Where do the sea containers arriving in the port of Rotterdam come from? What products do they contain? By what means of transport are they then transported to their next destination (sea vessel, ...

Managing the price risk in container freight has become paramount as cargo owners look to hedge the cost of freight which can account for up to 20% of cargo value New freight futures contracts could ...

Right now, around 57 container ships are lingering outside the Port of Los Angeles—the largest port in the US—desperate to unload their cargo and move on. As the delays stretch on for weeks, the ...

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 ...

Shippers around the world are scrambling to keep up with surging freight costs, and the logistics organizations that support them are being challenged in unforeseen ways. Ocean-freight rates to bring ...

Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks trade and supply chains disrupted by the pandemic. Sign up here. Somewhere in the world’s busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among ...

Stakeholders throughout the supply chain understand 2023 will not be like any other year—and this is especially true for the cold chain, both in terms of challenges and opportunities. Offering ...

Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of dollars of cargo sinking to the bottom of the ocean ...

For the past few months, Joachim Kuhn has scrambled to rework his factories and rapidly ramp up production of temperature-controlled containers — a critical but often overlooked part of the global ...