Container shipping

Crowley’s First Avance Class Vessel Quetzal Begins Maiden Commercial Voyage

Containership Offers Faster, Frequent Shipping for U.S. and Central America 

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; April 14, 2025) ­–Crowley’s new LNG-powered containership Quetzal has successfully begun its inaugural commercial voyage, opening the company’s next era of faster, frequent ocean shipping with a new class of vessels for the U.S., Central America and the Dominican Republic.

With capacity for up to 1,400 20-foot container equivalent units (TEUs), Quetzal and its three forthcoming sister Avance Class...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/14/crowleys-first-avance-class-vessel-quetzal-begins-maiden-commercial-voyage/

Descartes Releases April Global Shipping Report: March U.S. Container Imports Show Strong Growth Despite Escalating Tariffs

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 10, 2025 — Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released its April Global Shipping Report for logistics and supply chain professionals. In March 2025, U.S. container imports increased 6.3% over February and 11% compared to the same month last year. While the growth reflects the additional business days in March, it also reinforces the strong performance in January at the start of the year when container import...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/10/descartes-releases-april-global-shipping-report-march-u-s-container-imports-show-strong-growth-despite-escalating-tariffs/

Ocean shipping carbon tax could gouge US consumers, say opponents 

Government representatives are meeting this week to finalize the first-ever global carbon tax on ocean shipping emissions in a move that opponents say could disproportionately hit American consumers.

The initiative is being driven by the International Maritime Organization, which regulates global shipping, following a 2023 agreement that sets a goal of net-zero shipping emissions by 2050. 

Members of the organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee are gathering this week in London...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ocean-shipping-carbon-tax-could-gouge-us-consumers-say-opponents

Expect ‘subdued’ peak container season in wake of tariffs, says analyst

Recent policy changes by the Trump administration — call it an upheaval — are reshaping the dynamics of international commerce, and have profound implications for freight and logistics, says a supply chain analyst.

The scope of the current tariff implementations is unprecedented, both in terms of the levels applied to China and the high rates extended to other U.S. trading partners, said Judah Levine, head of research for Freightos, in a new report. Unlike previous trade tensions where flows...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/expect-subdued-peak-container-season-in-wake-of-tariffs-says-analyst

Port of LA’s Seroka says tariffs to cut container volumes by 10%

Container traffic at the busiest U.S. import gateway is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of the year.

Container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles are expected to plunge by double digits in the second half of the year following months of frontloading and higher import prices due to U.S. tariffs.

“It’s my view that the second half of this year, beginning July 1 through the end of the year, we’re going to start to see a drop in cargo [year on year],” said Port Executive Director Gene...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-las-seroka-says-tariffs-to-cut-container-volumes-by-10

BNSF, NS, Northwestern ports trim 3 days from intermodal speed service to Chicago

BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern (NS) and the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) have announced a collaboration to enhance intermodal service from the Pacific Northwest.

The partners aim to deliver a three-day-faster service for inland point intermodal (IPI) traffic originating from the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, destined for or connecting through Chicago.

The redesigned service plan focuses on efficiency and speed. NWSA will now build trains with less than two days of dwell time off...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bnsf-ns-northwestern-ports-trim-3-days-from-intermodal-speed-service-to-chicago

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