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Retailers urge bipartisan approach to modernize US transportation infrastructure
The National Retail Federation today issued the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Relations David French in response to a House committee hearing…
Big container lines consider diverting ships around Africa
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and Hapag-Lloyd AG, two of the world’s largest container carriers, said they’re considering sending ships around Africa to avoid a bottleneck in…
Ever Given situation report
As of 07:00 Egypt time Thursday 25th March Evergreen can confirm the following: After 48 hours of proactive efforts to re-float Ever Given, the time-chartered…
EU has exported 21 million vaccine doses to U.K., official says
The European Union has to date exported 21 million vaccine doses to the U.K., a European Commission official said, on condition of anonymity.
India slows vaccine exports to focus at home as infections soar
India has slowed exports of coronavirus vaccines as it expands domestic inoculations to curb a steady increase in infections, according to government officials with knowledge…
United Air deepens bet on leisure fights that bypass big hubs
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will expand domestic flights that bypass its hub airports, bucking the traditional network strategy of big U.S. carriers and extending a…
Suez Canal crisis revives fortunes of hard-hit tanker owners
It’s taken a maritime crisis to offer hard-hit oil tanker owners an unexpected reprieve, although the relief is expected to be short-lived.
Suez blockage is a signal of what’s ahead as ships get bigger
The 200,000-ton cargo ship currently lodged in the Suez Canal, bringing 13% of the world’s trade to a halt, may be the biggest vessel to…
Ships larger than three soccer fields show why Suez is blocked
The maritime world went into overdrive this week to dislodge one of the world’s biggest ships after it got jammed in Egypt’s Suez Canal, laying…
Suez snarl seen halting $9.6 billion a day of ship traffic
A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows there’s about $9.6 billion worth of daily marine traffic halted by the massive container vessel that lodged in the Suez Canal…