Liner Shipping

Since the advent of COVID-19, the volume of e-commerce spending has surged dramatically. With countrywide lockdown measures, online shopping for consumer goods skyrocketed, sparking a surge in imports at many U.S. ports. To meet this challenge, TRAC Intermodal created a dedicated private chassis pool for global shipper ZIM to handle cargo volumes at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TRAC’s detailed case study describes how its expedited chassis solution helped ZIM meet the express shipping needs of e-commerce customers from South China to the U.S.

On June 25th, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) celebrated the naming of its 2,800 TEU class full container vessel, YM Continuity with a virtual naming ceremony.

THE Alliance and Evergreen launched their new Asia-US Gulf service with the inaugural sailing of the ONE Modern calling on Port NOLA June 21 and marking Port NOLA’s third weekly direct-Asia container service.