Container Shipping News

Zim Integrated Shipping Services imposed a general rate increase on westbound cargo from the Indian Subcontinent to North Europe and the Mediterranean, starting Feb. 1.

Ocean carriers face a growing capacity glut in 2012, especially on the key Asia-Europe trade lane, as ship deliveries accelerate from last year while cargo demand weakens over the coming 12 months, Al

Container throughput at major ports in India in April through December increased 4 percent year-over-year, but the ports are unlikely to meet the government&rsquo;s growth target for the fiscal year.<

Yusen Logistics this week launched a weekly less-than-containerload service from Shanghai to Southampton, U.K., as the forwarder builds on a similar service from England to Singapore.

The container ship Rena broke in two in heavy swells over the weekend on the reef off the New Zeala

DHL Global Forwarding this week launched a less-than-container load service between Italy and Kuwait, as the German carrier adds ocean connections to its growing Middle East hub.

Americans are starting to spend money on cars again, and the results are showing up in increased imports of automotive parts.

Which kinds of U.S. exports will enjoy the biggest boost from the three new free trade agreements? Beyond its tariff provisions, the Korean pact attempts to eliminate non-tariff barriers to U.S.

Last year&rsquo;s trio of new bilateral U.S. trade pacts &mdash; with South Korea, Colombia and Panama &mdash; will boost U.S.

President Obama&rsquo;s National Export Initiative places a specific emphasis on expanding exports by small and midsize businesses, companies that make up 97 percent of all U.S.

When the housing market sneezes, the furniture and appliance industries catch a cold. All have suffered poor health that will extend into 2012.

Housing can&rsquo;t do it. Technology is strong, but not strong enough to act as the economic driver. And, with consumer demand weak, don&rsquo;t count on a big retail buying binge.

Industry experts expect the supply-demand trends that drove eastbound trans-Pacific business late in 2011 to extend into 2012.

Nearly five years after the Bush administration first negotiated free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, revised versions of those pacts finally will be implemented this year.

Like the Energizer Bunny, the trans-Atlantic trade just keeps going and going.

Even as other markets remain roiled by uncertainty, the hemispheric trade between the U.S. and South America looks bright for 2012 and even brighter in the years ahead.

Breakbulk shipping faces a challenging 2012 with excess capacity capping freight rates as a slowing global economy depresses conventional cargo volumes.

The value of U.S. exports in 2012 will grow at twice the rate of GDP, with the value of outbound shipments expected to expand 5 to 6 percent, said a Moffatt & Nichol analyst.

International container business has been a key element in the development of the North American rail intermodal transportation market for decades.

U.S. exporters say they may have trouble financing projects unless Congress lifts the lending cap of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

U.S. steel imports rose 18 percent in November from a year earlier and were up nearly 20 percent in the first 11 months of 2011.

More than 200 International Longshoremen&rsquo;s Association members on Friday protested a New York-New Jersey container terminal&rsquo;s labor-saving technology plan, foreshadowing a heated battle ov

As the American Association of Port Authorities celebrates its centennial year in 2012, we look forward to working with Congress and the administration to advance understanding and appreciation of the

Overall U.S. containerized imports grew modestly in 2011, rising 2.2 percent from 2010 &mdash; slightly lower than what I predicted a year ago.

The average rate for spot rate for container shipping from Asia to the U.S.

DP World Vancouver plans to ship containers from the Port of Nanaimo to mainland Canada after the terminal operator recently gained a three-year contract to run three facilities at the island port.

Container imports through the Port of New York and New Jersey in November grew 5.2 percent year-over-year, offsetting a slim dip in exports to bring total traffic up 2.5 percent.

Mediterranean Shipping Company will apply a general rate increase on westbound trade from India to North Europe and the Mediterranean, starting Jan. 23.

Maersk Line expanded capacity at double the pace of the overall shipping industry in 2011, helping the world&rsquo;s largest container ship operator regain market share and setting the stage for large

Average spot prices for shipping containers from Asia to Europe jumped 30.3 percent in the first week of the New Year as vessel capacity tightened and importers hurried to book space in advance of the

Four Canadian ports said Wednesday their share of U.S.-bound containerized cargo has dropped in the last decade, contrary to the claims of members of Congress and U.S.

James H. McJunkin, who directed the Port of Long Beach from 1977 to 1988, a period of rapid growth, died Monday. He was 82.

U.S. containerized imports rose 5 percent in November, led by a spurt in furniture shipments, in their fastest year-over-year increase since May.

Container shipping lines could lose as much as $5.2 billion in 2011 despite a projected growth in global demand of 6.5 percent, according to Drewry&rsquo;s latest quarterly Container Forecaster.

Japan&rsquo;s top three ocean carriers are girding for a difficult 2012 amid vessel overcapacity and sluggish European and U.S.

Maersk Line Ltd. will pay the U.S.

A freight transportation analyst is warning escalating tensions between Iran and the United States over the Strait of Hormuz could undermine global supply chains in the near term and shipping developm

APM Terminals took over operations Wednesday of Scandinavia&rsquo;s largest container terminal at Sweden&rsquo;s Port of Gothenburg.

Average trans-Pacific spot rates jumped in the first week of the New Year as the carrier members of the Trans-Pacific Stabilization Agreement put a

Mediterranean Shipping is shifting some containerized cargo the carrier normally transships at its Bahamian hub of Freeport to other ports in the Caribbean.