Container lines

During September, 43 container vessels called at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans, setting an all-time record for the number of container ships arriving at the port in a given mon

The Somali pirate who led the attack on the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Africa last year will be sentenced Tuesday.

The growth of the intra-Asia container trade lanes will make up for the slower growth of markets in the U.S. and Europe, according to the chairman of Taiwan's Evergreen Marine.

Maersk Line plans to reduce capacity on its Asia-Europe services starting next month and will cut more next year to adjust to slowing demand during the slack winter season.

The parent company of container ship line APL reported third-quarter net profit of $282 million, a turnaround from a $139 million loss a year earlier, as revenue jumped 55 percent to $2.4 billion.

French dockworkers will walk off the job at midnight to join a 24-hour nationwide strike Oct. 19 against government plans to reform the state pension system.

Hanjin Shipping will expand its network into north-south trade lanes by buying slots on a new “K” Line South Africa Express service from Asia to South Africa.

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The level of the water in the St. Lawrence River has risen from last summer’s lows, enabling container ships to carry more cargo into the Port of Montreal.

CMA CGM will launch its New Victory Bridge service on Sunday, Oct. 17 with larger vessels in conjunction with CSAV between ports in North Europe, the U.S. South Atlantic, Mexico and the U.S. Gulf.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will raise its freight rates on shipments from ports on the U.S. Gulf, East Coast and South Atlantic to the East Coast of South America as of Oct. 25.

Bucking global pricing trends, Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Thursday it will raise rates on shipments from northern Europe to the Far East as of Nov. 1.

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The largest container ship ever to call Indian shores arrived Oct. 13 at the Port of Mundra, a deepwater cargo hub on the west coast.

The Containership Co. next month will expand its Great Dragon service from China to Los Angeles by adding a call at the Port of Qingdao in northern China.

French ocean container carrier CMA CGM is close to agreeing to the sale of a 20 percent stake to Turkish family owned company Yildirim for $500 million, according to French media reports.

Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL said Wednesday they are reducing capacity for the slow winter season between Europe and the Far East.

Wilh Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Lines ordered two new car/truck carriers, signaling a recovery from the deep slump in the ocean car transport market that forced the two companies to lay up and scrap ves

Despite the widespread attention paid to attacks by Somali pirates on international shipping in the Gulf of Aden, the true costs of these attacks to the maritime insurance industry are still uncertain

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will impose a low-water surcharge starting Oct.

The Shipping Corporation of India announced a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe, the fourth GRI this year.

Container lines are putting profits ahead of market share, a change that is redefining shipper-carrier relations, Drewry Shipping Consultants said in its Annual Container Market Review & Forecast.

APL’s average revenue per container dipped last month for the first time this year as the carrier’s container volume leveled off.

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The Ivory Coast's Port of San Pedro plans to invest $522 million together with Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Yang Ming Marine will quit providing intermodal chassis to customers at nine locations in the eastern United States.

Container ship lines have yet to prove they can manage vessel capacity well enough to ensure long-term profitability, the chief executive of Japan’s NYK Line said.

Emirates Shipping Line plans to buy slots on the China India Express service operated by Hyundai Merchant Marine between North and Southeast Asia and India.

APL will begin using cleaner-burning fuel in the 85 ships that call at Hong Kong every week, sharply reducing the carrier's emissions at the port.

Safmarine Container Lines reorganized its regional structure to create a new regional unit for its services to and from the Indian Subcontinent.

The number of idled container ships, which has shrunk rapidly over the past year, is set to increase sharply through the fourth quarter as ocean carriers cull capacity on key routes, a leading industr

NYK Logistics (Americas) said it hired two established industry veterans who are joining the executive leadership team of its transportation division in Jacksonville, Fla. as of Oct. 4.

Hapag-Lloyd placed around $700 million of senior notes in the capital market, $200 million more than originally targeted, amid strong investor appetite whetted by the German ocean container carrier's

Ship lines that carry most containerized cargo from Asia to North America have formed a shipper advisory board to provide "a long-needed platform for candid, senior-level dialogue."

Crowley Maritime named Carl R. Fox vice president of strategic initiatives and marketing for the carrier’s liner and logistics business units.

As some of the largest ocean carriers prepare to abandon their practice of providing chassis at U.S.

When the Container Freight Derivatives Association held its inaugural meeting on Sept. 14 in Shanghai, representatives of several container ship lines were on hand, listening carefully.

The National Industrial Transportation League on Friday threw its support to the Shipping Act of 20