Container Shipping News

Crowley Maritime is adding a direct, fixed-day sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to St. Maarten in the Caribbean that will reduce transit time by one full day.

Maersk Line is taking delivery of the first of a series of 22 container ships called Wafmax that are specifically designed for the limitations of the West African market.

Container ship charter rates are still rallying even as freight rates are falling as ocean carriers seek additional tonnage to defend market share amid strong cargo volume ahead of the summer peak shi

The columns of red and black numbers in the rankings of the Top 40 Container Lines by volume reflect the tenuous recovery from the deep downturn in trade that hit carriers so hard in 2009.

The U.S. farm sector is on the cusp of an explosion in exports, and the liner shipping industry will be a major beneficiary.

At first glance, the figures don’t appear to add up on the Asia-Europe container shipping trade lanes.

From the bridge of a container ship passing through the Panama Canal, the signs of the canal authority’s huge expansion project are clearly visible.

Retired executive Ronald P. Schley, a veteran of 33 years in the shipping industry, died March 14 in Sparks, Nev., after a lengthy illness. He was 72.

The U.S. Grain Council said consumer demand in Japan will drive imports of coarse grains from the U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security's front-line agencies, "out of an abundance of caution," said this week that they are increasing their monitoring of vessels and cargo that arrive from Japan but ar

The European Shipping Council on Friday elected Denis Choumert as its new chairman.

Several German shipping lines suspended calls at eastern Japanese ports, including Tokyo, because of fears crews could be exposed to radiation from the damaged

Hanjin Shipping said it took delivery of the second of a series of five container ships with capacities of 10,000 20-foot equivalent units.

The spot index for shipping containers from Shanghai to Europe slipped below $1,000 per 20-foot equivalent unit this week for the first time since March 2009 as fears of vessel overcapacity pervaded t

Maersk Line announced Thursday it will reduce ship calls to Hong Kong by up to a third starting in April, with Modern Terminals' Container 9 taking the brunt of one of the biggest shifts in years.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection cleared goods arriving on an APL ship from Japan this week, the first shipment of containerized cargo from post-earthquake Japan.

Richard Hughes said he will not seek re-election as president of the International Longshoremens Association, an action that clears the way for Harold Daggett to take the union’s top post in Jul

The New York Shipping Association is cutting the assessment it collects on containers destined for delivery within 260 miles of the Port of New York and New Jersey.

The chairman of Evergreen Group, Chang Yung-fa, donated $12.35 million of his personal fortune on Wednesday to help Japan with its post-disaster reconstruction.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority earned a profit $217 million in 2010, an increase of more than $14 million, or 6.8 percent, on the previous year driven by record cargo throughput at Europe's biggest p

Maersk Line next week will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its switch from high-sulfur bunker fuel to low-sulfur distillate fuel in its vessels calling at California ports.

OOCL ordered six new ships Wednesday, each with capacities of 13,000 20-foot-equivalent units.

Cosco Pacific, the terminal-operating arm of China Cosco Holdings, said it may put some operations in a business trust following Hutchison Port Holdings Trust's trading debut on the Singapore Stock Ex

Container throughput in the Port of Charleston climbed 7 percent in February over the same month last year, bringing the increase in volume for the first eight months of the South Carolina State Ports

Middle East carrier United Arab Shipping Company announced a "war risk surcharge" on all cargo moving to and from ports in Lib

The Wilh. Wilhelmsen group took delivery of the first of four new roll-on, roll-off vessels built in Japan. The carrier describes them as the most sophisticated ro-ro vessels ever built.

Import volumes at six major North European ports are expected to have increased by 16 percent in January of this year from a year earlier, according to the latest forecast by Global Port Tracker: Nort

A tanker arrived at the Port of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Wednesday, carrying 380 tons of propane gas from Chiba City, which is adjacent to Tokyo.

DP World, the global ports operator, boosted 2010 earnings 35 percent from a year ago driven by a rebound in container traffic across its worldwide network.

The public listing of shares in German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd has been delayed due to market volatility.

Ship Finance International on Tuesday revealed details of its reported agreement to buy two container ships

The NYK Group said Tuesday it will offer free international transportation of relief supplies to the Tohoku and Kanto regions of Japan, which were struck March 11 by a

The Commerce Department and the American Association of Port Authorities will combine forces to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to increase exports, Courtney Gregoire, director of the Nati

Maersk Line announced a steep increase in emergency risk surcharges imposed earlier on containers moving via ports in the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa, starting April 1.

CSAV swung to a full-year profit of $170.8 million in 2010 from a loss of $656.4 million in 2009.

Up to 40 percent of Japan's container traffic would be affected if the risk of nuclear radiation from the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant forces the closure of ports in Tokyo Bay, accordin

The three member carriers of the Grand Alliance are adding a direct Vietnam call at the Cai Mep deepwater port in Vung Tau on Loop D of their Asia-Europe service starting on March 30.

A federal judge rejected the New York Shipping Association's challenge of a port crime watchdog agency's plan to authorize independent monitors.

Container throughput at the Port of Savannah climbed 16.3 percent in February from the same month last year as containerized exports surged and U.S. consumer spending fueled imports.

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday that it had won a $711 million order to build six container ships for Hamburg Sud.