Container Shipping News

National Container Company, Russia's biggest container stevedore, increased traffic 13 percent in 2010 to 1.3 million 20-foot equivalent units from 1.15 million TEUs in the previous year.

Container ship owner-charterer Seaspan said it plans to issue preferred stock to raise money for general corporate purposes that may include vessel acquisitions or investments.

French ports are bracing for four consecutive days of nationwide strikes from Friday, Jan.

The Port of Oakland in 2010 reported strong growth in containerized imports and in total container volume, and a slight decrease in exports.

President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China, opening a state visit in Washington amid growing complaints from U.S.

Zim American Integrated Shipping, a subsidiary of Zim Integrated Shipping Services, is launching a direct container service between Mexico and Tampa, the Tampa Port Authority said Wednesday.

Thailand is delaying implementation of a new insurance requirement that had sent U.S.

Ocean container carriers face overcapacity for at least another 12 months as the supply of new ships outpaces slowing cargo demand, an industry analyst forecast.

The Port of Seattle had a banner year in 2010, with containerized imports increasing 46.6 percent, containerized exports up 19.3 percent and total international containers up 34.9 percent.

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is slashing its request for a federal rail program loan to $83.7 million from an earlier $553 million, in a bid to lock in the federal credit to help rest

Nordana will add regular calls at Savannah’s Liberty Terminal to its Mediterranean-Americas service, beginning with the sailing of the Schackenborg on March 5.

Container volume at the Port of Charleston increased by 9.7 percent in December from the same month last year.

Container volume at the Port of Long Beach in 2010 increased 1.2 million TEUs, or 23.6 percent over 2009, the largest one-year gain in the port’s history.

French port employers and dock leaders are holding talks in a bid to avert a fresh round of strikes at major ports later in the week.

After falling for 15 months in a row, Japanese export ship orders rose for the 13th consecutive month in December on a year-on-year basis, soaring 162.1 percent to 1,236,270 gross tons, according to f

Stefan P. Weber is now head of carrier management for Damco in North America, the company said. Weber assumed his new position role as of Jan.

Trade groups are launching a new effort to get Congress to repeal ocean carriers’ immunity to antitrust laws.

OT Africa Line restructured its roll-on, roll-off service from Europe to Africa by adding a fifth ship to the service line, the company said Tuesday, in an effort to offer more frequent sailings depar

Pirates took a record number of 1,181 hostages in 2010 and killed eight seafarers as attacks on merchant vessels hit a seven-year high despite increased naval patrols of the seas, the International Ma

Ocean shipping lines that have kept vessel capacity at peak-season levels through January are starting to announce cuts to take effect after the Lunar New Year.

Hanjin Shipping took delivery of two new post-Panamax containerships with capacities of 8,600 20-foot-equivalent units of containers, the South Korean liner company said Tuesday.

Hutchison Port Holdings, the world’s largest port operator, plans to spin off the majority of its port operation business and list it on the Singapore stock exchange.

The International Longshoremen's Association won assurances its members will still maintain and repair chassis previously provided by ocean carriers but now rented to truckers by leasing companies.

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, moved a step closer to entering Africa as a 51 percent shareholder of a large South African chain.

Shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway increased 15.5 percent in tonnage during 2010, according to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation.

The ports of Antwerp, Amsterdam and Rotterdam are considering a joint bid for the German government's stake in Duisburg, the world's biggest inland port.

The Port of Antwerp hailed a new labor agreement with dockworkers as a major breakthrough in its bid to boost breakbulk cargo volume.

Dave Akers is trying to sort out what’s real and what’s not in all of last year’s ocean carrier announcements of new peak season surcharges on the trans-Pacific starting Jan. 1.

U.S. containerized trade with Asia will grow over the next two years despite possible macroeconomic bumps, PIERS forecasts in its latest quarterly Trade Horizons report.

Shipping industry leaders are underwhelmed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s decision on a general plan for altering the Bayonne Bridge to allow larger ships to pass underneath.

The stunning increase in super-post-Panamax container ships provides carriers with economies of scale and a tricky management challenge.

Before last October, the U.S. had exported $8 billion in goods to China in a single month only once: December 2009, at the beginning of the economic and trade recovery. In October, the U.S.

Flexi-Van Leasing will add Jacksonville to the list of South Atlantic depots where the company offers its FlexiDay program for daily chassis rentals to motor carriers.

India’s Port of Chennai, rattled by serious congestion since mid-November, faces more delays as a three-day local festival holiday begins Friday.

Hamburg Sud North America on Thursday announced the realignment of its top management team. Three executives assumed new responsibilities.

India plans to spend an estimated $110 billion to develop ports and shipbuilding by 2020 as it aims to expand its overall ocean cargo-handling capacity to 3.2 billion tons and implement major reforms

The members of the Caribbean Shipowners Association announced Thursday a series of general rate increases over

The Port of Los Angeles capped a year of record containerized exports with a 5 percent increase in December over December 2009.

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to post a year-to-year gain of 8 percent in January and to rise modestly during the first half of the year, the National Re

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