Latest News Updates From Brendan Murray

GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

East Coast Ports Scramble to Absorb Cargo

East Coast ports are modifying their operations to absorb cargo diverted from Baltimore harbor, where salvage specialists are starting to clear debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

April 1, 2024
BusinessLogistics

Uber Freight Eyes Tenfold Boost in European Market by 2028

Uber Freight is stepping up efforts to expand in Europe’s fragmented logistics market and aims to increase tenfold to 2 billion euros its freight under management by 2028.

March 12, 2024
GovernmentEquipmentSafetyLogistics

Los Angeles Port Head Says Chinese Cranes Pose Security Risk

The head of the port of Los Angeles said Chinese-made cranes pose a potential risk to national security, but a shortage of alternatives makes it challenging to address the vulnerability.

February 23, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsGlobal Freight

Spot Container Shipping Rates Soar 173% on Red Sea Threats

Short-term rates for container shipping between Asia, Europe and the U.S. are climbing on reduced capacity caused by the threats to cargo vessels in the Red Sea.

January 4, 2024
BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Container Shipping Set for Downturn, Hapag-Lloyd Chief Says

The container shipping industry faces a few years of headwinds as low freight rates and widening geopolitical turmoil cloud the outlook, according to Hapag-Lloyd AG CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.

November 9, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Hapag-Lloyd to Install Satellite Internet on Containerships

Hapag-Lloyd AG, the biggest container shipping line based in Germany, said Sept. 21 it will install SpaceX’s Starlink internet service aboard the ships it owns and manages.

September 21, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Two Flexport Executives to Leave After CEO’s Abrupt Exit

Flexport Inc. executives Teresa Carlson and Darcie Henry are leaving the company, both hired during the tenure of CEO Dave Clark, who unexpectedly departed on Sept. 6.

September 8, 2023
BusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Global Ocean Shipping Costs Creep Higher

Spot rates for shipping containers jumped by the most in more than two years, a sign that a 16-month slump in ocean freight costs that helped ease the sting of goods inflation is over.

August 3, 2023
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Global Supply Chains Back to Normal, N.Y. Fed Says

Global supply chains have returned to normal, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said, almost three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.

March 6, 2023
BusinessLogistics

Logistics Managers’ Gauge Rises for First Time Since March

Supply chain activity in the U.S. picked up for the first time since March, buoyed by elevated inventories even as transportation costs slid for a sixth straight month.

October 4, 2022