On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History at Campbell University, former merchant marine, and instructor in Maritime Industry Policy at the US Merchant Marine Academy - breaks down the impact of peaches being grown in Argentina, packaged in Thailand and consumed in the United States on global shipping. We also discuss the role of trains and railroads in the intermodal movement of goods and the recent decision by the Union Pacific to embargo all containers from the West Coast of the United States for one week. The picture that launched a YouTube video https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6QkHWaWYAIPE9T?format=jpg&name=900x900 Container Rates to U.S. Top $10,000 as Shipping Crunch Tightens https://gcaptain.com/container-rates-to-u-s-top-10000-as-shipping-crunch-tightens/ UP temporarily stopping eastbound container service to Chicago https://www.freightwaves.com/news/up-temporarily-stopping-eastbound-container-service-to-chicago Union Pacific suspends inbound international container shipments to Chicago for a week https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/up-suspends-inbound-international-container-shipments-to-chicago-for-a-week/ Union Pacific Map http://www.acwr.com/economic-development/rail-maps/union-pacific Port of Los Angeles Finishes Fiscal Year at 10.9 Million TEUs, a New Western Hemisphere Record https://gcaptain.com/port-of-los-angeles-finishes-fiscal-year-at-10-9-million-teus-a-new-western-hemisphere-record/ Maersk Revamps West and Central Asia Network to Speed Up Cargo Delivery https://gcaptain.com/maersk-revamps-west-and-central-asia-network-to-speed-up-cargo-delivery/ More Panama Canal Transits Highlight Rebounding Global Trade https://gcaptain.com/more-panama-canal-transits-highlight-rebounding-global-trade/ South Carolina Ports Sets New Annual Record for Containers Handled https://gcaptain.com/south-carolina-ports-sets-new-annual-record-for-containers-handled/ John McCown (LinkedIn) h