Container Shipping News

Canadian National Railway inked performance agreements with ocean terminal operators Maher and DP World at the Prince Rupert and Vancouver ports.

Containerized imports in the Pacific Northwest were up sharply in August versus the same month last year, and only moderately lower when compared to the previous month this year.

Consumer sentiment slipped in early September to its weakest level in more than a year because of rising financial concerns among higher-income households, a new survey indicates.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will sue Gulf Rocks, the Kuwaiti owner of MV Khalijia-3, for damages resulting from that vessel's collision with the MSC Chitra on Aug. 7, according to Livemint.com.

If there’s such a thing as a “good” recession, then the world’s largest container terminal operators had it.

MOL has again been selected for inclusion in two separate investment indices of companies that meet international criteria for social responsibility – the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index a

Matson Navigation launched a second trans-Pacific service linking China with Long Beach. The service expands Matson's reach to the South China region.

The federal government will step up its efforts to help U.S. exporters sell goods abroad, the White House said Thursday.

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Russia’s largest stevedore plans to buy the operator of the nation’s largest oil export terminal, then sell a majority of its own shares to the state-owned monopoly oil pipeline operator,

UPS launched Wednesday a less-than-container-load ocean freight service between Japan and the United States.

Freight costs on shipments from India will go up substantially effective Oct. 1 following a tariff increase decision by state-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India.

Japanese export ship orders rose for the ninth consecutive month in August, surging 111.3 percent to 1,351,660 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association on Thu

Hanjin Shipping plans to launch the first non-stop direct service from Vietnam to North Europe in October.

Maritime labor groups are asking Congress to go slow as it considers changes to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act that could affect carrier antitrust immunity.

Evergreen Line will double capacity on its Kaohsiung-Haiphong shuttle service with the addition of a second ship on the route, starting at the end of September.

More than 30 shipper groups pledged their support to Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., if he moves forward with legislation to abolish antitrust immunity for ocean carriers.

Combined imports into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach grew 23.9 percent in August over the same month a year ago, and the ports defied analyst forecasts of a slowdown by reporting their strong

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey committed up to $1 billion in capital planning funds to help solve the port's problem with the Bayonne Bridge, whose roadway is too low for clearance by t

Vessel movements came to an abrupt standstill Sept. 6 at the state-owned terminal in India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva).

International Longshoremen’s Association members in Jacksonville approved a labor contract with Hanjin Shipping that clears the way for construction of a long-delayed container terminal at the port.

Container ship charter rates are edging higher despite slowing cargo volume and softening liner freight rates as some leading ocean carriers continue to add capacity in a bid to boost market share.

Trade and transport technology providers INTTRA and the Descartes Systems Group are forming an alliance to provide a global network capable of managing the entire ocean cargo shipment lifecycle.

Ocean container carriers, just back to profitability after last year’s steep shipping downturn, face a return to overcapacity in the coming 12 to 18 months because a projected fourth quarter slowdown

U.S. steel exports fell 14.4 percent in July from June but exceeded the depressed levels of 2009.

The Global Shippers’ Forum called for regulatory reform of the liner shipping industry in Asia at its meeting in Macau last week.

HHLA, Hamburg's biggest stevedore, will invest $90 million to expand capacity at its Odessa Container Terminal in Ukraine to keep pace with cargo growth in the Black Sea, the company announced.

Container volume at APL grew 13 percent in the four-week period ending Aug.

If you had spent the past two years in South America, it’s quite possible you wouldn’t know there’s been a global recession.

Ocean carrier visions of multiple peak-season surcharges in the eastbound Pacific are vanishing as imports from Asia level off and the market returns to reality.

After three years of enlarging Appalachian Mountain tunnels, Norfolk Southern Railway opened its Heartland Corridor to double-stack operations Thursday between Virginia's seaport area and big Midwest

Mediterranean Shipping Co. merged its Panama/Med service and the Puma service (U.S. West Coast to Panama) into one single loop.

The Federal Maritime Commission is stepping up its oversight of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement and the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement by ordering verbatim records of their me

Japan and India reached a bilateral free trade agreement in Tokyo on Thursday. The pact will eliminate import tariffs on most products traded between the two giant Asian economies within 10 years.

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Maersk Line named Thomas Knudsen as the regional head of its Asia Pacific business based in Singapore, where he will be responsible for the execution of the Danish carrier’s day-to-day operations in S

Crowley Maritime acquired Puerto Rican logistics provider Islandwide Air and Ocean, and entered into an agreement with its sister company, Islandwide Logistics, to provide services such as warehouse m