Monthly Archives: September, 2016
The Big Dilemma of Returning Hanjin Containers
Canan Unal - 0
As the Hanjin crisis continues to affect the shipping industry, over 500,000 containers are clogging up ports and truck yards at every major port...
Will Self Driving Trucks Solve the Trucker Shortage or Create More Problems?
Rojda Akdag - 0
Highways are the backbone of America. They are the country’s original network and have sparked new communities and businesses in their wake. Today, U.S....
Tariff Hikes Look to Finance Expansion at India’s Biggest Port
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, a company responsible for shipping the majority of India’s containerized freight, is looking to regulate approval to increase taxes...
Information Flow and Its Implementation in Shipping
With the fast changing, and always innovative, new methods of transmitting data in the container industry, information and its accuracy has proven to be...
The Reason for Financial Distress in Shipping Industry
The economic collapse in September 2008 is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. It cost...
Impacts of Hanjin Shipping’s Sudden Collapse
Hanjin Shipping has been in the news. As trade flows have slowed, especially from China, most of the ocean carriers have been struggling with...
What is Going to Happen to the Ocean Alliances After Things are Back to Normal in the Ocean Container Shipping Industry?
Aytac Akgul - 1
First, it’s important to understand the idea behind the creation of the ocean alliances. Over the past couple of years, ocean container carriers have...
