Year-to-date through August, the port has handled more than 1.4 million total TEUs, falling short of that same period last year by 4.5%. 

A record 7.3 million containers passed through Chinese terminals in the seven days through September 20, an increase of 9% from a year ago.

The all-time low marks eclipses the level reached in August, when Western Europe’s hottest ever summer depleted waterways across the region.

According to a September 22 release from the Georgia Ports Authority, Indian cargo has been reaching the Port of Savannah 10 to 14 days faster in recent weeks.

Although Polo isn't expected to make landfall, the storm is still expected to skirt Mexico's coastline, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center predicting up to six inches of rain for some areas.

The number that should matter most to shippers was never the price of oil. 

The memorandum would set up a trilateral partnership centered around shipping routes, energy resources and economic security. 

In some parts of the world, there are barely any of the ships — each the length of three football fields — left for hire.

Each ship will have a capacity of 18,600 twenty-foot equivalent units, with dual-fuel engines that can operate on liquefied natural gas.

The Vivit Africa LNG was sailing east in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas toward Italy early this month when the crew were suddenly unable to access some of the internal control systems