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Idled ocean container capacity has soared to 1.1 million TEUs with 392 ships lying at anchor as slumping cargo flows force carriers to suspend liner services.

The Panama Canal Authority is sticking to its scheduled May 1 toll increase in the face of plans by some of the world's largest container lines to route their vessels the long way around the Central A

Trying to wring every penny of cost out of their global service networks, container lines are seekin

Trying to wring every penny of cost out of their global service networks, container lines are seekin

The business of shipping cargo from Asia to Europe has gotten so bad that it can't get any worse, ev

Like container carriers, ocean freight intermediaries are seeing their cargo volumes drop. But unlik

What are they thinking? Why would the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement be asking for the authori

Facing heavy losses that could extend into 2010 or beyond, container carriers in the eastbound trans

If the holiday season seemed uncommonly stressful at the Port of Charleston, there was good reason.

As they head into what most expect to be a year to forget, container ship lines are redrawing their

If current trends continue, Ron Widdows says, he'll soon be able to see much of the world's containe

As Chinese manufacturers raced to fill their orders before the government shut factories to clear th

Combine a wobbly economy with shifting supply-chain patterns, excess ship capacity and volatile pric

After a year of twists and turns, the Hapag-Lloyd saga ended in anti-climax. On Oct. 12, TUI AG issu

The global economic downturn threatens to change the face of the container shipping industry. It cou

Just when they thought their disagreements with the European Union over antitrust regulation had been resolved, container lines were hit between the eyes with a surprise notice from the EU's Competiti

The psychology of fear is rolling out across the globe as credit markets seize up, and it's affectin

As the psychological shock waves of the financial implosions on Wall Street and in London spread acr

For years, the freight transportation industry's attitude toward user fees designed to fund infrastr

At least three prospective buyers have entered the bidding to buy Hapag-Lloyd, the container ship li

The reality is starting to sink into the global container shipping industry that its luck may be sta

Now that the European Commission has issued its final guidelines for how much ocean carriers serving

Trans-Pacific carriers are praying for a recovery in the U.S. import trade. Ron Widdows says exporte

United Arab Shipping Co., the national carrier of five Persian Gulf states, is gearing up to play in

U.S. exporters have plenty of customers. What they need are containers. Export demand is growing by

After Oct. 17, ocean carriers serving Europe will no longer gather 'round the conference table and d

The P&O Nedlloyd Mondriaan was steaming off the coast of the Netherlands with its decks stacked high

The Advanced Spectroscopic Portal may have stepped to the front in the battle against terrorists' nu

In Sen. Frank Lautenberg's opinion, Congress has to keep up the pressure by demanding 100 percent sc

Walter Kemmsies says the U.S. is still about two years away from what he calls the "real recession."

The news just gets worse for West Coast ports. While they continue to hold a dominant share of the c

In the two years since the Panama Canal Authority announced plans to build a third set of locks, man

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America again is going to see if the Fede

The U.S. economic slowdown, if not yet contraction, could not have come at a worse time for importer

Charlie Woo knows that his company will pay higher freight rates this year for its toy imports from

You miss a 10th birthday or anniversary, chances are you're in trouble with someone in the family. T

The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into pricing practices in the Puerto Ri

It took Michael Frenzel 10 years to transform a staid state-owned German steelmaker into Europe's bi

Is it in play or not? That's been the question surrounding Hapag-Lloyd in recent months. The German

Carrier vessel-sharing agreements are old hat, but this one has a surprising twist. Maersk, the worl