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The seemingly endless flood of large vessels into the global container trades has created a pressing need in Canada to invest in its seaports and inland infrastructure.

Auto Warehousing Company’s facility at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 has received approval for export shipments to China following inspections by governmental auditors from that country.

American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier has expanded its Atlantic Service with the addition of a fifth ro-ro vessel, the Freedom...

It sounds pretty straightforward and uncontroversial, but few issues have divided the shipping industry more deeply than the International Maritime Organization’s proposal for a legal requirement to verify the weight of containers prior to loading on a ship.

Ocean carriers’ tactic of shifting surplus capacity from east-west trades to north-south routes is nearing “saturation point,” according to Drewry Maritime Research.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., has been temporarily closed by the government’s partial shutdown.

Major container lines have announced planned rate increases for a variety of trades, as detailed below, slated to take effect in October and November.

When a German container ship, the City of Xiamen, was hijacked by pirates in April, it seemed to be just another incident that has become all too familiar in recent years. News of attacks by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa, after all, had become common. But this attack happened on the other side of the continent, highlighting the changing patterns of global piracy and the new dangers facing ships and shippers off West Africa.

Just a couple of years ago, NVOCCs basked in the glow of the growing share of U.S. imports they were handling on behalf of importers. Ocean carriers were slashing vessel capacity to boost freight rates, and shippers in a scramble early in 2010 were forced to turn to non-vessel-operating common carriers to find the space for trans-Pacific imports.

International merchandise trade continued to be relatively stable in August, deteriorating “slightly” from a reading of 116.1 in July to 116.0 after seasonal adjustment...

An increase in sailing cancellations is on the horizon as the P3 Network alliance has yet to indicate its intentions in detail...

Top 20 non-vessel-operating common carriers based on TEU volume, January-June 2013.

Major container lines have announced planned rate increases for a variety of trades, as detailed below, slated to take effect in October and November.

The Containerization & Intermodal Institute has presented the 2013 Connie Award to John R. McLaurin, president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association.

The intermodal industry in the coming years will have to learn to live with at least several different chassis models, but one thing for certain is that the cost of handling containers at railyards will increase.

A Mystery Shopper survey jointly produced and funded by the Container Freight Derivatives Association and Seaintel Maritime Analysis suggests that index-linked contracts...

Japanese containerized cargo exports will rise 3.0 percent in fiscal 2013, which started on April 1, to 5.176 million 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs), amid a moderate recovery in the global economy, a Tokyo-based research firm predicted in a new report.

Major container lines have announced planned rate increases for a variety of trades, as detailed below, slated to take effect in September and October.

Farmers, railroad and shipping executives agree that if together they can find a way to efficiently ship grain from the rural interior to seaports, the export of containerized grain products would know no limits.

The International Maritime Organization today backed a compromise proposal for verifying the weight of containers before they are loaded on board ships.

The International Bunker Industry Association has welcomed the U.K. government’s call for the International Maritime Organization to expedite the release of its study on...

The Federal Maritime Commission said it is “considering a range of options to obtain further clarity” on how China is implementing a new nationwide value-added tax on international transportation services.

The Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index, a monthly survey of international shippers and forwarders measuring Europe-based air and ocean freight trade lanes...

Troy Container Line has plans to launch new, direct weekly services from Atlanta to Hong Kong and Singapore.

The European Shippers’ Council criticized the absence of shippers at talks at the International Maritime Organization regarding the controversial proposal for...

Shippers who hoped the advent of big new fuel-efficient container ships would cut their fuel surcharges are being disappointed.

A subcommittee of the International Maritime Organization will decide this week whether to move forward with proposals to introduce new rules making it mandatory to weigh loaded containers prior to shipment.

Container overloading and the misleading declaration of container weights is taking center stage once again in the wake of the loss of the MOL Comfort, which broke in half and eventually sank in the Indian Ocean in July.

The outlook for roll-on, roll-off shipping is suddenly looking brighter with its key European market showing signs of emerging from its deepest and longest recession in 50 years, encouraging major industry players to accelerate consolidation of a fragmented niche sector.

Roll-on, roll-off shipping has begun the 16-month countdown to an uncertain future of sharply higher operating costs, lower traffic, bankruptcies and shotgun mergers in their core markets.

The European and Asian shippers’ councils have urged UN maritime officials to reject proposals for the mandatory weighing and verification of ocean containers before they are loaded on board ship.

London is in danger of losing its position as a global maritime center.

The recent surge in orders for mega-ships risks delaying the recovery in liner shipping beyond 2015, according to industry analyst Alphaliner.

A.P. Moller-Maersk is selling its 31.3 percent stake in DFDS, a Danish shipping and logistics company, in a further divestment of non-core assets...

The high cost of shipping Midwest grain by rail to the West Coast is restricting containerized grain exports to Asia, according to a Cargill executive.

The Containerization & Intermodal Institute will present the 2013 Connie Award to H. Winchester “Win” Thurber III, chairman and CEO of Norton Lilly International...

Ship and container reliability decreased in the second quarter of 2013, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s recently published quarterly Carrier Performance Insight report.

When Bill Shea joined DirectChassisLink as CEO 18 months ago, he saw a need for the chassis lessor to broaden its customer base, seek additional distribution channels and reduce costs.

The global container port sector remains “dynamic” and “profitable,” despite numerous changes currently taking place, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s latest report, “Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators.”

The Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index, a monthly survey of international shippers and forwarders measuring Europe-based air and ocean freight trade lanes...