For ports in the Southeast US the ELD mandate is creating a capacity crunch that threatens to drive trucking rates higher when the full mandate goes into effect in April.… read more →
For six years in a row, the Port of Virginia has posted a record breaking year and 2017 was no different. Numbers coming from the port show a gain of… read more →
Your friends are encouraging you to go ahead and do it. The product is selling well here, why not expand your business and sell overseas. You have the extra inventory. You… read more →
While a lack luster start to the year in international trade was not unexpected after a growth period of nearly 15 years, the second half of the year has become… read more →
Recently, the Avontuur, the world’s first eco-friendly cargo ship, made her maiden voyage from La Rochelle, France to the Port of Montreal. With eight sails and 15 crew members, the 43.5-meter… read more →
Once the $6.3bn agreement to buy OOCL is approved, Cosco will become the third largest container line in the world. The agreement, announced July 9th, is the latest in a… read more →
The Port of Virginia is all over the news this month with accolades and record breaking numbers. Nelson International is proud to call this our home port and applaud the… read more →
As the three new alliances began calling US ports in April, there have been few operational delays and setbacks. Minor inconveniences such as ships arriving off schedule for new routings… read more →
The world’s first fully electric container vessel, YARA Birkeland, will begin making manned voyages from the YARA production plant in Porsgrunn, Norway to Brevik and Larvik in 2018. The vessel… read more →
With the shipping market in unfamiliar and difficult territory, Drewry looks to make sense out of what happened in 2016 and what is coming in 2017. Everywhere we look for… read more →