Forwarding

When Danish research analyst SeaIntel released its ocean carrier reliability report for June, it revealed an interesting — and, for shippers, a potentially ominous — trend: Carriers are ar

When the Federal Maritime Commission launched an inquiry into shipment of U.S.-bound containers through Canadian ports, cargo interests and Canadian officials feared the FMC was trying to build regula

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Baltimore declined 2.8 percent in June from the same month last year but increased 5 percent year-over-year for the first six months of 2012.

Singapore-based container carrier APL plans to impose “operational cost recovery surcharges&rdq

A.P. Moller-Maersk’s five-year plan of focusing on four core strategic businesses is already paying off, according to Group CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen.

IJS Global opened a dedicated warehouse in the Philippines to handle the logistics needs of Novartis Animal Healthcare.

Transportation infrastructure ground to a halt and at least one person was killed as Typhoon Saola made landfall in eastern Taiwan on Thursday.

Hanjin Shipping, riding strong gains in container volume and revenue, climbed back into the black in the second quarter.

Horizon Lines reported a $29.8 million net loss for the second quarter but th

Matson Inc.

Crowley Liner Services pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $17 million criminal fine for conspiring

Spot rates in the Asia-Europe trade rebounded this week after three consecutive weeks of decline as carrier efforts to reduce excess capacity began to take hold.

Container ship owner-charterer Seaspan Corp.

Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping posted a $4 million operating loss on $80 million in revenue despite an increase in container volume, parent company AGL Resources said.

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Orient Overseas Container Line’s parent company reported a 26 percent drop in operating profit

Greek container shipowner Box Ships Inc. more than doubled second quarter charter revenue to $15.44 million from $7.22 million a year ago as it continued to expand its fleet.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance will hold meetings this month by ILA-USMX committees assigned specific issues in negotiations for a new East and

Mediterranean Shipping Co. plans to raise freight rates Sept. 1 on all cargo originating in the Far East and Southeast Asia shipped to the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach a

West Coast ports recorded solid gains in container traffic in June, with imports up 4 percent over the same month last year, and total volume increasing 3 percent.

Major Japanese international freight forwarder Yusen Logistics Co.

DSV’s core profit increased 5.9 percent in the second quarter from a year ago as the Danish logistics and freight forwarding group cut costs to maintain margins in its global air, sea and trucki

Average spot rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific increased by 3 percent this week, or $71 per 40-foot-equivalent container, indicating that carriers have only been able to nail down a small portion of the general rate increase of $500 per FEU that some members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement scheduled for today, Aug. 1.

DP World’s container traffic increased 7.5 percent in the first half of 2012 from a year ago as strong growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the Indian subcontinent outweighed sluggish activity

APM Terminals has signed a 32-year concession contract to design, finance, build, operate and maintain a container terminal at Mexico’s Port of Lazaro Cardenas.

Container ship owner-charterer Diana Containerships Inc.

Panalpina expects further growth on its intra-Asia and Asia-Latin America trades by air and sea in the coming months.

Malfunctioning cranes at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal (Nhava Sheva Port) are wreaking havoc on berthing schedules of vessels calling at the country’s top box gateway.

Waterfront employers and office clerical workers in Southern California softened the tone of their rhetoric Tuesday and agreed to resume contract negotiations at 10 a.m. Pacific time.

Japanese carrier “K” Line narrowed its losses in its April-June first quarter and said it expects rising rates

NYK said its first quarter losses on container shipping narrowed,

Japanese carrier MOL narrowed its loss for its March-June quarter and said it expects improved container shipping results to

Increasing numbers of container ships are facing long-term unemployment amid bleak job prospects in a bearish charter market, according to Alphaliner.

Scandlines completed its exit from Northern Europe’s short sea freight market with the sale of a Baltic Sea route and three vessels to Swedish Orient Line.

Greek shipowner Danaos returned to the black in the second quarter, booking net income of $8.97 million, compared with a year earlier loss of $231,000, as it cut ship operating costs and added 10 vess

Contract negotiations between office clerical workers and the attorney representing waterfront employers in Los Angel

Knud Stubkjaer, a former senior executive with Maersk Line and German shipowner E.R. Schiffahrt, has been named CEO of Carrix, the parent of Seattle-based SSA Marine and Tideworks Technology.

Japan has decided to extend, for another year, punitive tariffs on tapered roller bearings imported from the U.S. in retaliation against a U.S.

They’re not there yet, but the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance are reporting progress on a new master contract for East and Gulf Coast dockwork