Container Shipping News

APL’s average revenue per container fell 4.1 percent from the month before in the container line’s November reporting period, the third straight month-to-month slide in pricing despite the carrier’s s

Among the container ports on the U.S.

When it comes to U.S. policy goals of boosting exports and cutting the federal budget deficit, there’s a lesson buried in the ideas of several deficit panels: Be careful what you wish for.

Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee

The South Carolina State Ports Authority promoted Art Pruett to the position of vice president of carrier sales.

The terminal authority at India's Port of Chennai temporarily suspended export cargo movements as congestion at its two marine terminals escalated.

The New York Shipping Association sued the International Longshoremen's Association and its New York-New Jersey and Philadelphia locals for more than $5 million in damages from a

A strike by container truck drivers in India’s Port of Cochin entered its fourth day on Friday, crippling cargo movements and threatening to disrupt operations at India Gateway Terminal, managed by DP

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey remains on track to announce by year-end how it plans to solve the problem of low clearance for container ships passing under the Bayonne Bridge.

Nicor, the Chicago-area natural-gas utility that owns Tropical Shipping, is seeking a buyer, according to Bloomberg News, which quoted people with knowledge of the matter.

While regulations on ship emissions are constantly shifting, carriers themselves are trying to stay ahead of government mandates by cutting their carbon footprint, with container&n

A U.S. District Court for the second time dismissed a class-action shipper lawsuit accusing Horizon Lines and Matson Navigation of price-fixing on routes between the U.S.

Chasing racketeers from the New York-New Jersey waterfront is difficult but will protect workers and make the port more competitive, said a former prosecutor who helped a Bayonne, N.J., longshoremen’s

New York-New Jersey port employers are challenging a plan by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor for monitors to oversee companies that don’t qualify for commission operating licenses.

The Federal Maritime Commission will receive Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye's report on her eight-month investigation into ocean carrier capacity and equipment shortages on Dec.

UTi Worldwide profit surged 47 percent in the third quarter, primarily as a result of strong air freight growth, but the forwarder forecasts a slowdown in the fourth quarter.

SeaFreight Line will launch a weekly fixed-day service to Costa Rica and Nicaragua in December.

CMA CGM cut the amount of carbon emitted by its fleet of containerships 15 percent in the last five years, the ocean carrier said Wednesday.

Wal-Mart, Walgreen, Unilever, Del Monte and Kraft are among an expanded list of shippers that have asked to be excluded from a $52.25 million class-action settlement for price-fixing that carriers in

The World Shipping Council and International Chamber of Shipping are calling for international regulations to require all loaded containers to be weighed at the marine terminal before they are stowed

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index spot rate for shipments to the U.S.

Hanjin Shipping confirmed it plans to introduce a new AWE service, the AWE-6, from Asia to the U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal next year.

CMA CGM announced rate increases and new peak season surcharges that will take effect in the next month or two on several of its trade lanes.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. is advising its customers this week of a series of rate increases and changes in various surcharges that will take effect within the next month.

The Port of Seattle Commission authorized the 2011 budget that includes nearly $500 million in capital projects.

More than 400 owner-operators drove their trucks in a massive protest convoy on Highway 91 outside of Vancouver last Friday.

A Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship collided with a Dutch-flagged chemical tanker during a storm on Monday in the Black Sea and sank, leaving five sailors missing, according to government officials in S

The Senate Tuesday morning passed by a 73-25 vote a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration added authority to keep contaminated food out of the food chain.

Container truck drivers at India’s Port of Cochin Monday night launched an indefinite strike, halting cargo movements to and from India Gateway Terminal, which is managed by DP World.

The Federal Maritime Commission in 2011 will focus on the "Three Cs," containers, contracting and capacity, according to Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr.

Ocean container carriers are set to earn an all time high profit of $13 billion in 2010 after posting a record loss of $15 billion a year ago, a leading analyst forecast.

Robbers beat two employees of a Los Angeles harbor-area trucking company and stole three containers from the facility.

Vessel overcapacity for container ship lines is expected to worsen through April and persist through 2011, Paris-based SeaAxis said in its quarterly report on container shipping.

Steel imports in October declined 13.7 percent from the previous month as demand softened and companies kept inventories tight.

French trucking, logistics and forwarding company Norbert Dentressangle is buying UK road transporter and forwarder TDG.

Somali pirates captured a Malaysian container ship and its crew on Friday in the Indian Ocean.

TUI, the German travel company that owns the biggest stake in Hapag-Lloyd, is working with three banks to prepare the sale of its stake in the container line, according to a report by Bloomberg News.

Surprise visitors arrived at the headquarters of Horizon Lines, Sea Star Line and Crowley Maritime on April 17, 2008.

Ocean customers in the eastbound Pacific aren’t batting an eye over carrier intentions to increase freight rates by $400 per 40-foot container to the West Coast and $600 to inland and East Coast