Every March, the shipping community turns its collective view westward to Long Beach for the Journal of Commerce’s annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference. This event draws all the major names and players in the industry who gather to hear from economists, carrier executives, reporters, thought leaders and shippers about the issues that are on their plate […]

As you may already be aware of, Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin have declared states of emergency, after the most powerful late-winter storm in a decade unleashed torrents of rain that melted snow. The surge overtook rivers and levees, driving thousands of people from their homes. These record-breaking floods are disrupting the flow of domestic and […]