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The American Association of Port Authorities has announced “the departure” of CEO Cary Davis in a sudden resignation that appeared to industry observers to be related to trade issues with the Trump Administration. A brief statement from the AAPA said: “Serving AAPA for six years, and promoted to CEO in 2023, Cary has been at […]

There will be a “pause” in the daily Newsletter and topical reports on our website during a short holiday period between December 23 and January 4. All will be anchors away again on Monday, January 5, 2026! As we look forward to the New Year… to you, your loved ones and your team, we wish

The Department of the Interior announced today that it is pausing—effective immediately—the leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States due to national security risks identified by the Department of War in recently completed classified reports. Five specific leases are impacted. A press release affirmed that the pause will give

The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) has announced that Kurt Slocombe has been appointed by the Board of Directors as Interim President effective January 1st, 2026.  This follows the retirement of Shaun Stevenson, President and CEO since 2018. Mr. Slocombe joined PRPA in 2019 as Vice President, Operations, Planning and Infrastructure. He has an extensive

Maersk indicated today that one of its smaller container ships, the 6700-TEU Maersk Sebarok, had completed a test transit through the Red Sea on Thursday and Friday for the first time in nearly two years since the launch of Yemeni Houthi rebel attacks on merchant shipping. “Whilst this is a significant step forward, it does

In a statement released today in Calgary, CPKC warned that the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, unprecedented in scale and scope, “would radically and permanently change the U.S. rail network. If approved, the merger would pose extraordinary and far-reaching risks to customers, rail employees and broader supply chains.” CPKC said it was confident that the

Goods moved before tariffs started earlier this year helped put the Port of Long Beach on course to have its all-time busiest year, exceeding the record-setting 9.6 million cargo containers moved in 2024. The Port of Long Beach achieved its second-busiest November, when dockworkers and terminal operators moved 817,561 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo,

A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) claims that U.S. tide gauge measurements “in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea level rise beyond the historical average rate.” But a new study by Chris Piecuch, a physical oceanographer with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), reaches a dramatically different conclusion. The research

The Port of Los Angeles processed 782,249 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November, a decrease of 12% compared to last year’s elevated cargo levels. With one month left in the year, the Port has handled 9,447,731 TEUs, 1% more than 2024. “Even with all the trade uncertainty, we’ll finish 2025 north of 10 million TEUs, putting