Container lines

Californian merchandise exporters struggled in May.

Kuehne + Nagel is reporting serious problems with SOLAS in China.

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Ocean container freight rates are set to rise “modestly” over the coming 18 months.

Hyundai Merchant Marine aims to have the largest market share on the Far East-Middle East trade.

U.S. container trade with Asian countries increased in the 12 months ending March 31, 2016, according to data from PIERS, a sister product of JOC.com within IHS.

Shipper frustration over what they see as dubious charges from some terminals, liners and forwarders is intensifying.

Spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific this week took their biggest jump in months.

Hefty July 1 Asia-Europe GRIs have had the desired effect.

Tom Roth-Roffy, the aggressive investigator in charge of the National Transportation Safety Board El Faro inquiry, has retired midway through the investigation.

A nervous container business is bracing for the new VGM regulations.

Cargo agents in China are being squeezed from both sides as box weighing charges fall in their laps.

United Arab Shipping Company’s shareholders voted for a merger with German carrier Hapag-Lloyd.

The state of U.S. freight growth in 2016 and perhaps next year hangs on inventories.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services might join the 2M Alliance.

The impact of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union is expected to be muted.

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s creditors have extended a suspension of debt repayments that was to expire Wednesday.

How containers moving to on-dock ramps will be weighed is still being worked out just days before the rule takes effect Friday.

The not-so-unexpected announcement from the Danish container line was made just as ports, marine terminals and container lines are coming closer to creating a system that will use pre-existing weighing processes to alleviate the burden on U.S. exporters.

U.S. importers are worried about their cargo being rolled this peak season.

Hapag-Lloyd Tuesday said it had reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a merger with United Arab Shipping Co.

Battling a liquidity crisis, the company must cut costs to remain operational.

The new rule’s rollout is just days away, but guidance from operating ports, carriers, terminal operators and nation states has been variable and prone to change.

CMA CGM will delist its shares of NOL on the Singapore stock exchange after crossing the 90 percent ownership threshold.

Hyundai Merchant Marine discussions with Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. to join their 2M Alliance could indicate any number of scenarios.

Berth congestion at the Port of Yangon has eased, but congestion in container yards remains a serious problem.

The larger locks of the Panama Canal open on Sunday, but what impact will they have on global trade and container shipping?

The South Korean carrier is the first container line to make such an announcement and the news has given rise to suggestions that other carriers may soon take a similar approach to the International Maritime Organization’s new rule.

The 2M Alliance plans to shift one of their Asia-to-U.S. East Coast services to the newly expanded Panama Canal.

European shippers and transport companies are bracing for a potential slowdown in trade and higher costs after Britons voted to leave the European Union.

Spot rates on Asia-Europe turn around as carriers prepare for big July 1 increases.

World's biggest shipping company to focus on container transport.

A new containerized cargo transportation firm able to compete with global majors may soon appear in Russia.

Soren Skou, the chief executive officer of Maersk Line, was Thursday appointed CEO of the parent Maersk Group.

Hapag-Lloyd is the latest container line to link up with Inttra.

Evergreen veteran takes over as Yang Ming's new chairman.

The 2M Alliance might be getting a third member.

The general rate increase strategy does not appear to be a complete waste of time.

A French nonprofit representing the container industry is creating a comprehensive database of container tare weights to help shippers comply with SOLAS VGM rules.

Global population growth and a gradually weakening dollar point to a robust trade in commodities.