The Middle East conflict has stoked fears of prolonged disruption to global trade via key maritime corridors.

Shipping containers are typically quite large, in excess of 40 feet, and can be used to ship goods by land, sea or, occasionally, air. Purchasing a shipping container can be quite costly; if you will ...

By Lisa Baertlein LONG BEACH, Calif., March 2 (Reuters) - Container ships account for roughly 100 of the 750 ships ensnared in the Strait of Hormuz backups following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, ...

LONG BEACH, Wash. — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size ...

What container shippers want most today is service stability. But global forces are making that wish increasingly tough to grant.

MSC, the world's largest carrier of ocean container cargo, said on Tuesday all cargo bound for ports in the Gulf will be offloaded at the nearest safe seaport due to ongoing hostilities in the Middle ...

Shipping containers aren't much more than steel boxes. But they have become increasingly valuable during the worldwide supply chain crisis. At any time, there are some 30 million shipping containers ...