Marine Freight

The world’s largest freight forwarder by revenue has big plans for growth even as freight volumes and rates slump. Stefan Paul, chief executive of Switzerland-based Kuehne + Nagel International AG, is pushing…

The world’s two biggest shipping lines said they would end their vessel-sharing partnership in 2025, a move that will shuffle a lineup of global alliances as demand for trade is weakening. A.P. Moeller-Maersk…

Sharpie maker Newell Brands Inc. is opening distribution centers in Pennsylvania and North Carolina to lessen dependence on seaports in California. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.…

Some warehouse workers have been preparing for the seasonal rush of orders and deliveries by learning to hand-tie ribbons and to carefully hand-write notes as luxury brands seek to reproduce the high-end store experience for items shipped…

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S expects logistics revenue to surpass the ocean business by the middle of the decade as the container giant warns of “dark clouds on the horizon” for global shipping demand.Maersk Chief Executive…

The backup of container ships off Southern California’s coast that was at the heart of U.S. supply chain congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic has effectively disappeared.The queue of ships waiting to unload at the ports of Los Angeles…

Companies from food suppliers in the Midwest to retail importers across the U.S. are bracing for a potential national rail strike by seeking alternative transport to keep their supply chains running.But freight capacity is already tight…

A backup of container ships off one of the U.S. East Coast’s busiest ports has swelled to 40 vessels, reviving a bottleneck that had cleared earlier this year and raising fresh concerns over potential supply-chain…

Cargo containers started moving again through California’s Port of Oakland on Monday after independent truck drivers stood down from protests that effectively shut down one of the West Coast’s largest ports for almost…

Sovcomflot has sold about a dozen ships to buyers in Asia and the Middle East, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Russian state-controlled company works to repay loans…