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A large European non-vessel-owning common carrier will become the first forwarder to offer less--than-containerload booking through the electronic platform created by INTTRA, the electronic portal fou

CMA CGM, which has been heavily involved in relief efforts in Haiti since the earthquake devastated the country on Jan.

For a company that lost more than $1 billion in 2009 and is almost certain to spend 2010 in the red, Hapag-Lloyd seems an unlikely recovery story.

Navigating through a storm of historic magnitude, any ship captain probably would be expected to make adjustments and even look for an entirely new course.

BNSF’s top intermodal executive concedes the western railroads have permanently lost much of their East Coast market share to all-water container shipping services from Asia, but Steve Branscum

The North American intermodal business is developing a split personality.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it is temporarily using several 8,085-TEU ships, the largest to call at U.S.

The Federal Maritime Commission has given members of the carrier discussion group in the eastbound Pacific the authority to talk about strategies intended to reduce air emissions, water pollution and

APL said Friday it will apply a general rate increase to all cargo moving from the Far East to India and Pakistan.

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India will seek a rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe, as part of what it called a rate restoration program.

CMA CGM will seek a general rate increase on all westbound cargo on the EPIC Service from India and Pakistan to Europe and the Mediterranean, starting March 1.

Container volume at the Port of Long Beach increased in January for the second straight month, while total traffic in neighboring Los Angeles was down only 2.39 percent.

Diana Shipping, a Greek bulk carrier owner, agreed to invest $50 million in a new company being formed to buy container ships.

PD Logistics, part of the PD Ports Group, will handle all British imports of Tsingtao Beer from China under a new contract with the UK’s largest independent drinks manufacturer and distributor,

Dean Tracy, director of international logistics at Lowe’s, had a devilish time getting his spring and summer merchandise on vessels leaving Asian ports in late January.

For shippers and carriers in the U.S.-Southeast Asian trade lanes, the best times are yet to come.

Bulk shippers and carriers routinely buy and sell futures contracts called freight forward agreements based on the Baltic Dry Index of bulk rates, to hedge against the risk that a rise or fall i

If you had told importers a year ago vessel capacity out of Shanghai would be so tight in early 2010 they might have to shift some ocean freight to air, you might have been laughed off the docks.

Five shipping lines are setting up a new vessel-sharing agreement that will start service in April between Asia and the East Coast of South America via South Africa.

Norwegian ship-owners Feb. 12 won a legal victory against the government's bid to raise $3.8 billion in back taxes.

Ocean container freight rates are surging on key Asia-Europe trade routes as traffic rebounds from a year-long downturn and carriers cull capacity.

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

The German government is pressing South Korean shipyards to delay deliveries of container vessels to financially troubled German ship-owners.

The steep rise in the Drewry Container Rate Benchmark for shipping a 40-foot container from Hong Kong to Los Angeles came to an end in the week ended Feb.

OOCL will implement a general rate increase for all dry and reefer cargoes leaving Hong Kong, Macau and South China for shipment to Canada.

The member lines of the Oceania Vessel Sharing Agreement (Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Line, and ANL-USL) are planning to add an additional vessel to the weekly Pacific Southwest String (PSW)

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

A non-vessel-operating common carrier is complaining to the Federal Maritime Commission that an interrelated group of competitors is violating the Shipping Act by operating without a license, tariff o

Import cargo at the top North American container ports will grow 25 percent in the first half of 2010 compared to the same period last year, demonstrating that a sustained trade recovery is under way,

Container ship charter rates are rising after two years of steep declines as ocean carriers seek extra tonnage in response to higher cargo volume on key liner trade routes.

Rickmers Maritime Trust, the Singapore-based containership owner, reported fourth quarter net income more than doubled from a year ago as it continued refinancing negotiations with its banks.

OOCL said on Monday it will impose a general rate increase on westbound trans-Atlantic cargo as of April 1.

INTTRA, the Internet portal for ocean freight, is evolving into a commercial entity, churning out products for new markets with the help of a capital infusion from an investment group taking a majorit

Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s sixth-largest container carrier, is set to move from financial intensive care into operational convalescence.

There’s room to park around the Port of Baltimore, and that’s a good sign for shipping.

China, the largest market for U.S. chicken exports, plans to impose anti-dumping tariffs of up to 105.4 percent on U.S. broiler chicken imports, starting Feb.

The port of Hamburg lost significant market share to close rivals Rotterdam and Antwerp last year as cargo traffic crashed more than 21 percent from 2008 and container volume shrunk by even more.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today unveiled details of President Obama’s plan to double U.S. exports within five years to $3 trillion while creating 2 million U.S. jobs.

Hanjin Shipping will raise rates on Canadian exports to Asia effective March 1, the company announced Thursday.

Truck drivers at India’s Port of Chennai began a sudden strike Wednesday night, threatening serious delays to cargo moving through the country’s southeastern maritime gateway.