Forwarding

Perhaps more than ever before, bunker fuel surcharges promise to be a contentious issue in next year

Old habits die hard, especially when they've been around for 150 years. That is why ocean carriers i

European liner conferences still have another two years of life. So says the EU's Competiveness Coun

FastShip, the jet-turbine-powered container ship project that has been contemplated, designed and re

Few things cause more heartburn for ocean carriers than missing a Panama Canal transit appointment.

It happens every day: A container ship line has slots to fill on an upcoming voyage. Or a shipper ne

The slew of earnings reports disgorged by publicly listed ocean container lines over the last few we

Con-way Freight is joining the rush to China, partnering with a forwarding company in the latest bid

Four years after the International Longshoremen's Association began trying to organize 115 clerical

A Texas non-vessel-operating common carrier has asked the Federal Maritime Commission for permission

With the Panama Canal having imposed the second of three scheduled toll increases in May and plannin

Ocean carriers serving Europe are deep in discussions with European Union competition authorities ov

Shippers beware: Your just-in-time inventory could be in jeopardy. The shipment you're counting on t

After four years of litigation that's not over, Evergreen America Corp. and the International Longsh

For months, U.S. importers had been looking forward to this year's contract negotiations with trans-

It was a good run while it lasted, but the three fat years for ocean carriers have come to an appare

A funny thing happened on the way to the widely forecast vessel overcapacity in the first quarter. S

Carriers and European regulatory authorities are inching toward a compromise that would allow liner

If Panamanian officials have their way, there will be additional reason to celebrate the 100-year an

Whenever there is a calamity at sea and hazardous cargoes are even remotely suspected as the cause,

Shippers who had containers on the Hyundai Fortune when it caught fire March 21 off the coast of Yem

While hysteria over possible terrorist infiltration resulting from DP World's acquisition of P&O con

While hysteria over possible terrorist infiltration resulting from DP World's acquisition of P&O con

Shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific are bracing for a decline in freight rates this spring as th

Shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific are bracing for a decline in freight rates this spring as th

Friday afternoon traffic jams in Southern California are legendary, but congestion on the freeways c

The growing popularity of all-water routes from Asia to the U.S. is raising two big questions this y

Don't worry if you can't remember all of the new changes by major container ship lines to their east

Succession of leadership at any company presents enormous challenges. It can be especially tricky at

It ain't over till the fat lady sings," the saying goes. But in Europe the fate of the European Comm

The Suez Canal looms large in the outlook for the Mediterranean trade lanes these days. The introduc

Conventional wisdom states that a U.S. carrier cannot compete in the cutthroat trans-Pacific trades

Just when it seemed like European shippers and ocean carriers would never agree on how much informat

At the start of last year, marine containers were in tight supply. Now they're starting to pile up a

The way seems clear for the Federal Maritime Commission to lift the last restriction on non-vessel-o

The other shoe was expected, but the way it dropped caught the container shipping industry by surpri

Ocean-carrier alliances are picking up the pace. During the last decade, they've become dominant on

In recent years, the peak season in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade followed a predictable pattern

This time last year, David Walker had big problems. Like many other shippers, the executive vice pre

If Hapag-Lloyd's parent company completes its announced acquisition of CP Ships Ltd., the German car