Cargo Carriers Fear Port Strike Will Paralyze Half of US Trade September 30, 2024 By Brendan Murray The world’s top container carrier is urging customers to move US cargo through East and Gulf Coast ports before the...
Cargo Owners in Baltimore Disaster Face ‘General Average’ Loss Sharing, MSC Says April 15, 2024 By Brendan Murray The owner of the ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has started a formal process in which companies...
Update: Baltimore Ship Accident Has East Coast Ports Scrambling to Absorb Cargo April 1, 2024 By Brendan Murray US East Coast ports are modifying their operations to absorb cargo diverted from Baltimore harbor, where salvage specialists are starting...
Six Presumed Dead After Bridge Collapse, as Port Disruptions Hit Cars to Coal March 27, 2024 By Brendan Murray, Heather Perlberg and Nacha Cattan The 1.6 mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks....
Half of Red Sea Container-Ship Fleet Avoids Route on Threat of Attacks December 28, 2023 By Brendan Murray and Alex Longley Half of the container-ship fleet that regularly transits the Red Sea and Suez Canal is avoiding the route now because...
Red Sea Merchant Shipping Starts to Grind to a Halt as Houthis Step Up Attacks December 19, 2023 By Rachel Graham, Brendan Murray and Alex Longley Shipping in the Red Sea is grinding to a halt with oil tankers idling and container vessels rerouting around Africa...
Shipping Industry Intensifies Calls to Free Seafarers Still Trapped by Russia-Ukraine War February 24, 2023 By Brendan Murray The global shipping industry is stepping up calls for the United Nations and aid groups to help evacuate hundreds of...
Cyber Pirates Prowling Ship Controls Threaten Another Big Shock June 28, 2022 By Brendan Murray In February 2019, a large container ship sailing for New York identified a cyber intrusion on board that startled the...
U.S. Supply-Chain Pressures Soar to a Record, Index Shows April 5, 2022 By Brendan Murray A measure of U.S. supply-chain pressures rose to a record, adding to already stiff inflationary headwinds from logistics amid dwindling...
Companies Risk Losing More Than 40% of Annual Profit on Supply Chain Shocks: McKinsey August 11, 2020 By Brendan Murray Companies risk losing more than 40% of annual profit once a decade in a world threatened by trade wars, cyber...