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Four ocean carriers are teaming up to jointly launch a new service between ports the U.S. East Coast and Brazil in March.

Forecasters surveyed by the National Association of Business Economics show growing optimism about the U.S.

Electronic container cargo booking in 2011 outpaced overall industry volume growth by nearly four-fold, according to figures released Monday by INTTRA, an electronic booking portal for the container s

APM Terminals profit declined 18 percent in 2011 to $649 million from $793 million a year ago, but the container terminal operator expects gains in market share will improve results in 2012.

Maersk Line will remain in the red this year after slumping to a $602 million loss in 2011 from a record $2.6 billion profit in 2010, said A.P.

Drewry Shipping Consultants estimates the international shipping industry contributes about 3.3 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of an enormous impact from global freight tr

After three years of boom and bust, Chile’s CSAV hopes a new business model and $1.2 billion in fresh capital will provide smoother sailing for South America’s largest container line.

A decade ago, Hapag-Lloyd operated in the rarefied air along with the world’s most profitable global ocean carriers.

You wouldn’t think the country has been skirting along the fragile edge of an economic downturn by looking at business at many of the large Gulf ports.

Alabama’s Port of Mobile has turned out to be the perfect match for German steel manufacturer ThyssenKrupp.

Small exporters will be among the most to benefit from the charter renewal of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the most to suffer if Congress fails to act soon, leaders of the National

U.S. steel imports in January jumped 20.2 percent from a year earlier amid a strengthening economy and rising demand from steel users.

The Federal Maritime Commission underestimated the magnitude of rate volatility in the Europe-Asia trade when it assessed the effects of the European Union’s repeal of carrier antitrust immunity

An MOL container ship collided with another container ship owned by Cosco on Wednesday southeast of Hong Kong.

Diana Containerships booked a profit of $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 against a year-earlier loss of $15,600, and the Greek shipowner forecasts an improved performance in 2012 because of

Spot freight rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade lane rose 3 percent this week from the week before after Maersk Line announced plans to reduce vessel capacity on the route by 9 percent.

NOL Group renewed its contract with Union Pacific for U.S. rail transport of containerized cargo carried by APL, it liner shipping business.

Weak volumes to Europe and the Mediterranean caused U.S.

APL’s parent NOL Group lost $478 million last year, reversing a $461 million profit in 2010, as high fuel costs and lower freight rates produced “disappointing” results for the conta

Danaos reported net income of $9.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 against a year earlier loss of $8.9 million, but the Greek containership owner warned the rising number of laid-up vessels will

Maersk Line imposed a new round of general rate increases on its Far East Asia services, effective March 15.

International container volume at the Port of Tacoma in January increased 8 percent year-over-year, as imports surged 12.4 percent at the Washington state port.

China plans to spend $3 billion to build a three-pier terminal in a special economic zone bordering North Korea and a 34-mile cross-border railroad linking the port to the Chinese northeastern city of

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Diana Containerships said it took delivery on Feb. 17 of the APL Sardonyx, a container ship with a capacity of approximately 4,750 20-foot equivalent units.

A moratorium on newbuilding orders and an end to the battle for market share between shipbuilders are needed to combat the oversupply of capacity, said Spyros Polemis, chairman of the International Ch

Middle East carrier United Arab Shipping imposed a two-phase general rate increase on trades from Asia to the U.S. East Coast.

Then the world’s largest ocean carrier launched its Daily Maersk service last fall, it set in motion a series of events that are radically transforming the world’s largest and most deeply

Shippers and carriers view this year’s East and Gulf Coast longshore labor negotiations with a sense of trepidation and an eye on the calendar.

A funny thing happened on the way to the 2014 completion of the new Panama Canal locks. The volume of containers moving from Asia to U.S. East Coast ports via the Suez Canal took off.

Ports along the Eastern Seaboard are putting money where their hopes are, investing in projects for better landside access by road and rail in an effort to compete for discretionary cargo.

The Federal Maritime Commission, in perhaps the most extensive study in its 50-year history, concluded the European Union’s 2008 repeal of antitrust immunity on liner conferences had minimal imp

East Coast container trade volume rose 5.5 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, to 10.8 million 20-foot equivalent units, and outperformed the total U.S.

For many years, non-vessel-operating common carriers were considered a stepchild of the maritime industry, but that ship turned around in 2010 when importers had trouble securing vessel space in the t

When project logistics company Agility released its Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2012, 10 of the top-ranked countries hailed from the world’s poorest continent.

Container ship owner-charterer Box Ships reported fourth quarter net income of $5.6 million, bringing the Athens-based company’s profit to $13 million since its spinoff from Paragon Shipping in

OOCL on Friday said it will raise freight rates on containers moving on the eastbound backhaul leg from North Europe to Asia as of March 15.

Hapag-Lloyd imposed a general rate increase on the Indian subcontinent-Europe trade lanes, starting March 1.

Maersk Line said it is cutting vessel capacity on the Asia-Europe route by 9 percent in a bid to boost flagging freight rates and restore profitability but vowed to defend its market share on the worl

Federal regulators are still squeezing orange juice imports, stopping shipments at the U.S. border or ports and testing samples for an illegal fungicide.