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Dockworkers in Portland suffered a jurisdictional loss late Monday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that jobs involving the working of refrigerated containers at the port belong to the ri

Port congestion resulting from reduced working hours and higher demand during Ramadan is causing shipping delays in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, prompting new liner surcharges.

Ocean carriers are adding capacity on the Far East-Europe route even as trade growth weakens and ship utilization levels continue to fall, according to container market analyst Alphaliner.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd’s net loss narrowed to 7.3 million euros ($9 million) from 10.6 million euros ($13.1 million) a year ago as surging fuel costs more than outweighed slightly high

Maersk Line rebounded to a $227 million profit in the second quarter from a $95 million loss a year ago and a record $599 million deficit in the previous three months as higher container volumes and o

Optimism among retailers is growing as containerized imports are forecasted to increase 6.3 percent in August and 4.8 percent in the 2012 calendar year over the same periods last year, according to th

Global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc.

The action last week by Portland’s harbor commissioners to ensure the port shares in the costs that terminal operator ICTSI incurred because of longshore labor actions in June was a business dec

Emirates Shipping Line plans several rate increases on its Asia services, effective Sept. 1.

Container shipowner-lessor Global Ship Lease reported a higher second qua

Global containerized trade volumes fell in June from May and also in year-over-year comparisons, according to the latest figures from Container Trades Statistics.

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India said its first fiscal quarter net loss widened to $10 million from $1 million a year ago largely because of higher interest and operating expenses.

With all of the talk about the glut of vessel capacity hanging over the world’s container trades, what you read next may come as a surprise: The excess capacity of this year and next could turn

Great expectations are colliding with hard reality at the Port of Gulfport, Miss., where state officials are considering modifications to a $570 million rebuilding and expansion project.

Steel shipments through Gulf of Mexico ports have long been a two-way race between Houston and New Orleans. Now a third port has elbowed into the picture.

With little fanfare, three organizations that set international standards for global companies agreed in July on a single standard for the equipment used in supplying shore power to vessels at berth.<

Hapag-Lloyd will raise rates in the trans-Atlantic trades effective Oct. 1, 2012.

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Totem Ocean Trailer Express plans to convert two diesel-powered roll-on, roll-off ships to burn liquefied natural gas on TOTE&rsquo;s service between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Maersk Line plans to impose a series of general rate increases on its Asia services that will take effect Sept. 1.

Spot rates in the Asia-Europe trade dropped this week, resuming their month-long pattern of declines after last week&rsquo;s rebound.

Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud will add an eighth container vessel to their Indian Ocean Service linking ports in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.

Greek container ship and bulk carrier owner Euroseas fell $1.4 million into the red in the second quarter as charter rates for the type of small box vessels it owns were stuck at lows last seen in the

Container ships arrived on schedule three-fourths of the time in the second quarter, setting a record for reliability, according to Drewry Maritime Research&rsquo;s latest quarterly Carrier Performanc

Container throughput at major ports in India remained almost flat year-over-year from April through July, the first four months of fiscal 2012-13, according to the latest provisional figures released

Container traffic at the Port of Prince Rupert hit a monthly high in July, as traffic rose 5.5 percent year-over-year to 48,977 20-foot equivalent units.

Container ship lines are still struggling to reduce a vessel supply-demand gap that worsened last year and undermined freight rates, PIERS reports in a

The government of Panama on Tuesday approved the two-stage toll increases proposed by the Panama Canal Authority.

Average spot rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific increased for the second week in a row this week, jumping 17.5 percent, or $429 per 40-foot-equivalent container unit, as liner companies put into effect the hefty general rate increase recommended by the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement.

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APL posted core earnings before interest and taxes of $7 million in the sec

The average carbon dioxide emissions in the global ocean transportation sector declined nearly 6 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year, according to a study performed by

The container equipment fleet grew more than expected last year even though new ship orders plunged in the second half and liner companies stopped ordering new containers.

Container lessor Textainer Group reported a 10.5 percent rise in adjusted net income in the second

APM Terminals said construction of a container terminal in Costa Rica will start on schedule in 2013 after a court rejected a bid by unions to block the $1 billion project.

Sea Cube&rsquo;s adjusted net income jumped 26 percent in the second quarter from a year ago to $13.3 million, outpacing a 21 percent growth in the ocean container lessor&rsquo;s revenue to $49.4 mill

Container ship owner-charterer Rickmers Maritime reported a 4 percent rise in second quarter net profit but warned that charter rates and vessel values may be hurt this year by overcapacity and a weak

Evergreen Line began regular service to Jacksonville with the weekend call of the Ever Unique, part of a joint service between the Taiwanese carrier and MOL.

Singapore-based container carrier APL has resumed services to and from the Port of Aden, Yemen, after a two-week suspension.