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Ports
Shipping cost index reaches 11-year high
Aug 25, 2021
The Baltic Dry Index tracks how much it costs to ship materials long distances.
Congestion at U.S. ports means there's now a shortage of shipping containers
by
Mayra Rocha
Aug 11, 2021
The lack of available space means that if you can get a container, you'll pay more for shipping what's in it.
Infrastructure plan would invest in U.S. ports
by
Justin Ho
Mar 31, 2021
The modernization plan could expand port capacity and create jobs along the supply chain.
As e-commerce booms, U.S. ports face traffic jams
by
Justin Ho
Nov 23, 2020
A federal commission is investigating.
What the new coronavirus means for America's busiest port complex
by
Andie Corban
and Kai Ryssdal
Mar 5, 2020
"We've had 41 vessel cancellations from the middle of February through April 1," said Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.
Trade whiplash costs businesses
Aug 15, 2019
Importers, shippers and American ports are struggling to stay on top of the ups and downs of the U.S.-China trade war.
Tariff jitters grow at Washington state port
Sep 12, 2018
The port of Vancouver handles the West Coast's second-largest volume of imported steel, now subject to a 25 percent duty.
For public good, not for profit.
U.S. ports are consolidating, as shipping lines have
Apr 5, 2017
The container-shipping industry is more consolidated than ever. As of this month, the world’s top ocean carriers are now mostly in three major alliances, set to control 90 percent of seaborne cargo. That changes the game for many of the country’s ports, who are themselves beginning to work together. Click the audio player above to […]
As unions decline, dockworkers still have clout
by
Ben Bergman
Feb 23, 2015
Their union has the power to shut down all 29 ports on the West Coast.
What today's longshoremen do
by
Eve Troeh
Dec 28, 2012
A strike by East Coast dockworkers has been put off at least 30 days. These union members are often highly skilled, and they're critical to vital bottlenecks of global trade: ports.