Monthly Archives: January, 2016
The Push Towards a Cleaner Voyage
Sara Hadim - 1
Amid the increasing concerns of carbon admissions and other pollutants, the shipping industry and the UN’s International Maritime Organization have been taking strides in...
How the Panama Canal Expansion Will Impact U.S. Ports and Freight Traffic
Nezih Akbas - 0
The highly anticipated Panama Canal Expansion is only 4 months away from being completed; it is expected to be completed by May 2016. The project...
Now Amazon as an NVOCC
Aytac Akgul - 1
Everyone in the international shipping industry is talking about the latest news that Amazon has received a license from the FMC to operate as...
Canada’s ACI eManifest program
Ethan Huang - 0
The next phased implementation of Canada’ Advance Commercial Information (ACI) initiative brings forth significant changes on how truckers cross into Canada from the United...
2016 Brief Outlook for Freight Industry and Containerized Imports from Asia
2015 was a year of many challenges. LA port slowdown led to one of the worst congestion in years. It had direct effect on...
How Will TPP Effect China?
Rojda Akdag - 0
Trans Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement between 12 Pacific region countries (Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, USA...
Shipping Lines Mergers
2015 has certainly been one of the most transformative years in shipping industry. The year started with a labor contract negotiation process at west...
What to expect from 2016 for Containerized US Export Market?
Beginning of 2015, on my article for the rest of the year, I forecasted that volumes will be coming down, and accordingly while Europe...
