Container Shipping News

The six carrier members of the Caribbean Shipowners Association said they are reducing the size of their upcoming bunker increase on March 27 by $30 per 20-foot equivalent unit.

Japanese automakers plan to resume production at some plants in Japan this week but cautioned that disruptions to international supply chains will continue in the wake of the March 11

Ship Finance International, which owns and operates ships for charter to liner companies, said it would acquire two container vessels from French container shipping company CMA CGM for $342 million.

Crowley Maritime and Seaboard Marine, members of the Florida-Bahamas Shipowners & Operators Association, on Friday announced a two-step increase in bunker surcharges, to take effect on April 17 and Ma

Still smarting from the shortage of vessel space that delayed shipments a year ago, importers and exporters are demanding more service guarantees in trans-Pacific contracts.

U.S. exports are suffering because of the nation’s failure to perform maintenance dredging on inland waterways, according to Amy Larson, president of the National Waterways Conference.

Shippers and carriers attending the TSA meeting in Long Beach disagree about the level of bunker surcharges.

The Pacific coast ports of Canada, the U.S.

After Japan was hit with an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear energy catastrophe, Toyota quickly halted overtime work at its 13 North American plants on the opposite side of the globe.

Horizon Lines is scrambling to contain the damage from its guilty plea and $45 million fine for fixing rates on containerized cargo shipments between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.

Three industrial trade associations are asking the U.S.

Honda Motor Co. said it will extend a halt in its Japanese production by three days, through Wednesday, and warned U.S.

Alexander & Baldwin warned Friday that the recent surge in global fuel prices stemming from u

Some ocean carriers eliminated stops at the Tokyo and Nagoya ports and other ocean carriers added cargo restrictions and changed ship routings around Japan as the country struggled with badly damaged

At one time or another in their modern history, Argentina, Brazil and Chile — like Colombia — have played the role of international pariah through ineptitude, corruption or brutal military

After more than four years of painful delays, prospects for reviving the long-languishing U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement may be getting a significant boost thanks to an unlikely third party: China

Ships in transit off the coast of Japan should stay a minimum of 50 miles away from the Fukushima power plant, according to an advisory fr

Some Japanese ports and airports affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern part of the country on March

General Motors said it will suspend production at its Shreveport, La., pickup assembly plant next week because of a parts shortage resulting from the

Sea Star Line ordered 100 new 53-foot cargo containers for use at its Jacksonville and Philadelphia ports.

In an expansion of its intra-Asia regional network, Evergreen Line is launching a weekly service called the Japan-Taiwan-South China Sea service from March 17.

The new chairman of Chile's CSAV warned of "negative results" for the first quarter and said the company will seek a $500 million capital increase and to sell up to 49 percent of the company's ports a

Maersk Line ships will not enter or pass through an offshore area close to an overheating nuclear plant in Japan, the Danish carrier said Thursday.

U.S. steel exports increased 14.2 percent in January from December and were up 11.2 percent year-to-year, led by shipments to Canada, Mexico and other Western Hemisphere nations.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services will seek a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe and the Mediterranean, the second GRI this year.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, along with California agricultural exporters, Wednesday urged Congress to approve the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement no later than July 1.

Executives from computer makers and other technology firms show growing concern that the unfolding disaster in Japan can disrupt their glo

Ongoing factory production and shipping problems in Japan from last week's earthquake and tsunami will hit containerized automobile parts

CMA CGM said a containership stormed by Israeli commandos on March 15 and searched for weapons was the "v

-- This story originally appeared on the Web site of JOC's sister publication Breakbulk.com.

The world supply of lithium-ion batteries for chips and power-supply capacitors may be the worst-hit technology industries following last week's e

Supply chain disruptions from Japan's earthquake could force Chinese firms to delay imports of key components, especially for digital prod

Trans-Pacific spot rates fell 4.9 percent in the week ended March 14, dropping to $1,693 per 40-foot equivalent unit of containers from $1,781 a week earlier, according to the Drewry Hong Kong-to- Los

Japan's major shipyards escaped the full impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country w

Three Asian container lines formally opened a container terminal Wednesday in Cai Mep, the port that serves Vietnam’s industrial heartland.

Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines and Taiwan's EVA Air began bringing rescue workers into areas of Japan devastated by the earthquake and tsunami a

Frank Larkin rejoined Crowley Maritime as vice president of sales and customer care for the company's liner services and logistics groups.

Hutchison Port Holdings, the world's largest port operator, said it priced an initial public offering for its South China region's port operations at a value of $5.5 billion.

The Federal Maritime Commission announced Tuesday that it had reached compromise agreements with four non-vessel-operating common carriers after investigations of alleged violations of the Shipping Ac

Israeli commandos March 15 boarded a CMA CGM chartered container ship bound for Egypt allegedly carrying weapons for militant groups in the Gaza Strip.