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Transshipment Crackdown Burdens US Importers

An executive order and new White House report signal increased scrutiny of country-of-origin claims, importer ownership, production records and international cargo routing. U.S. importers could face expanded documentation requirements, more intensive vetting and closer examination of overseas production as the Trump administration moves to strengthen enforcement against illegal transshipment and tariff evasion. A new White House report alleges that between US$40 billion and US$303 billion in Chinese-origin goods enter the U.S. through ... [+]

WW Outlook Holds as Asia Demand Impacts Ro-ro

Wallenius Wilhelmsen maintained its full-year earnings outlook as surging vehicle exports from Asia kept its ro-ro fleet fully utilized and strengthened freight and charter rates, although higher fuel costs related to the Middle East conflict weighed on second-quarter earnings. The company reported second-quarter revenue of US$1.31 ... [+]

Trans-Pacific Rates Rally as Europe Peak Fades

Trans-Pacific container spot rates moved higher for a second week while Asia-Europe rates continued to retreat, as stronger-than-expected U.S. import demand and carrier capacity management increasingly separate the two major east-west markets. Drewry's World Container Index rose 1 percent to US$4,339 per 40-foot container for the ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Sees Second-busiest July

The Port of Long Beach handled 928,508 TEUs in July, its second-busiest July on record and fourth-highest monthly volume overall, despite a 1.7 percent decline from a year earlier. Imports were nearly flat, slipping 0.1 percent to 467,461 TEUs, while exports increased 14.8 percent to 104,843 ... [+]

Maersk Raises Outlook as Ocean Earnings Surge

A.P. Moller-Maersk sharply raised its full-year earnings outlook after stronger freight rates, growing container volumes and widespread supply chain disruption helped drive a more than fourfold increase in second-quarter Ocean operating profit. Maersk reported second-quarter revenue of US$15.8 billion, up 20 percent from US$13.1 billion a ... [+]

CMA CGM Raises Panama Canal Surcharge

CMA CGM will increase its Panama Canal surcharge on Far East cargo moving to the U.S. East and Gulf coasts as reduced vessel drafts limit the amount of cargo ships can carry through the waterway. The carrier’s Panama Canal Adjustment Factor will rise to US$500 per ... [+]

China’s Iron Ore Imports Rise as Mining Weakens

China’s iron ore mining fell 7 percent year over year during the first half of 2026 as net imports increased 6 percent and steel production weakened, according to BIMCO. Net imports accounted for 57 percent of China’s iron ore supply, up from 50 percent in the ... [+]

Leonhardt & Blumberg Begins VentoFoil Program

Leonhardt & Blumberg has installed wind-assisted propulsion on the first of four general cargo vessels in a program expected to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Two Econowind VentoFoils were installed aboard Hansa Drejoe at Royal Niestern Sander Shipyard in the Netherlands during early August. Sister vessel ... [+]

Einride, DAF Partner to Scale up Autonomous EV

Einride and DAF Trucks are partnering to integrate autonomous-driving technology into DAF electric trucks, moving the companies toward eventual commercial deployment of SAE Level 4 autonomous electric freight vehicles. The companies will initially work with Dutch research institute TNO to define and test integration of Einride's ... [+]

NYK Raises Outlook on Energy, Dry Bulk Lifts

NYK Line reported sharply higher first-quarter revenue and profit and raised its full-year forecast as stronger dry bulk and energy markets offset weaker earnings in container shipping, automotive transportation and logistics. For the three months ended June 30, revenue increased 21.1 percent year over year to ... [+]

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