Container lines

At an industry exhibition in Shanghai there was resignation to some disruption from the new SOLAS rule.

Hutchison Port Holdings has spelled out its SOLAS policy at four Mexican terminals.

The surging number of mega-ships, increasingly powerful carrier alliances and sluggish global trade growth are making financially pressured container terminals think twice about automation.

Hanjin Shipping met with Seaspan to talk about charter rates.

Container lines keep cutting capacity even as the season for back-to-school restocking kicks into gear.

A South Korean government minister has left open the possibility of a merger between Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai Merchant Marine.

CMA CGM named a new CEO and CFO for NOL.

Damco, the global logistics and freight forwarding group, Tuesday launched container weighing services.

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines launched a new direct regular container service to South Korea.

The Port of New York and New Jersey will be able to accommodate ships with capacities of 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units at its Newark Bay terminals.

The recent rate war between carriers on Asia-Europe does not appear to have had much of an upside.

Because the guidance is so variable and prone to change, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America cannot ensure all the information is timely or accurate.

Container line attempts to increase rates on the major east-west trade lanes are not working.

Hyundai Merchant Marine on Friday said it had reached an agreement with shipowners to secure lower charter rates.

CMA CGM takes yet another major step toward its NOL acquisition.

In what is possibly the most counter-intuitive development so far in this year’s unconventional trans-Pacific peak-shipping season, carriers have announced the suspension of two Asia-U.S. services.

An International Maritime Organization call for countries to exercise regulatory leniency has added to shipper confusion and is the latest harbinger that disruption will hit many of the world’s ports in three weeks.

CMA CGM has agreed to form a joint venture with Singapore-based PSA.

Online container freight rate management company Xeneta has compiled a list of the reasons why shippers are most likely to leave their current container line.

Shippers have been told by another carrier of the steep cost of non-compliance with the new container weighing regulations.

Shipyard, maritime and labor interests have criticized an Alabama congressman’s proposal to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act’s requirements for U.S.-flag shipping between the island and the U.S. mainland.

Orient Overseas Container Line will offer to weigh containers — at a steep cost — for shippers.

Trans-Pacific carriers are beginning to phase in their new deployments for the peak-shipping season.

United Arab Shipping Company is the latest container line to choose Inttra to help comply with a new international container weighing regulation.

Shipping Corporation of India has teamed up in a vessel-sharing arrangement with a domestic short-sea ship operator.

The Suez Canal has extended and deepened discounts to container lines.

Hanjin Shipping, South Korea’s largest container line, is taking its seat at the negotiation table with tonnage providers.

The global transportation industry will muddle through a new SOLAS container weighing rule taking effect July 1.

For the first time, the JOC’s Port Productivity rankings analyze the global terminals making the greatest gains in berth efficiency.

French container line launches all-cash offer for NOL shares.

Carriers on the oversupplied Asia-Europe route have worked out a way to reduce transit times without speeding up ships.

Until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a study of the Arthur Kill turning basin, the size of some ships on trans-Pacific strings that call at the four big container terminals on the western side of the New York-New Jersey harbor could be limited.

Pressure is building on U.S. maritime regulators to quickly decide whether ports and container lines can hash out details on a strategy that could dramatically simplify exporters’ meeting the SOLAS container weight rule.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific increased again this week.

Spot rates on Asia-Europe rise for the second week, pushed up slightly by capacity cuts and general rate increases.

Maersk Line and Russian aluminum producing giant Rusal have signed a three-year deal for the transportation of thousands of TEUs annually.

The shareholders of United Arab Shipping Co. signaled support for a proposed merger with Hapag-Lloyd.

The steep devaluation of the Brazilian currency because of the country's economic weakness has boosted exports.

After completing the most disappointing service contracting season on record, shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific can at least feel confident that things won’t get any worse.

French container line offers online page to help customers.