Biden admin, ports prep for cyberattacks as U.S. infrastructure targeted

Cranes rest idle while waiting for a ship to dock to remove cargo containers in Los Angeles Harbor on March 14, 2024.  Genaro Molina | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A top Biden cybersecurity official urged the nation’s ports in a joint call on Wednesday to have their data encrypted, rapidly patch any vulnerabilities … Read more

Dali container removal to take weeks, key to Baltimore port reopening

A Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command image of response crews remove shipping containers using a floating crane barge after the cargo ship Dali struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 7, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Handout | Getty Images News | Getty Images The process of removing shipping containers from the … Read more

New CSX Baltimore crisis rail delivers first diverted cargo shipments

Just days after CSX announced a new rail line in response to the Port of Baltimore closure, the Baltimore-bound containers that were diverted to the Port of New York and New Jersey are back being unloaded in Baltimore. “We will keep this in play for the duration of the port closure,” said Mark Schmidt, vice … Read more

How tugboats can protect American ports from future shipping disasters

Tugboats guide the Maersk Atlanta container ship at the Port of Newark in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Saturday, March 30, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As the Dali container ship neared the Francis Scott Key Bridge after losing power and with no ability to navigate, there were no tug boats to guide … Read more

How Coast Guard is letting ships in Baltimore port for bridge cleanup

Debris is cleared from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge as efforts begin to reopen the Port of Baltimore on March 31, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland.  Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images News | Getty Images Coast Guard officials tell CNBC the secondary channel that is being created in the southwest channel of the Port of … Read more

Railroad CSX’s new freight route for Port of Baltimore closure starts Tuesday

CSX train at Seagirt Marine Terminal, Port of Baltimore. Baltimore Sun | Tribune News Service | Getty Images CSX is starting a new dedicated freight rail service between Baltimore and New York for its clients on Tuesday to help mitigate the trade disruption as a result of the closure of the Port of Baltimore after … Read more

Amazon’s long journey to get rid of its signature brown boxes

Amazon parcels are prepared for delivery at Amazon’s Robotic Fulfillment Centre on December 19, 2023 in Sutton Coldfield, England.  Nathan Stirk | Getty Images News | Getty Images Every year, the U.S. goes through enough cardboard boxes for shipping to pave a one-mile-wide road from New York City to Los Angeles three times, or build … Read more

EV charging for the U.S. freight trucking market is starting to scale

The Einride EV freight truck charging station in Lynwood, California, built by Voltera and located close to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Einride One of the first EV charging stations of scale for freight trucks is opening near the major ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, as the trucking market … Read more

The ocean freight market is in standoff as peak contract season hits

March and April are critical months for ocean carriers looking to ink annual freight contracts with shippers, including the world’s biggest retailers, but this year contract season is turning into a waiting game. The $2,500 spread between spot market rates and long-term freight contract rates for Asia to U.S. West Coast containers has reached its … Read more

Alaska’s ice road oil truckers are in a boom, and causing a backlash

A tanker truck sits near a Parker Drilling Co. oil rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Four decades after the Trans Alaska Pipeline System went live, transforming the North Slope into a modern-day Klondike, many Alaskans fear the best days have passed. Photographer:  Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images … Read more