Container Shipping News

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

The inquiry by India's Director General of Shipping found the MV Khalijia-3 was mainly responsible for the coll

The Containership Co., which began no-frills service from China to Los Angeles in April, reported a $3 million net loss on $21.2 million in revenue during the first half of its first year.

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Reed Smith LLP said it is expanding its shipping practice through the addition of Lars Forsberg as a partner in the firm’s New York office.

Container volume through Hong Kong rose 9.7 percent in July after growing by double digits in each of the year’s first six months, the Hong Kong Port Development Council reported.

A 24-hour general strike by major trade unions severely disrupted operations at several Indian ports Tuesday.

The Panama Canal Authority and the Antwerp Port Authority signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday that is the first of its kind between the Panama Canal and a European port.

Slow steaming by container ships, introduced during the recession to absorb capacity and cut costs, is here to stay, according to Maersk Line, the world's largest ocean carrier.

Hamburg Sud christened the first of two identical container ships, both of which have a slot capacity of 4,600 20-foot equivalent container units, in Mexico on Saturday.

A fledgling market for futures contracts based on container freight rates cleared its initial hurdles but faces a big obstacle: skeptical ocean carriers.

Chris Badger is worried about competition from both coasts of North America.

The recovery for the largest U.S.

The U.S. unemployment rate edged up to 9.6 percent in August from 9.5 percent in July as weak hiring by private employers failed to keep pace with an increase in people looking for work.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will increase freight rates on its services between North America and Europe and the Mediterranean as of Oct. 1.

The congestion at marine terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach that has plagued harbor truckers for much of the year is beginning to dissipate, thanks to a working group formed by truckers, the ports an

DP World became the world’s third-largest terminal operator, according to the latest rankings of global operators by Drewry Shipping Consultants, which based the rankings on container throughput last

The offshore oil platform Vermillion 380 blew up Thursday morning in the Gulf of Mexico, catching on fire and forcing 13 workers into the water.