With temperatures 40 degrees below zero, extreme weather in Northern Corridor of Canada continues to disrupt rail lines. The impact affects the ability for locomotives to generate enough air flow for the train’s braking system. WHAT SHIPPERS CAN EXPECT: capacity, train lengths, and velocity have decreased; ocean port terminals Halifax, [...]
Service contract season is just around the corner, and international shippers are asking themselves the age-old question, “are direct carrier contracts right for us?” Chances are, you’ve either hedged your bets by pairing with an NVOCC for flexibility, or are still weighing the advantages of fixed, annual pricing with a [...]
As Lunar (Chinese) New Year approaches, supply chain managers have begun their yearly, rigorous evaluation of freight services. From rate-shopping to cost-cutting, many annual initiatives are based on the projected market outlook. Here are the 2018 container freight market trends to watch: DEMAND & CAPACITY Two years ago, steamship lines [...]
Since the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s Veified Gross Mass (VGM) mandate over a year ago, fears of disruption, congestion, and operational cost increases have fallen by the wayside, but participants are still questioning the accuracy and benefits of the program. Shippers are still showing variations in the actual [...]
As demand for international goods continues to grow, so do the number of lost and stolen cargo containers. Now, freight containers can be tracked once registered in BoxTech, a non-profit technical characteristics database of global container information established by the Bureau International des Containers (BIC). BoxTech was released in July [...]
The Port of Savannah’s International Multimodal Connector is a $128 million project that will add 97,000 feet of new track to Garden City Terminal and make it an East Coast gateway for fast rail and e-commerce. According to Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the project is set for completion by 2020, [...]
Purifying water in the middle of a desert can be a logistical challenge, and exactly what a leading, Las Vegas-based water packing and purification producer tasked the project cargo team at Green Worldwide Shipping. […]
