The year-in-review story from Daily Coffee News summarizes 2016 as “A Year of Information-Sharing and Buyer Segmentation in Specialty Green Trading.” Datamyne’s launch of its Coffee Import Weekly at NCA is on the list of the Daily’s top 15 importer/trading-focused...
Why did Korea Line close a deal to buy Hanjin Shipping’s business networks and client information, but leave the bankrupt carrier’s ships on the table? Hayes Howard, CEO BlueWater Reporting, raises this and other questions in an analysis of how Asia-North America...
The last Hanjin Shipping vessel dropping off goods in California has set sail from the Port of Long Beach, finally clearing the many ships left stranded by the South Korean carrier’s collapse two months ago, the Los Angeles Times reports. But Hanjin’s bankruptcy...
Export volume at Port of Oakland, Calif., hit a three-year high in October, with year-to-date shipments up 10% over 2015, The Packer reports. Agricultural commodities accounted for 40% of the outbound volume through the port, which handles exports from California’s...
The Port of New York and New Jersey reported a drop in container traffic in September 2016 versus a year ago, Transport Topics reports. The decline can be attributed primarily to the Hanjin bankruptcy and the COSCO-China Shipping merger, say a NY-NJ port spokesman....
Environmental activists and Saudi-oil dealers aren’t usually on the same team. But the week of October 17, their combined efforts sent oil to a one-year high, reports Tim Puko for the Wall Street Journal’s MoneyBeat blog. Drawing on trade data from Datamyne and...
With just months left before the end of the Obama administration, the clock is ticking for new business and regulatory overtures toward Cuba. Reporting from the Datamyne-NEXCO October 13 conference, Preparing for Trade with Cuba, the Miami Herald’s Mimi Whitefield...
Three weeks after South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping filed for bankruptcy, it looks like the cavalry may be mounting up, reports the Virginian-Pilot. The Korea Development Bank has offered Hanjin a new line of credit, and parent company Korean Air Lines okayed a lending...
While importers have been able to retrieve cargos arriving at Los Angeles and Long Beach aboard Hanjin Shipping vessels, the bankrupt carrier is not accepting empty containers or container filled with export merchandise, as reported by California Apparel News...
In contrast to the abject fears of cell phone, toy and computer retailers, drinkers of imported wine and their favorite stores are not likely to feel any holiday pain from the insolvency of South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping, according to Wine Industry Insights. Based on...
