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From his office window in the New York Container Terminal, Jim Devine can see the rigs blasting rock at the bottom of the Arthur Kill, deepening the channel leading to the terminal’s berths to 5

The U.S.

With freight rates in the westbound trans-Pacific already under pressure, the great drought of 2012 comes at the worst possible time for shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia.

While the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance churn the wake on the East and Gulf coasts, all should be calm on the West Coast.

Food importers won a reprieve from setting up verification programs for foreign suppliers, a delay that has angered consumer and food safety groups.

The maritime industry is no longer the oft-ignored stepchild in Washington, but increased pats on the head from Congress and President Obama have yet to translate to significant raises in allowance.

It’s taken three years, but the opening of MOL’s TraPac international container terminal is turning the Port of Jacksonville into a growing import gateway and distribution center for retai

Maersk Line will raise its rates on services from the Indian subcontinent to the U.S. and Canada, starting Aug. 15.

Just when it looked like nothing could stop the U.S.

It was a clean sweep for Mediterranean Shipping Co. in the U.S. global containerized trade moving to and from European ports in the 12 months to March 31.

China’s ports saw growth slow in the first half of the year as European import demand softened.

Spot rates in the Asia-Europe trade weakened again this week — the third consecutive week of decline — despite carrier attempts to trim surplus capacity that is eroding recent general rate

U.S. steel imports declined 4.2 percent in June, the first year-over-year decline in 2012, as demand softened and buyers slowed their inventory building.

June was a strong month at the Port of Tacoma, with container volumes increasing almost 10 percent compared to June

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Barcelona declined by 20 percent in the first six months of the year from the same period last year, primarily because of a 49 percent drop in transship

Mediterranean Shipping Co. notified its customers that it will implement a general rate increase on all cargo moving from the U.S. to Australia and New Zealand next month.

The maintenance of capacity discipline is enabling container lines to enforce most of the rate hikes introduced since March, claims one leading Asia-based analyst.

Maersk Line is upgrading the port rotation of its Rumba Service between South America, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and India.

Container lines are likely to move into the black in the second quarter of this year and expand their profits in the third quarter as freight rates improve, according to Jefferies.

The peak shipping season is quickly approaching, and carriers and shippers are expecting, and hoping, that the second half of 2012 will be more profitable than the first.

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Marseilles Fos grew 14 percent in the first half year year-over-year, while the twin ports&rsquo; overall tonnage fell because of shrinking oil volume.<

Abu Dhabi&rsquo;s Khalifa Port has received its first container vessel call.

U.S. containerized imports rose 2.9 percent in the second quarter, led by year-over-year increases in furniture, auto parts, bananas and electronics, PIERS data show.

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Savannah during fiscal 2011 ended June 30 grew by a relatively meager 1.9 percent year-over-year due to what the Georgia Ports Authority called the &ldq

Japanese export ship orders fell 8.5 percent in June from a year earlier to 499,370 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters&rsquo; Association.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will impose a new low sulfur surcharge on import shipments at all U.S. ports on the East, West and Gulf Coasts.

Maersk Line will seek a general rate increase on its services from India to West Africa, starting Sept. 1.

It&rsquo;s not supposed to work like this. When cargo volumes soften, consumer confidence wanes and vessel capacity increases, ocean carriers don&rsquo;t raise their freight rates.

Is this the time to invest in the maritime business? Yildirim Group thinks so.

A U.S.

Free trade agreements with the U.S. and the European Union are driving imports of cars to South Korea, according to a leading trade association.

Maersk Line plans to raise its rates on major trade lanes as part of what it calls a new &ldquo;rate restoration program.&rdquo;

U.S.

The last time you took your kids to Orlando, you probably rented a car from one of the 10 car rental companies at Orlando International Airport so you could play chauffeur from Disney World to Univers

The Senate could introduce legislation key to authorizing the deepening of East Coast ports and improving inland maritime routes by the end of the year, according to the head of the Waterways Council.

Spot rates in the Asia-Europe trade lane eased this week, the second consecutive week of decline, as Maersk Line said it is joining other carriers in cutting some capacity in the trade in an effort to

Hapag-Lloyd plans to boost its rates on various trade lanes, effective Aug. 15, as part of a new rate restoration program.

The Bayonne Bridge will have enough clearance by the fall of 2015 to handle larger post-Panamax ships that will start calling East Coast ports through the expanded Panama Canal, the Port Authority of

Maersk Line will boost rates on its services from the U.S. to all ports in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands next month.

Average spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade lane fell 2.6 percent this week, down for the third week in a row since carriers put a peak-season surcharge into effect on June 10.