Container Shipping News

US retailers are expecting US import volumes to hit record levels in the coming months.

CMA CGM and its APL unit are launching two new services linking the Mediterranean, the Arabian Gulf, and the Indian Subcontinent.

The lack of equipment needed to screen cargo at the country’s busiest port of Chittagong is likely to compound already extensive congestion there.

Carriers will have a more difficult time maintaining rate increases on their services to Los Angeles-Long Beach this peak season than elsewhere in the eastbound Pacific.

As companies institute sustainability goals to woo investors and consumers, the shipping industry is becoming more transparent about its carbon emissions.

The move comes amid a diplomatic row between Qatar and four of its neighbors.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific this year have been running 30 to 60 percent higher than at this time last year.

Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has completed the lifting and positioning of the two largest units of an $8 billion Sasol ethane cracker and related plants that will add to exports of polyethylene resins from the US Gulf region.

Rates for ships more than 5,500 TEU are “nose-diving,” and the 7,500- to 11,000-TEU segment has been hit by a “sudden meltdown”.

The strikes follow months of slowdown.

The digital transformation of Singapore and Rotterdam will play a crucial role in their competitiveness and both ports have launched new technology initiatives.

German carrier Hapag-Lloyd has become the second liner operator this month to impose a booking cancellation fee after CMA CGM.

The 1,103-TEU Samoana will replace the 844-TEU Islander.

The Panama Canal Authority plans to implement a reduced toll schedule for Atlantic-to-Pacific backhauls.

Spot rates on the East-West trades had contrasting results this week with the trans-Pacific up and Asia-Europe losing gains.

The union last week canceled five of eight days of planned strikes between May 24 and June 9.

The New York Stock Exchange-listed group’s net income tumbled.

Throughput volume at the world's major gateways has been so strong in the first quarter that analyst Alphaliner has revised upwards its forecast for 2017.

The joint study found contacts between key industry stakeholders are often “zero-sum” and not normally focused on cooperation to make improvements for mutual gain.

The name of the joint venture container line that will be formed from the merger of Japan's three main carriers has been announced.

The sharp difference in what carriers will have to pay for lower sulfur fuel makes it tempting to skirt the new rule.

The shareholders also approved the expansion of the company’s supervisory board.

The market rebound will reverse the heavy deficit incurred in 2016.

Earnings nosedived across all of the business segments on India's largest shipping line.

Fesco is currently in talks with its creditors and bondholders over the restructuring of its debts.

Rates on Asia-South America East Coast has soared to its highest level ever recorded as disciplined capacity management by carriers continues to support the spot market.

Nine port pairs on services between Southeast Asia and the West Coast are experiencing faster transit times than before the new and enhanced alliances launched April 1.

The opening of the elevated Bayonne Bridge in June is likely to bring change.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific dropped for the fourth straight week.

After three weeks of declines, the China to Europe and the Mediterranean spot rates rose this week, probably lifted by shippers trying to beat the rate increases coming on June 1.

Legislators’ recent interest in rewriting the Shipping Act of 1984 has been sparked by third-party suppliers’ fears of alliances having too much power.

Costamare is one of the leading charter ship owners, with a fleet of 72 vessels.

Hapag-Lloyd joins group of carriers that charge for refrigerated container gensets.

“This is an important strategic milestone and a big step forward for Hapag-Lloyd.”

“The first quarter was in line with our expectations.”

According to analysts, low freight demand, overcapacity, and the consequent tightening of profit margins has placed shipbuilding on a sort of hiatus, but it won't last.

Shippers using CMA CGM on the North Europe-Middle East-India trade will face a container booking cancellation fee from June 1.

Such a move already has support on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have been weighing options to strengthen Federal Maritime Commission safeguards against collusion among carriers in the world’s three major VSAs.