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Podcast | The Ups and Downs of the Global Shipping Industry

For the ocean shipping business today, it’s tough enough navigating the rough waters caused by economic cycles. But do carriers sometimes make their own waves?

1109 The Upsand Downs

Global Shipping Freight Rates Slump as Trade Slows

The cost of hiring container ships has plunged 24 percent from a multi-year peak while raw material vessel rates have slumped 10 percent from a five-year high.

When Your Customer Is Major League Baseball, It’s More Than a Game

With its exclusive license to supply promotional merchandise to the nation’s ballparks, BDA faces a massive challenge in meeting requirements for product quality and on-time delivery.

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Global Logistics Renovation: How a U.S. Furniture Maker Rebuilt Its Supply Chain

Thanks to cheap labor, U.S. wood-furniture manufacturers like Bassett Furniture Industries often import their products from Asia — making logistics providers crucial partners.

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Trump Is Rerouting the World's Oil Tankers

U.S. President Donald Trump is redirecting global oil flows.

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Shipping Industry Stares Down New Fuel Restrictions

Tens of thousands of cargo ships, tankers, container ships and cruise liners belch noxious sulfuric gases and fine particles that drift over cities and cover them with smog.

Shipping’s New Arctic Routes May Not Thaw Cold Economic Reality

When the Venta Maersk sailed out of Vladivostok late last month, the container ship was laden with far more than just a load of seafood.

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New Tariffs Bring New Headaches on Top of Higher Costs

Many importers scrambled to get ahead of the U.S. tariffs on Chinese shipments that kicked in Monday.

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Port of Rotterdam Is Preparing for Worst When Britain Crashes Out of EU

In Rotterdam, everyone assumes the U.K. will leave the single market and customs union. Here’s how it plans to cope with the upheaval.

U.K. to Establish a Post-Brexit Port 70 Miles From Sea

The U.K. government aims to address one of the big challenges of Brexit by creating a so-called inland port where imported goods can be checked without causing logjams at the coast, two people with knowledge of the plan said.

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Seven Major Ports Are Working Together to Curb Global Carbonization

A number of major port authorities have launched a joint decarbonization program in a bid to boost the maritime industry’s contribution to the Paris Agreement climate change target.

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Airbus Is Using Sails to Cut Shipping Emissions at Sea

Airbus has announced it will attach sails to one of its transport ships to increase fuel efficiency.

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