containers News Updates

The number of shipping containers carrying U.S. imports fell for a second straight month, putting the economic indicator on course for one of the sharpest year-on-year reversals on record.

Oregon lawmakers on June 30 approved $100 million for a new container terminal at the Port of Coos Bay, propelling the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port from proposal to construction plan.

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Shippers faced hurdles with both ocean freight and airfreight in 2023, leading to declined volumes at North America's top container ports and airports.

The busiest land border crossing between the U.S. and Mexico now has an advanced X-ray machine that is intended to help more efficiently move commercial truck traffic through the facility.

Creation of Lake Michigan’s first international container terminal serving the Chicago area is underway since CBP officials approved a Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor plan.

Developers of a new $1 billion container terminal at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, Md., say they expect to break ground by the end of next year and open in 2028, creating 1,100 jobs.

China International Marine Containers Group, the world’s biggest manufacturer of shipping containers, is seeing a surge in revenues from its hydrogen business, a good sign for the fuel.

The nation’s port leaders say that while container volume was down in the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico facilities, overall trends for 2024 are pointing up.

The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels have rerouted most of the trade normally flowing through the crucial maritime artery for consumer goods and energy supplies.