Container Shipping News

France's eight largest labor unions met Oct. 21 to co-ordinate strategy for their nationwide protests against government plans to raise the minimum retirement age.

The 8,500-TEU CMA CGM Figaro, the largest CMA CGM container ship ever to call at a Canadian port, will leave Vancouver Thursday for the Far East.

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line is expanding an overseas partnership aimed at expediting less-than-containerload freight shipped to the U.S. from China.

The Grimaldi Group will recommence service between the Mediterranean and West Africa with the launch Oct. 26 of its "Mediterranean Express" service.

A Somali national who pleaded guilty to piracy charges still awaits sentencing after postponement of a hearing in New York Tuesday.

The French government Oct.

The MSC Emanuella, the latest of Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s super sized container vessels, made its first call at the Port of Salalah in Oman on its maiden voyage Wednesday.

Costamare, the Greek charter container ship owner, plans to raise up to $260 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

During September, 43 container vessels called at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans, setting an all-time record for the number of container ships arriving at the port in a given mon

The container volume handled by the Port of Charleston in the quarter ended Sept.

Net profit for state-owned Container Corporation of India grew by a mere 2 percent in the second quarter to $47 million as earnings plunged in the core export-import segment amid increasing competitio

Striking French dockworkers, truck drivers and railway employees paralyzed a large swath of the nation's supply chain Oct.

The Somali pirate who led the attack on the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Africa last year will be sentenced Tuesday.

The growth of the intra-Asia container trade lanes will make up for the slower growth of markets in the U.S. and Europe, according to the chairman of Taiwan's Evergreen Marine.

Maersk Line plans to reduce capacity on its Asia-Europe services starting next month and will cut more next year to adjust to slowing demand during the slack winter season.

The parent company of container ship line APL reported third-quarter net profit of $282 million, a turnaround from a $139 million loss a year earlier, as revenue jumped 55 percent to $2.4 billion.

The Port of Jacksonville’s Blount Island Terminal carried on its work this week after a regular inspection of its mile-long pier exposed severe deterioration.

Container traffic in the port of Antwerp surged 16.9 percent in the first nine months of 2010 from a year ago to move within sight of the pre-crisis record set in 2008.

Steel exports increased 6.8 percent in August from July because of higher sales to Canada and Mexico, the largest buyers of U.S.-made steel, Commerce Department data show.

French dockworkers will walk off the job at midnight to join a 24-hour nationwide strike Oct. 19 against government plans to reform the state pension system.

Hanjin Shipping will expand its network into north-south trade lanes by buying slots on a new “K” Line South Africa Express service from Asia to South Africa.

Maersk Line Oct.

Kuehne + Nagel booked a record $282 million third quarter operating profit, an 18.9 percent increase on last year's $237 million profit driven by sharply higher ocean container and air freight volumes

The systematic withdrawal from Iraq of tens of thousands of troops and huge amounts of equipment requires what the CBS News program “60 Minutes” described as a “logistical tour de fo

For Expeditors International’s Todd Thomas, the debate over vessel routing when ships of up to 12,000 TEUs will be able to transit the Panama Canal comes down to simple math: “The shortest

When it comes to port productivity, it’s hard to beat military discipline.

The Transportation and Energy departments are embroiled in a dispute over the interpretation of the Cargo Preference Act, the 1954 law that gives U.S.-flag operators priority for transporting governme

China is driving the world’s car manufacturers toward record sales this year and sharp growth over the coming decade barely 18 months after the global financial crisis plunged the industry into

The level of the water in the St. Lawrence River has risen from last summer’s lows, enabling container ships to carry more cargo into the Port of Montreal.

CMA CGM will launch its New Victory Bridge service on Sunday, Oct. 17 with larger vessels in conjunction with CSAV between ports in North Europe, the U.S. South Atlantic, Mexico and the U.S. Gulf.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will raise its freight rates on shipments from ports on the U.S. Gulf, East Coast and South Atlantic to the East Coast of South America as of Oct. 25.

When most people in the shipping industry think about roll-on, roll-off cargo, they think of commercial cargo such as cars, trucks and tractors. But ro-ro is critically important for the U.S.

Containerized imports through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in September showed a strong double-digit increase over the same month last year, but the numbers were down compared to the August

A bill that would eliminate antitrust immunity from ocean carriers is not a “sound proposal” and would cause more volatility in rates and make trading with the U.S.

Bucking global pricing trends, Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Thursday it will raise rates on shipments from northern Europe to the Far East as of Nov. 1.

Cargo handling at Bangladesh’s Port of Chittagong returned to “near” normal levels Thursday after a week-long unprecedented chaos following increased labor union activities at the country’s main gatew

Container throughput in the Port of Savannah jumped 20.1 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended Sept.

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

The largest container ship ever to call Indian shores arrived Oct. 13 at the Port of Mundra, a deepwater cargo hub on the west coast.

The Containership Co. next month will expand its Great Dragon service from China to Los Angeles by adding a call at the Port of Qingdao in northern China.