Container Shipping News

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India’s two biggest ports, the Port of Mumbai and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, are likely to be shut for at least a week, as their main channel remains blocked by containers that fell off a ship a

Hamburg Sud will impose a general rate increase on Sept. 1 on all cargo moving from the West Coasts of the U.S. and Canada to Europe.

A Pakistani clothing manufacturer is accusing two U.S. freight forwarders of defrauding it out of some $207,000 in payments due.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Mumbai, India’s busiest container port, closed Monday morning following a collision between two vessels on Saturday that left hundreds of containers floating in the

Mediterranean Shipping Company and the Shipping Corporation of India formed a vessel sharing agreement to launch a direct container service linking the Indian subcontinent and the Mediterranean, start

One of the first questions raised after the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion was whether shrimp and other seafood from the Gulf of Mexico was safe to eat.

Leaders of several U.S. agricultural groups are calling for China to increase its imports of U.S. food products. Economists say it’s not only possible, but also inevitable.

There is no shortage of ideas for meeting President Obama’s goal of doubling exports in five years and creating 2 million new jobs.

One of the most significant changes in the 54-year history of maritime containerization is unfolding rapidly at U.S.

Add chassis to the list of transport equipment in short supply this year as the early recovery in demand caught carriers and leasing companies with their chassis down.

A rebound in container volume and rates has NYK Line, MOL and “K” Line profitable again and more optimistic about the months ahead.

White is the new green for companies in the cold chain that want to improve their environmental rating.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority and the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League said Friday they concluded several months of mediation and reached a settlement, ending a years-long battle

Evergreen Line, OOCL and Dubai-based Simatech Shipping will launch joint liner service beginning Aug. 20 connecting Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East.

Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, the world's largest container port operator in volume, said its earnings before interest and taxes rose 35 percent as its container throughput increased 17 per

International Container Terminal Services, the Manila-based port operator, said its second quarter net profit increased 61 percent to $19.6 million as revenue rose 32 percent to $126.3 million.

Neptune Orient Lines, the parent of container carrier APL, reported a second quarter net profit of US$100 million, compared with a net loss of $146 million a year earlier, as revenue jumped 53 percent

California United Terminals, the terminal operator for Hyundai Merchant Marine at the Port of Long Beach, will move its operations later this year to the APM Terminals facility at the Port of Los Ange

This year’s peak season for containerized imports may have topped out in July as retailers shipped early to avoid delays, according to the Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Feder

The Atlantic Basin is on track for an active hurricane season, according to the scheduled seasonal outlook update issued Thursday by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate

The Obama administration is guaranteeing a $250 million working capital loan to Ford Motor Company to finance the sale of $3.1 billion in cars and light trucks to buyers in Canada and Mexico.

Horizon Lines appointed Wing Lam as its owner representative and Ben Line Agencies as its general agent to support the carrier's ongoing sales and operations in Shanghai and Ningbo, China.

Seaspan reported a second quarter loss because of a change in the fair value of its financial instruments, but the container ship owner said it is expanding its fleet to meet carriers’ rising de

Hanjin Shipping returned to profitability in the second quarter as its container volume jumped 16.7 percent and freight rates rose.

Orient Overseas International Ltd., parent of Orient Overseas Container Line, reported after-tax profit of $287.3 million from continuing operations in the first half of 2010 as economic recovery push

Container traffic at major ports in India for the April-July period increased 14 percent over the same period last year, the Indian Ports Association said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Port of Los Angeles says it will use a $731,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to buy and test a battery-

TRAC Intermodal said Tuesday it will start renting chassis to port truckers on a short-to-medium term basis.

Hapag-Lloyd will launch an Atlantic Express Shuttle between North Europe and the East Coast of North America, effective Sept. 25.

Safmarine will add a direct container service between the Far East and West Africa via South Africa on Aug. 12. The FEW3 service will be operated jointly with parent company Maersk Line.

Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping’s second-quarter operating income rose to $4.2 million from $2.5 million a year earlier as volume and rates increased, parent company Nicor said.

Spot prices for trans-Pacific ocean container shipping jumped 8.2 percent in the week ending Aug.

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are extending gate hours and some will initiate appointment systems to keep the ports fluid during the peak shipping season.

The first of seven roll-on, roll-off vessels scheduled to call at the Port of Philadelphia this month arrived late Monday to deliver Hyundai and Kia vehicles from South Korea.

Maersk Line denied Tuesday that it was in talks with shipyards to order 10 giant container ships, but said it was only monitoring the capacity situation at yards.

Maersk Line Ltd., the U.S.-flag carrier of Denmark’s Maersk Line, said it paid a $3.1 million fine to the U.S.

Danmar Lines, DHL Global Forwarding's in-house carrier, launched two direct less-than-container-load services from Shenzhen, China, to Europe.

Office clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach pursued contract negotiations into their second month with local issues still dominating the talks.

The Panama Canal Authority and the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport signed a memorandum of understanding Monday aimed at increasing all-water trade between Asia and the U.S.