Singapore-based regional container carrier Pacific International Lines (PIL) will become a major shareholder in Mariana Express Lines, a compatriot Asia feeder operator.

The ink was hardly dry on Hapag-Lloyd’s merger deal with Chilean carrier CSAV when departing chief executive Michael Behrendt raised the prospect of acquiring an Asian container line.

Multipurpose ocean carrier NileDutch and Singapore-based Pacific International Lines have reached a vessel-sharing agreement to jointly operate a new container service between Asia and West Africa, starting in mid-May.

Pacific International Lines will start calling at the Port of Seattle in February.

Pacific International Lines has revised the port rotation for its China Transpacific Service, which connects the U.S. West Coast, Oceania and Asia.

Pacific International Lines will soon revise its CTP service to provide a direct connection between Manila, the Philippines, and Los Angeles.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will be taking space on Pacific International Lines’ Mozambique Express Service.

Starting May 4, Cosco Container Lines, Evergreen Line, PIL and Wan Hai Line will launch a new weekly service linking Asia and the west coast of South America, called Asia-South America Service, WSA2.

Pacific International Lines has been sentenced in U.S. federal court under the terms of a plea agreement that requires the Singapore-based container shipping company to pay $2.2 million in criminal penalties...