have actually paid off. According to Ben...

A federal prosecutor filed to seize a container ship at the center of one of the largest U.S. cocaine busts in history, a first step to a possible forfeiture of the vessel. William McSwain, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, said agents from U.S. Customs and Border...