Container lines

A study recently released by eBay found that 97 percent of commercial sellers, mostly small businesses, on eBay export...

China is seeking to protect its domestic shipping industry from foreign competitors...

Costamare’s third quarter net income fell to $12.5 million from $17.4 million a year ago.

Chilean shipper Compania Sudamericana de Vapores and Virginia Port Authority recently signed a five-year contract extension...

A leading logistics player believes health care shippers could see major supply chain savings by moving away from a “delivery first, cost later” mentality.

TransAtlantic today acquired the operations of Finnish shipping company Merilinja through an asset deal...

Could the major container lines finally be coming to terms with the overcapacity of vessel space that has acted as a drag on their earnings over the past two years?

Singapore-based container carrier APL has temporarily suspended “acceptance of shipments” to and from the Port of Sokhna, Egypt.

Container carrier Hanjin Shipping and maritime transportation company Evergreen Line are reducing capacity on the weekly China-Europe service from October to December...

Evergreen Line introduced Ever Leading at its maiden voyage event in Felixstowe, England.

The new Beijing leadership will likely unify transportation-related agencies under one office, providing more focused policy and regulation, but the transfer of power next month will also probably come with more protectionism, a close watcher of Chinese transport policy said.

NOL Group President and CEO Ng Yat Chung doesn’t expect a rate war on the Asia-Europe trade lane, largely because carrier alliances are removing capacity and carriers realize “increased competition in a shrinking market isn’t a recipe for prosperity.”

The Port of Charleston handled 400,492 20-foot-equivalent units in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the port’s strongest quarter for container volume in four years...

The health of the container shipping market will be better in 2013 and continue to improve in the following years, but growth will still be slow, requiring carriers and shippers to forge “a new type of cooperation,” Cosco Group Director and President Ma Zehua said on Wednesday.

The French government’s long-expected decision to invest in CMA CGM will give the French carrier access to much-needed capital funds at a time when it is trying to restructure more than $5 billion of debt with some 75 bank creditors.

Alberto Aleman Zubieta, 62, will receive the 2012 Connie Award, presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute on Dec. 10 at The Newark Club in New Jersey...

France’s state investment fund Fonds Strategique d’Investissement will subscribe to CMA CGM bonds redeemable in shares for $150 million in return for a 6 percent stake in the France-based container shipping company...

CMA CGM recently launched the Citrus Express, a seasonal service to transport citrus exports from Turkey and Egypt to Russia.

CMA CGM recently announced the reshuffling of its Asia-Mediterranean services, including the removal of its Turkey Shuttle, effective Nov. 8.

Shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine will no longer offer refrigerated services from the U.S. East Coast to Asia, starting Jan. 1, 2013.

August goods exports were $128.5 billion, a $2.1 billion decrease from July; and goods imports were $187.8 billion, a $0.7 billion decrease, announced the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis...

A handful of importers in the eastbound Pacific trades sign their annual service contracts during the cold winter months when spot market rates are low and carriers are anxious to lock in cargo commitments for the coming year.