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CMA CGM and Emirates Shipping Line entered a vessel sharing agreement to jointly operate two container services connecting the Middle East and East Africa, starting in early May.

Pirates are increasing their attacks on the maritime trades off West Africa, according to the latest global piracy report released Monday by International Maritime Bureau of the International Chamber

Orders at Japanese shipyards rose for the first time in four months in March on a year-on-year basis, increasing 8.6 percent to 1.1 million gross tons, according to the Japan Ship Exporters’ Ass

Intermodal rail service from West Coast ports involves much more than placing a marine container on a train in Los Angeles or Seattle and lifting it off at an inland rail ramp.

For five years, Evergreen Line stayed on the sidelines as its rivals among the top 20 global ocean carriers swept up 10,000-TEU-plus vessels in a ship-ordering frenzy, racking up hundreds of millions

Spring arrived early, in more ways than one, for shippers, carriers and transportation intermediaries serving the U.S. market.

It’s been a wild year for Horizon Lines and Stephen H. Fraser, the executive who has led the largest Jones Act container line from the brink of bankruptcy to relative stability.

The West Coast came in last among the three coasts in year-over-year percentage growth in the U.S. 2011 container trade, and lost market share.

Wastepaper exports to China often are a leading indicator of import container volume. A large portion of scrap paper shipments are recycled into packing material for consumer goods for U.S.

U.S. exporters searching for clarity and transparency in helping to form shipping decisions soon may have a new research tool, if Federal Maritime Commissioner Richard Lidinsky has his way.

The Panama Canal Authority board of directors late Friday approved a proposal to raise tolls on multiple vessel types in stages over the next two summers.

The Port of Virginia is gaining a last-out port call as a result of the decision by the CKYH alliance to upgrade its all-water services that between Asia and the U.S. East Coast.

Container volume in the Port of Charleston rose 12 percent in year-over-year in March, the strongest month for containerized traffic at the port since

Sea Star Line, Crowley Liner Services and their parent companies have been hit with a second civil antitrust lawsuit by shippers that opted out of a class action settlement for carrier price-fixing in

The March 16 arrival of the massive ship Fabiola at the Port of Long Beach serves as a wake-up call to West Coast ports: The old ways of handling container ships are over.

Last week I was asked to offer a competitive assessment of the Port of New York and New Jersey for a New Jersey transportation planners’ conference.

India’s trade deficit soared to $185 billion in fiscal 2011-12 as a 32.1 percent jump in imports outpaced a 21 percent growth in exports.

The Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 2.37 million tons of cargo in March, including 2.03 million tons of containerized cargo.

Orient Overseas Container Line’s first quarter volume revenue slipped 0.9 percent to $1.3 billion despite a 5.4 percent rise in volume from a year earlier.

Hanjin Shipping in May will join other Asia-based carriers to expand its presence in the East Mediterranean.

Dachser’s 2011 revenue jumped by 13 percent from a year ago to more than $5.6 billion as the German logistics group handled record volumes of air and ocean freight.

Container ship owner-charterer Seaspan has taken delivery of the seventh in a series of eight ships with capacities of 13,100 20-foot-equivalent units for charter to Cosco Container Lines.

Several major container carriers plan to implement general rate increases on trades to and from the Indian Subcontinent that are slated to take effect in May.

Maersk Line has started taking bookings again for cargo from North Europe to Asia following a near month-

Maersk Line plans to duplicate its Asia-Europe Daily Maersk service on other global trade lanes in future, but it is

Although the general rate increases of the last two months in the Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific trade lanes are being accepted by shippers, so much additional capacity is due for delivery this year th

Containerized imports at the Port of Seattle increased 5 percent in March over the same

Behind the scenes negotiations to settle a poultry anti-dumping case filed by Mexican producers against their U.S.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Kobe in western Japan rose 3.9 percent in 2011 from a year earlier to about 2.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs).

Containerized imports through the Port of Tacoma surged 14.6 percent and exports jumped 10.4 percent year-over-year in March, as Pacific Northwest port recovered from a weak February.

Trans-Pacific spot rates jumped 19.9 percent this week, according to the Drewry Hong Kong-Los Angeles Container Rate Benchmark, an indication that carriers’ April 15 rate increases are sticking.

The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking public comment on possible changes to NVOCC service arrangemen

The Port of Virginia handled 166,719 twenty-foot-equivalent units of containers in March, an increase of 4.4 percent from a year earlier.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association urged U.S.

In the current volatile freight rate environment on the major east-west trade lanes, shippers and carriers are slowly beginning to negotiate long-term contracts linked to various rate indices, but the

U.S. containerized exports in February rose 9.6 percent from a year earlier, driven by strong gains in paper and paperboard, building materials and refrigerated goods, PIERS data show.

Rotterdam’s container traffic declined 4 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from a year earlier to 2.8 million 20-foot equivalent units as fewer Asian imports were shipped to Europe’s bi

Drewry Research and CargoSmart are joining forces to publish a wider range of key performance indicators aimed at helping importers and exporters to benchmark their ocean carriers’ service level

Hapag-Lloyd will impose a new round of general rate increases on its East Asia services, starting May 15.