The surge was driven in part by importers diverting cargo to Southern California to avoid risk of delays from a labor dispute that shut eve...

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which account for roughly a third of all US container imports, have seen a surge this summer just ...

Despite growing capacity constraints, port efficiency remained high, reflecting strong consumer demand and strategic stockpiling by busines...

Combining the numbers of Long Beach and neighbouring port of Los Angeles, the container volumes are seeing a 23% jump in first quarter y-o-...

The International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union, representing 22,000 dockworkers, and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents...

West Coast dockworkers and their employers have been holding labor contract negotiations for over a year, with the occasional slowdown or w...

The most recent data show US consumer spending and retail sales rising at a sluggish pace, a sign that the hottest inflation in almost four...

Retailers have been building up inventories amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks, but many including Target Corp. an...

Some port workers accuse the longshoremen of adding to the chaos at the ports in the lead up to their contract negotiations, boosting their...

Maersk, which handles almost one-fifth of the world’s container traffic, sees a 2%-4% expansion in the market this year, with a strong firs...

US supply chains have strained under unprecedented demand, worker and truck-chassis shortages and a shift to buying more material goods as ...

The two ports together make the biggest gateway for ocean trade in the U.S., handling more than one-third of inbound containers.

Strained supply chains have become an economic drag on the world’s largest economy and a political risk for President Joe Biden.

The spot rate for a 40-foot container from Shanghai to Los Angeles increased to a record $9,733, up 1% from the previous week and 236% high...

Container shipping companies, carrying products ranging from mobile phones to designer goods, have been contending for months with disrupti...

Last week, shipowners in China have voiced anticompetition concerns in the wake of the proposed alliance, to be known as P3.

Mario Monti's decision to resign has left the door wide open for the former Eurocrat to run in the upcoming general election, or take on th...