Shipping Containers Are Regularly Lost at Sea. What Happens When They Burst Open? October 4, 2024 By Christina Larson, Helen Wieffering and Manuel Valdes Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the...
Cargo Theft Increases Heading into Labor Day Holiday, Report Shows August 30, 2024 While workers are taking a break to celebrate a holiday that honors labor, crooks will be laboring to take advantage...
Sunk Superyacht Likely to Cost Insurers At Least $150 Million, Experts Say August 30, 2024 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Insurers of the Bayesian superyacht that sank this month, killing tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others, could be on...
The Biggest Cargo Claims Challenges This Year July 10, 2024 By Justin Murphy Cargo claims are an inevitable part of the shipping industry, but the challenges associated with these claims are getting both...
US Eyeing Ship’s Electrical System After Baltimore Bridge Crash April 11, 2024 By Ari Natter Federal investigators looking into what caused a ship to crash into a vital Baltimore bridge last month are honing in...
Risk Reigns in Ocean Shipping, Industry and Economic Experts Say March 6, 2024 By Lisa Baertlein Risk is the “new normal” for the global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of global trade as pressure from...
Chinese Ships Get Cheaper Insurance to Navigate Red Sea February 7, 2024 By Alex Longley and Áine Quinn Chinese-owned merchant ships are getting hefty discounts on their insurance when sailing through the Red Sea, another sign of how...
Cargo Thefts Up 59%, Misdirection Top Threat: CargoNet February 5, 2024 There were 692 reported thefts of cargo across the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2023, a...
Houthi Attacks in Red Sea Are Idling Car Factories and Delaying New Fashion January 30, 2024 By Paul Wiseman And Mae Anderson Car factories have idled in Belgium and Germany. Spring fashion lines are delayed at a popular British department store. A...
Airstrikes on Yemen Bring New Level of Chaos to Shipping in the Southern Red Sea January 19, 2024 By Áine Quinn, Julian Lee and Alex Longley The US and UK’s decision to hit back at Houthi militants after weeks of attacks on merchant shipping in the...