Container lines

When the earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck northern Japan in mid-March, killing hundreds and causing major damage to that country’s infrastructure, supply chain specialists sensed immedia

With overall exports this year at near-record levels, cotton shippers are hustling to secure equipment and vessel space in the trans-Pacific, and they seem to be fairly successful in doing so.

U.S. container trade is growing at two speeds. Export volume is soaring while consumer-driven imports are rising more slowly.

Japanese automakers are struggling with epic supply chain disruptions in the wake of the magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that devastated the nation’s industrial northeast and clai

When Clarence Gooden, chief marketing officer for eastern U.S.

Recycling paper, plastics and scrap metal is good not only for the environment but also for reducing the U.S. foreign trade deficit. Scrap exports comprise one of the largest sectors in the U.S.

When European Union antitrust authorities sprang a series of surprise visits on the offices of several of the world’s largest container lines, it set off what promises to be a long investigation

After a year of recovery in imports of furniture and home furnishings, U.S. furniture and home furnishings importers are more optimistic than they’ve been in years.

RILA’s Casey Chroust says recovering retailers remain focused on tight inventories and – say it slowly – transportation disintermediation

The 2008-09 economic recession was painful for the footwear industry, but the industry is putting lessons learned to good use now that the market has rebounded.

U.S. textile and apparel imports have been rising this year as a result of growing confidence among importers that U.S. consumer demand is recovering.

With the economy improving, at least one major importer and exporter thinks it’s time to focus on building supply chain models better designed to handle market volatility and allow carriers and

The value of U.S. international trade rebounded sharply in 2010 and is now only 6.2 percent below the peak realized in 2008 prior to the global recession. International trade to and from the U.S.

If the world were a better place, the U.S. Agency for International Development wouldn’t be among the top 100 U.S. exporters.

The barge industry is taking new safety measures to deal with “unprecedented” flooding on the Mississippi River, working closely with the U.S.

CSAV is upgrading its weekly New Discovery service between China, Malaysia and South Africa by extending its coverage to include West Africa.

Container traffic at the Port of Montreal grew 4.5 percent in the first quarter year-over-year on strong demand from the U.S. Midwest and Canada, and double-digit growth in Mediterranean trade.

Wal-Mart remained the No. 1 importer of containerized ocean cargo in the latest annual ranking of The Journal of Commerce Top 100 U.S.

America Chung Nam, the sister company and supplier of wastepaper to China’s largest containerboard manufacturer, was the largest American exporter of containerized goods by volume

The APL Singapore flipped a switch on Friday at the Port of Oakland that made it the first ship there to “cold-iron” and use shore-side electric power, extending a major maritime environme

Maersk Line is pulling out of Gioia Tauro, dealing a major blow to the troubled southern Italian port’s role as the Mediterranean’s leading ocean container transshipment hub.

Hamburg Sud and Maersk Line plan once again to bring back a second sling to their joint Asia – South Africa/South America East Coast Service, which they cut back to one sling for the 2010-2011 s

CMA CGM is said to be negotiating the sale of a 49 percent stake in its Malta container terminal to Turkey’s Yildirim Group, a minority shareholder in the French ocean carrier.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services announced a sharply lower first quarter operating loss of $24 million against $83 million a year ago, driven by higher freight rates and increased cargo volumes.

Matson Navigation says the trans-Pacific service the carrier began five years ago has proven a successful expansion beyond Matson’s comfortable Jones Act trade and that it will maintain its comm

U.S. domestic maritime carriers must continually remind Congress of the ongoing benefits of the Jones Act protections for the business, Matson Navigation President

The sale of TUI's stake in Hapag-Lloyd is delayed as bidders take extra time to go through the books at the container shipping group, according two people familiar with the matter who were quoted by R

Maersk Line said Wednesday it is postponing by a month the implementation of the general rate increase that it planned to apply June 1 on Asia-North Europe trade lanes.

CMA CGM will enlarge the capacity of three ships on order from 13,800 20-foot equivalent units to 16,000 TEUs, according to the carrier.

Hapag-Lloyd said it will apply a port congestion surcharge on all containerized cargo moving from Asia and Oceania to Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Costamare’s first quarter profit slipped 28 percent to $17.9 million from $24.7 million a year ago, but the NYSE-listed container ship owner said it is

Deliveries of container ships are set to hit a record high in 2013, driven by a surge of orders in the past year that has revived fears of overcapacity in container shipping markets, according to ship

Japanese logistics operator Sumitomo Warehouse Co. says it is in advanced negotiations to acquire Weyerhauser’s wholly-owned ocean vessel subsidiary, Westwood Shipping Lines.

“K” Line announced a series of changes in the responsibilities of its executive management team at its board meeting on May 20.

OOCL is changing the leadership at the container line’s trade management group effective June 13.

Maersk Line, extending its environmental initiatives to equipment, will phase out the purchase of containers with floors made of uncertified tropical hardwood this year in a bid to reduce demand for i

CMA CGM will add a call at Greece’s Port of Piraeus this month to its Epic service from North Europe to the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.

Evergreen Group ordered 10 new containerships with capacities of 8,000 20-foot equivalent units from China Shipbuilding Corp.

Interlake Steamship Co. says it will christen one of its vessels in honor of Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., the former chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure.

CSAV, CMA CGM and China Shipping are teaming up to launch a new weekly service with two slings between the East Coast of South America, South Africa and Asia.