Container Shipping News

The U.S. poultry industry got a mixed decision from Mexico after one government agency formally decided U.S.

CMA CGM will upgrade its fixed-day weekly service between the east coast of South America and the Caribbean, introducing the Brazilian ports of Manaus and Salvador de Bahia to the rotation.

As China’s middle class expands and develops, so does the food marketing system and cold chain that deliver the more diverse commodities Chinese consumers crave.

San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously to grant Dole Fresh Fruit a 24 1/2-year lease to import and export fresh fruit at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.

The international cold chain received a significant investment in 2011 when a record number of refrigerated containers joined the global fleet, according to industry analyst Andrew Foxcroft.

The drought that stretched across much of the U.S. this summer decimated corn and soybean crops, with the U.S.

The Port of Yokohama in Japan saw its container trade with foreign countries decline 2.0 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier to 1,369,627 20-foot-equivalent units, according to

The Grand Alliance and Zim Integrated Container Services plan to merge two of their joint trans-Pacific services to the U.S.

The threat of labor disruptions on the East Coast is fueling a disparity in the direction of spot freight rates for shipments from China to ports on the U.S. West and East Coasts.

Q: I just read an article about a motor carrier’s owners getting sent to jail for stealing nearly $1 million from a shipper over a span of several years.

Shippers are warning ocean carriers to avoid the temptation of profiteering from any U.S. port shutdown by rolling cargo or implementing unjustifiable surcharges.

Global maritime and logistics company Rickmers Group named Robert Sappio, a former longtime executive at APL, president and CEO of Rickmers America as pre

Singapore-based container carrier APL will impose a port congestion surcharge on trades from India to the U.S

The volume of containers handled by the Port of Savannah dropped 4 percent in July year-over-year and was down 2.6 percent from June, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.

In a sign of the growing threat of a strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association at ports on the East and Gulf coasts, financial analysts asked two of the largest U.S.

The Port of Virginia will start charging $10 per day for use of a chassis in its HRCPII chassis pool that is used to haul containers for ocean carriers that do not participate in the pool.

The Indian government Thursday approved relaxing its cabotage law to allow foreign-owned and -operated ships to move containerized cargo to and from the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipme

The Japan Fair Trade Commission raided the nation’s top three shipping companies — NYK Line, MOL and “K” Line — Thursday for allegedly violating the antitrust law in tran

Average Asia-Europe spot rates fell this week, the fifth consecutive week of decline, plunging 12 percent, or $350 per loaded 40-foot-unit container, as European demand was slowed by recession and ves

Increasing trucking costs and a looming capacity crunch in the motor carrier industry are leading to a relentless shift of freight from over-the-road trucking to intermodal rail, according to transpor

The International Longshoremen’s Association and East and Gulf Coast waterfront employers agreed to a request from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to resume stalled contract negot

The leased container equipment fleet grew 10.6 percent in 2011, with most of the new supply ordered by equipment leasing companies rather than shipping lines, according to Drewry Maritime Research.

The deadline for a contract agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance is less than a month away and talks between both sides have completel

The Indian Shipping Ministry said Nigerian naval forces rescued 23 Indian sailors from a Singapore-flag oil tanker that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Lagos on Tuesday.

Fedex lowered its earnings outlook for the quarter ending Aug.

CMA CGM said its new service between Morocco and Europe will provide “tailor made” logistics solutions for the North African nation’s fruit and vegetable exporters and shorten voyage

Long-time port executives John Wheeler and Tom Swinson resigned from the Georgia Ports Authority on Tuesday, the GPA confirmed.

Container shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement have announced a recommended Oct.

Several container ship lines have announced congestion surcharges that will take effect if East or Gulf Coast ports are closed in connection with the International Longshoremen’s Association con

Norwegian Car Carriers narrowed its second quarter loss from a year ago and forecast a strong second half as the growing global demand for cars offset weak European sales.

CMA CGM completed the sale of luxury cruise-line operator La Compagnie du Ponant to the private equity firm Bridgepoint as part of the group’s restructuring to refocus on its strategic businesse

Ocean carriers have increased total container capacity absorbed by sailing their ships at extra slow speeds by 30 percent since the beginning of the year, according to Alphaliner.

Hapag-Lloyd is upgrading its Russia Express Service (REX) with an additional eastbound call at Gdynia, Poland, starting this month.

CSAV’s second quarter operating loss narrowed sharply year-over-year to $61.7 million from $381.4 million as the Chilean ocean carrier reaped the benefits of higher freight rates and a radical f

The G6 Alliance of European and Asian container carriers said it is temporarily suspending one of its Asia-Europe services because of “the forecast lack of improvements“ in the trade, in a

Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa port began commercial operations Sept. 1 with the arrival of the container vessel MSC Bari, port operator Abu Dhabi Ports Co. said.

A New York state agency’s discrimination complaint against the International Longshoremen’s Association and the New York Shipping Association adds a new element to a battle over control of

Mexico’s ports are sometimes viewed as potential low-cost gateways for Asian cargo moving to the U.S., but Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Veracruz and other gateways are so busy handling Mexico&rs

Shipping lines that carry U.S.

HSH Nordbank’s first half net income plunged to 70 million euros ($88 million) from 338 million euros ($426 million) a year ago as the German shipping bank, the world’s largest, was buffet