Plastics and resins helped drive exports of loaded containers at Gulf Coast ports in Houston and New Orleans in February. Import growth in Port Houston is slowing, but export growth is increasing. Port Houston container volume increased 15% year on year in February to 313,452 twenty-foot equivalent units. "Our cargo...
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In Germany, labor is flexing its muscles once more.
In Germany, labor is flexing: There are numerous quotes about history repeating itself if you Google "history repeats itself quotes." Patterns that repeat themselves are common in the maritime industry. It usually comes in cycles, much like the exuberance seen in shipbuilding. The history we are witnessing is taking place...
How the push to decarbonize shipping has slowed tanker construction to a trickle.
The push to decarbonize shipping appears to be paying off handsomely — not for the environment, but for the owners of the tankers that transport the carbon: the crude oil, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that the world continues to burn in ever-increasing quantities after being transported ever-longer distances across...