Container lines

Shippers may have woken up Aug. 31 wondering where their Hanjin Shipping cargo was, but there were plenty of foreboding signs leading up to the seventh-largest container line being placed into receivership.

Diana Containerships is the latest charter ship owner to restructure its loans.

The Busan Port Authority will offer discounts to CKYE Alliance members in a bid to keep Busan’s cranes busy.

The outlook for overall container trade growth, and particularly transshipment, is bleak.

India’s maritime regulator is targeting ocean carrier surcharge.

Hanjin Shipping’s yet-to-be-court-appointed bankruptcy trustee could target non-vessel-operating common carriers and shippers.

Shippers using CKYHE Alliance partners of Hanjin Shipping had the most exposure to the liner’s collapse, but others also were hurt.

Hanjin Shipping’s collapse has set off a rush by other container lines to add services and “extra loader” voyages.

The number and value of shoes Brazil exports around the globe rose in the first eight months of the year.

The container shipping industry hit bottom in 2016 and is poised to experience three to four years of relative stability before going through another round of consolidation.

Hanjin Shipping has said it regrets the bottlenecks and complications that have arisen from its bankruptcy and promised to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

The proposed block exemption for liner shipping in Hong Kong is off for public consultation.

Shipping restructuring specialists believe that Hanjin Shipping will ultimately be liquidated, not rehabilitated.

Container shipping overcapacity that pushed Hanjin Shipping into bankruptcy protection will likely claim another container line before the market rebounds.

Rumors that an investment fund will take over Japan's No. 3 carrier abound.

Hanjin ship stuck off Melbourne over fears its owner will seize the vessel.

The second of four Hanjin Shipping vessels stuck off the US West Coast has been given permission to berth at the Port of Los Angeles.

Hanjin Shipping’s dire financial state under bankruptcy protection has raised questions on whether the South Korean line or its creditors may try to force shippers to pay for not delivering the number of containers that were contracted.

One veteran auditor estimated that shipping invoice errors cost the typical shipper $50,000 to $150,000 a year.

Non-vessel-operating common carriers as an industry saw signs of the Hanjin Shipping collapse months before the South Korean container line filed for bankruptcy Aug. 31.

The board of Korean Air Lines has approved spending that will allow the Hanjin Group to help deliver Hanjin Shipping cargo stuck on ships and in ports around the world.

The Hanjin Greece early Saturday morning called the Total Terminals International, in which the South Korean container line has a majority share.

A federal judge on Friday extended the temporary order giving protection to Hanjin Shipping vessels to prevent their seizure in at least four US ports.

Spot freight rates from Asia to the United States held after a surge last week, but the failure to rise further this week suggests importers are finding space on other carriers.

A South Korean bankruptcy court has approved the use of $10 million by Hanjin Shipping to unload four of its stranded ships in US waters, a US bankruptcy court in New Jersey heard Friday.

Hanjin Shipping’s attempt to get stranded cargo to shipper customers was dealt a setback.

Asia-Med spot rates up as Hanjin effect helps lift the market.

A new intra-Asia alliance is on the cards following Hanjin's collapse.

No movement of Hanjin ships at US ports is expected until a bankruptcy court in New Jersey rules on protection, possibly on Friday.

The push underscores a restlessness within the transportation industry with the customary pace of a Chapter 15 bankruptcy filing — something that has historically taken months to years to play out.

Korea will tap its domestic carriers to send another 20 vessels to help clear up the mess left by Hanjin Shipping after it filed for receivership on Aug. 31.

Operating ports handle terminal fees much differently than terminal operators at landlord ports.

The containers were set to be exported, but Hanjin’s Aug. 31 bankruptcy filing prevented them from being loaded.

US Customs and Border Protection is the second US federal agency to issue guidance to shippers and other industry stakeholders after the shipping giant filed for court receivership in Korea and later applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States last week.

2M Alliance partners Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. will add a pair of weekly trans-Pacific services.

A British court has granted Hanjin Shipping’s request for bankruptcy protection it received in South Korea to be recognized in the United Kingdom.

Since 1826, when US Secretary of State Henry Clay floated the idea before Congress and Congress turned it down, an interoceanic canal through Nicaragua has been characterized as a fool’s errand.

A federal judge Tuesday granted Hanjin Shipping temporary bankruptcy protection, giving US importers awaiting cargo on ships anchored outside US ports hope they will get their goods soon.

Four Hanjin vessels remain anchored outside North American Pacific coast ports awaiting decision by bankruptcy court.

Finding locations to drop empty Hanjin containers is a stumbling block for drayage operators and could be one for anyone looking to recover the assets.