Container Shipping News

The Virginia Port Authority said it and the VPA’s operating company, Virginia International Terminals, have begun

Denmark’s Unifeeder has acquired Rotterdam-based Feederlink Shipping from Irish Continental Group in a $36 million deal that accelerates the consolidation of northern Europe’s short sea sh

Goldenport plunged deep into the red in the first half as it wrote down the book value of its containerships and bulk carriers, but the Greek shipowner said it is in a strong position to benefit from

OOCL will bump up rates on its Asia-Europe services next month. As part of the Hong Kong-based line&r

The fire-damaged container ship MSC Flaminia has been declared safe for passage through the English Channel but is awaiting approvals from nations along the ship’s route to Wilhelmshaven, German

Ports in the Middle East are still suffering congestion after the surge in imports during Ramadan and the Eid al Fitr festivities earlier this month.

It can be said of few people that they have changed the shape of global commerce and shipping. Without doubt, it can be said of Malcom McLean, who invented the container and the container revolution.

Brazil may be the high-profile “B” in the “BRIC” bloc of emerging nations, but South America’s largest country still ranks far lower than other nations — 104th out

Spot rates from Shanghai to North Europe, North America and the Mediterranean dropped this week, indicating a weakening market, according to the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index.

DHL Global Forwarding has launched two new less-than-containerload services linking India’s largest container port, Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), with Sweden for export shipments and with the

Yusen Logistics is launching a less-than-containerload service from Malaysia to the United States, in conjunc

The G6 Alliance and Maersk will suspend a number of Asia-Europe services during China’s national Golden week holidays in October, although one analyst claimed bearish demand could also be a fact

Liner companies that serve trade lanes to and from China, and that includes most of them, may have to pause before cutting freight rates in the future.

The National Industrial Transportation urged Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to encourage the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance to resume talks on

Amsterdam Container Terminals, is to close, capping a doomed decade-long bid to shake off its White Elephant image and attract deep-sea container ships to a port just an hour’s drive from Rotter

U.S. containerized imports jumped 9.7 percent to 1,562,235 20-foot-equivalent units in July, led by increases in auto parts and furniture, PIERS data show.

China Cosco Holdings posted an operating loss of 3.7 billion yuan ($579 million) for the year’s first six months. Revenue rose 1.3 percent to $6.8 billion.

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The volume of containers handled by the Port of Baltimore in July jumped 15.2 percent to 61,933 20-foot-equivalent units, up from 53,781 TEUs in June.

Member carriers of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement will be adjusting their bunker charges to recoup higher costs of low-sulfur fuel used in the North American Emissions Control Area, within 2

Average spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade slumped 8.6 percent this week, the second weekly decline since carriers

DP World’s profit stalled in the first half even as Dubai’s state-owned global container terminal operator increased its world market share.

OOCL said it is delaying the delivery date of the remaining six container ships out of eight with capacities of 8,888 20-foot-equivalent units that it ordered from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shan

The Greek port of Piraeus, until recently a hotbed of labor unrest, has become the star performer in Cosco Pacific’s terminal portfolio with a growth rate double that of the Hong Kong-based comp

Port and industry officials last week celebrated the shipment of the 100,000th Chrysler vehicle via the Port of Grays Harbor,

Goldenport extended the Greek container ship buying spree, taking advantage of attractive secondhand prices to buy a sub-Panamax vessel from a German KG investment fund.

Infrastructure woes at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Container Terminal (Nhava Sheva Port) are causing lengthy delays for vessels calling at the country’s largest container gateway.

Carriers “are running out of options” for deploying large new ships on Asia-Europe routes and will face pressure to cut rates, according to a report by DVB Bank’s Research and Strate

Zim Integrated Shipping’s net loss narrowed in the second quarter from a year ago as the Israeli ocean carrier boosted traffic, raised rates and cut costs.

Hamburg Sud will start offering more slots from ports in the U.S. Gulf to the Caribbean and the east coast of Latin America through a second weekly service in that trade.

Greek container ship owner Costamare has chartered two ships, including a newly acquired vessel, to ocean carrier Evergreen.

Container volume through North European ports will remain sluggish this year as the continent’s economy struggles, Hackett Associates and the Bremen-based Institute of Shipping Economics said in

The Indian government has approved the allocation of 274 acres of land owned by the Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) for the purpose of settling compensation packages for “project-affected

Maersk Line has sold its 51 percent stake in Ocean Africa Container Lines to its South Africa-based partner Grindrod, which owns the remainder of the carrier.

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland blamed strike action for its slide in volume and profit in the fiscal year ending June 30.

A leading drinks association has accused Europe’s winemakers of dumping subsidized produce after a surge wine imports to China.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services is seeking September rate increases for westbound shipments from Asia to

APL Ltd. will discontinue its membership in the carrier discussion group in the westbound trade between the U.S. and Asia effective Sept. 1.

Container volume through the Port of Charleston grew 7.4 percent in the first half of this year, the South Carolina Ports Authority said.

U.S. shippers importing goods from Mexico say they are looking for new transportation options as truckload capacity along the border gets tighter.