As was widely anticipated, trucking delays have been mounting in recent weeks in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, the nation’s busiest port and gateway to Asia. The delays are largely the result of a scramble to offload vessels and get freight out of the harbor in advance of next week’s July 1st deadline for […]
OK, let’s face it, choosing the right pallets for international shipping does not usually make for stimulating intellectual discourse. Their proper usage is not a great conversation starter. Nonetheless, if you have stopped by this site, chances are you have more than a passive interest in shipping. Therefore, we will take a chance that you […]
By Blake Cotcamp Meteorology Intern Summary: As spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere, our weekly weather summary for shipping has major snow events looking less and less likely for the near future. As a result, only a couple of minor threats to shipping are forecast this week, as a rain storm in Japan and a […]
Since late last year, shippers have struggled with both a serious shortage of container chassis, as well as port congestion at the nation’s largest ports. These two challenges are inter-related and have been especially severe at the nations’s busiest ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey. Matters have been compounded on the East […]
In the age of Amazon Prime, free shipping and drones delivering packages directly to your residence, we thought we would offer you a little bit of down-to-earth advice while Amazon.com works the kinks out of their drone program. After all, who doesn’t like to save on shipping? In today’s article, we take a look […]
Here it is January of the New Year and you promised your boss that you were going to sit down and review your list of vendors. Or worse, your longtime freight broker has suddenly gone out of business, a roadkill victim of the new MAP-21 legislation recently mandated by Congress. In this article, we take […]
Global Weather Synopsis for the Week of 11/24/2013: Winter Arrives in North America By Blake Cotcamp Meteorology Intern Summary: In this Weekly Weather Forecast for Shipping, many parts of the globe will see their first snowfall of the season this week as winter begins to set in throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Of particular note for this […]
Global Weather Synopsis for the Week of 11/17/2013: By Blake Cotcamp Meteorology Intern Summary: Thanks to the approaching winter in the Northern Hemisphere, tropical cyclone activity is winding down, with only two storms churning out over open water this week. After being hit with severe weather late last week in the Philippines and U.S. Midwest, both […]
Global Weather Synopsis for the Week of 11/03/2013 By Blake Cotcamp Meteorology Intern SPECIAL BULLETIN: Super Typhoon Haiyan Threatens Philippines with Extreme Damage May be Strongest Tropical Cyclone on Record Updated: 11/06/13 – 11:30pm EST Source: NOAA Summary: In the western Pacific, Super Typhoon Haiyan threatens to bring extreme devastation to the Philippines and will impact Vietnam […]
In today’s post, we take a brief look at a perennial problem in the ocean freight shipping industry: peak season delays. Per a recent report by Drewry Maritime Research, an increasing amount of ocean cargo from both Asia and Europe is being delayed by late deliveries or rolled bookings as the 2013 peak season continues […]
