U.S. concerned about shipping choke points around the world threatening supply chains. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — The Federal Maritime Commission may consider blocking foreign ...

WASHINGTON — Legislation that could shut down a port’s container operations for an alleged security risk is misleading and misguided, according to the American Association of Port Authorities. The ...

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) faced backlash from Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and other congressmen in a letter penned on Friday, stressing that foreign flagged ...

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) reported a slight increase in foreign container volume -- 4.08 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from January to October this year, indicating a ...

The ports lobby said that the stringent and unrealistic conditions imposed for availing the relaxation would render the plan a non-starter Exciting, sharp and clear analysis of the trends that matter, ...

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said over the weekend it recorded a “slight increase” in foreign containers handled at end-October, thanks to “higher exports and imports.” According to data from ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. wo senators have introduced legislation they said would create an Office of Cargo Security within the Department of Homeland Security and it would expand ...

Some foreign shipping agents have decided to refuse to carry cold containers from Vietnam after the two reefer container explosions at Tan Cang – Cat Lai port in April 2011. VietNamNet Bridge – Some ...