Typhoon Dolphin, the strongest to strike China so far this year, also disrupted coastal and inland supply chains after torrential rain caused extensive flooding in a broad swathe of the country.

A transportation management software vendors’ launch of agents within its existing truckload carrier and broker software is symbolic of a larger mandate for vendors to juice up their solutions with AI.

The deaths of three seamen off the coast of Yemen could dramatically change the risk assessment of carriers and delay moves that have been steadily routing more services through the Bab el-Mandab Strait.

With a slew of 18,000- to 24,000-TEU newbuilds due to launch over the next three years, the search is on for new deepwater terminals on existing big-ship routes, but also in new geographies, writes Jeremy Masters.

Port congestion and longer voyages due to geopolitical disruption have reduced the amount of tonnage available to meet bullish demand expectations.