Goldman-Backed Exchange Raises Cash to Expand Shipping Contracts
The New York Shipping Exchange, founded in 2015 by a former industry executive to make the container shipping market more efficient, is raising another $15 million to expand contracts that can help protect companies’ supply chains from price hikes and other uncertainties.
WTO Says Record Global Trade in Goods Might Be Nearing a Peak
Global trade in goods might be close to plateauing — albeit at a record level — amid an outlook clouded by regional imbalances and coronavirus outbreaks that slow economic activity, the World Trade Organization said.
US Seeks to Lower Spiking Shipping Costs With Competition
The Biden administration is set to ask regulators to promote competition in the ocean shipping and rail industries after consolidation led to spikes in prices, according to a person familiar with a pending executive order.
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May 1, 2021Trudeau Signals Move to End Dockworkers Strike at Montreal Port
Canada is planning legislation to end a general strike at the Port of Montreal that’s bound to worsen congestion at other sites and add to global shipping delays.
Egypt Seizes Ever Given Pending $900 Million Compensation
Egypt seized the giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as part of an effort to get more than $900 million in compensation.
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April 1, 2021Maersk Can’t Find Enough Women to Pursue Top Jobs
The chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Jim Hagemann Snabe, said it is proving difficult to get enough women to apply for top management jobs at the world’s biggest container-shipping company.
Big Ships Snag Unusual Loads as Dry Bulk Market Tightens
Shipments of timber and grain are being loaded onto a class of ship normally reserved for other cargo as strong demand to move commodities causes dislocations to the supply of vessels.