Despite Hurricane Matthew at the beginning of the month, the Port of Virginia moved 238,567 TEUs, an increase of 2.2% from October 2015, in the single busiest month of the… 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 →
In an eventful week, the Port of Norfolk has seized $85,000 in stolen auto parts bound for Jordan and $150,000 in counterfeit Disney and Nickelodeon Apparel headed to California from… read more →
Hurricane Matthew caused the southeastern US ports more headaches than dollars. Reopening on Monday after closing early in preparation for the weather system, few damages were reported from Hampton Roads… read more →
Hanjin has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in US courts this week after creditors pulled back any funding at the beginning of the month. Chapter 15 gives a foreign… read more →
Cosco Shipping became the first neo-panamax vessel to traverse the newly expanded Panama Canal when Cosco Shipping Panama was pulled by tugboats through the new locks at Agua Clara. They’ve… read more →
In order to prepare for the Olympic Games, more than 6,000 containers, holding almost 30 million items needed to arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among the three categories of… read more →
Only weeks since the Panama Canal expansion was completed and ships again started passing through the legendary waterway. Before the historic reopening, 100 neo-Panamax vessels had reservations for commercial transit… read more →
As SOLAS took effect on July 1st, ports around the country are moving together with shippers and exporters to create a steady and efficient process to alleviate any growing pains… read more →
In a bit of a shocking twist, the Virginia Port Authority changed position this week and advised they will provide VGM weights to exporters to comply with the SOLAS rules.… read more →