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Boston Consulting Groups sees promise for ocean cargo carriers
Posted 10/11 · 03:04 PM · LM Editorial
While executives in the container-shipping industry would probably like to forget 2011, the resiliency of industry players will prove itself once again, said analysts at the Boston Consulting Group.
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Jones Lang LaSalle report on U.S. seaports is upbeat
Posted 10/03 · 09:50 AM · LM Editorial
In anticipation of the Panama Canal expansion if 2014, the fight for market share of inbound shipping remains fierce among U.S. ports
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Top 30 Ocean Carriers Special Report: Sailing into the black?
Posted 10/01 · 05:04 PM · LM Editorial
Renewed market discipline has helped the world’s leading ocean carriers to restore rates while delivering on enhanced service. Could this be the “turnaround year” on the high seas?
BTS says surface trade with NAFTA partners is up 4.6 percent in July
Posted 09/27 · 10:54 AM · LM Editorial
The United States Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said today that trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was up 4.6 percent in July 2012 compared to July 2011 at $75.7 billion.
Ocean cargo shippers may be hit harder on rates
Posted 09/26 · 08:25 AM · LM Editorial
Transpacific shippers will be facing a new wave of price hikes next year, as carriers collectively agree on a future rate structure
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U.S. ocean cargo vessel imports were down 3 percent in August
Posted 09/21 · 12:04 PM · LM Editorial
Zepol Corporation, a leading trade intelligence company, reports that U.S. import shipment volume for August, measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), is down from July by 3 percent and 0.3 percent from August of 2011
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Exports mark the spot for inland port growth, says Jones Lang LaSalle
Posted 09/19 · 11:55 AM · LM Editorial
A new white paper from global real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) explains how an increase in U.S. exports is driving the need for more U.S.-based strategic inland ports.
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Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach volumes are mixed in August
Posted 09/18 · 06:28 AM · LM Editorial
With Peak Season, or at least the semblance of it underway, August volumes at the nation’s two largest ports—the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB)—were mixed in August.
Port strike could stagger U.S. exporters
Posted 09/13 · 10:11 AM · LM Editorial
The long term implications of a strike at U.S. ports – no matter how short-lived – can be severe
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U.S. Ag shippers voice concern over possible port closures
Posted 09/13 · 09:35 AM · LM Editorial
As the International Longshoreman's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance prepare to resume negotiations, The Agriculture Transportation Coalition is telling its members that the disruptive impact is already being felt in locations far from the coastal seaports
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