Older vessels and jockeying for cargo are crimping the health of the breakbulk sector, which can be seen in recent rate data.

The World Trade Organization has downgraded its 2019 outlook for world trade growth to 2.6 percent from a 3 percent clip in 2018, and global manufacturing is weakening.

In the next two decades, project construction and transport sectors can expect electricity generation to grow in importance, as emerging nations, particularly those in Asia, shift toward light industry, service economies, and digitization.

Executives are increasingly viewing the emerging market economy as a bright spot for investment. And the reason is clear: India’s GDP growth is expected to exceed China’s next year.

Political decisions, whether in trade or monetary policy, are the biggest threats toward US and global economic expansion, IHS Markit’s Nariman Behravesh tells TPM 2018.

Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting Inc. has again revised upward its outlook for Japan’s container trade in fiscal year 2017.

Container throughput at the world's major ports was up sharply in the first half, driven by rising volume being reported by carriers.

The pace of growth in fiscal year 2017 will accelerate from fiscal 2016.

Nine port pairs on services between Southeast Asia and the West Coast are experiencing faster transit times than before the new and enhanced alliances launched April 1.

Indices measuring the health of Japan’s import and export container trade improved in the first quarter.

Traffic began to take off in the second half of the year.

India’s leading transportation and logistics companies booked healthy results in the third fiscal quarter compared with the second.

Maersk Line thinks Brazil’s shipping industry is in store for some Christmas cheer.

Indian exports are rebounding from a slide that lasted more than year.

With next month’s summer Olympics a disaster long before the torch is lit, and with political and economic upheaval swirling, South America’s biggest economy is in the midst of one of its deepest recessions.