The shipping container is a logistics marvel that can affordably move thousands of items from hundreds of different companies all around the globe. If there is a slowdown in shipping-container ...

Disruption to supply chains triggered by the impacts of Covid-19 has ignited a worldwide shipping crisis, with prices of shipments skyrocketing due to a shortage of containers. Often headlined as the ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The continuing disruption of shipping traffic transiting the Red Sea area looks set to boost vessel emissions as ships that are being rerouted away from the ...

The boom in container shipping is firing up demand for some of the world’s smallest commodity-hauling vessels. With rates to hire 20-foot steel boxes soaring this year, charterers are looking to the ...

What is the Baltic Dry Index (BDI)? The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is a key benchmark for tracking global shipping costs, particularly for dry bulk cargo like iron ore, coal, and grain. It reflects the ...

Shippers of containerized goods were caught off guard this year. Never before had container spot rates risen so far, so fast. But shippers of liquid and dry bulk commodities know such cost swings all ...