Container Shipping News

More than half the crew aboard the Maersk Alabama when it was attacked by Somali pirates in April 2009 have filed lawsuits against Maersk Line Ltd., the U.S. subsidiary of A.P.

Eimskip, the Iceland-based container shipping and refrigerated logistics group, reported operating profit almost halved in the first quarter from a year earlier as higher costs and one-time items outw

The German twin ports of Bremen-Bremerhaven boosted container traffic 13.6 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, closing the gap with slower-growing rivals in the Le Havre-Hamburg range.

Jorge Quijano is preparing to move out of his old office in what looks like temporary buildings on the site of a former U.S.

The Journal of Commerce’s Annual Top 100 Importers and Exporters ranking is based on data from PIERS, a JOC sister company, and other industry sources.

Container shipping lines hope peak-season volumes will get a boost from customers’ need to replenish tight inventories.

Yogi Berra might as well have been talking about the 2012 JOC Top 100 Importers and Exporters rankings when he uttered one of his infamous quotes: “It’s déjà vu, all over aga

Footwear importers are looking forward to a strong back-to-school season this year as the industry rebounds from a somewhat disappointing 2011.

In the heated political debate over U.S. economic policy, Democrats and Republicans agree on at least one essential goal: China needs to start importing a lot more goods and services from the U.S.

To gauge the outlook for furniture sales, check the real estate market. When people change homes, they often spend to furnish their new digs.

Veteran logistician Pat Moffett has been around since the last time the International Longshoremen’s Association struck at East and Gulf Coast ports — in 1977 — so he’s not get

Electrolux’s Bjorn Vang Jensen is looking for a new way of negotiating contracts with ocean carriers.

As bad as the air cargo industry has fared in recent years, the woes would be so much greater if not for steady growth in U.S. electronics exports.

When I took my 1999 Saab into the shop last year, the service manager told me I would need more than $4,000 in repairs.

Critics scoffed two years ago when President Obama announced his National Export Initiative aimed at doubling U.S. exports between 2010 and the end of 2014.

American consumers are spending again, fueling optimism that container shipping this year will see something missed the last two years: a robust pre-holiday peak shipping season.

When Nike this month accepted the Federal Maritime Commission Chairman’s Earth Day Award for outstanding shipper leadership and innovation in sustainable ocean transport practices, it affirmed t

Fiscal 2011 produced record agricultural exports from the U.S., and exports for this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, are expected to be almost as strong.

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett said United States Maritime Alliance has been unwilling to agree to ILA contract demands for job guarantees in exchange for incr

A longshore labor dispute that produced three days of work slowdowns and long delays for trucks at Port of New York and New Jersey marine terminals apparently was settled Friday.

Lines could see the freight rate gains of this year on major trades wiped out in the fourth quarter when more vessels enter the market and volumes contract post-peak season, according to a third-partl

The port of Rotterdam is investing more than $18.75 million in a new heavy lift/project cargo terminal to keep pace with growing traffic and maintain its market share.

The International Chamber of Shipping criticized planned Panama Canal toll increases as “rushed, excessiv

Japanese export ship orders tumbled 43.5 percent in April from a year earlier to 515,768 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association.

Spot rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade fell for the third consecutive week, indicating vessel overcapacity on the route and weak European import demand are eroding the general rate increases oc

CSX Transportation CEO Michael Ward said he would prefer West Coast port growth to East Coast port expansion, because shipments from the West would less likely be diverted to trucks.

OOCL said it will put a general rate increase into effect on cargo moving in both directions on the trans-Atlantic trade as of July 1.

Nineteen persons have been charged with participation in an international car theft ring that exported stolen vehicles through the Port of New York and New Jersey to various countries, primarily in We

APM Terminals made an unsolicited bid it estimated at between $3 billion and $4 billion to take over the operations of all the terminals owned by the Virginia Port Authority under a 48-year lease.

China will begin to lift its ban on imports of Virginia's hardwood and softwood logs under a six-month pilot project, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday.

The crew of a small U.S.-flag Maersk container ship repelled a pirate attack in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, the company confirmed.

The state of Virginia is considering a proposal from APM Terminals to take over the operating rights of the Port of Virginia’s marine terminals.

Eastbound trans-Pacific spot rates held steady this week for the fourth week in a row, indicating that carriers are maintaining pricing discipline on

Indonesia plans to build a major new container transshipment terminal designed to offer lines an alternative to Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.

Divergent demand growth rates between the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe container shipping trades will emerge as the year progresses forcing carriers to take drastic action or risk losing the gains ma

Norway’s Green Reefers, one of the largest operators of refrigerated cargo ships, is winding up its operations and selling its fleet to its controlling shareholder after its bankers refused to p

APL and Pacific International Lines will launch a new a new joint service linking the Far East and Red Sea next month.

Ocean carriers and shipowners are set to scrap container ships totaling more than 200,000 20-foot equivalent units capacity in 2012, more than twice the capacity sent to breakers’ yards last yea

Damco, the logistics unit of the A.P.

DFDS, Europe’s biggest integrated short sea shipping and logistics company, slumped to a 97 million Danish kroner [$16.7 million] pre-tax loss in the seasonally slow first quarter from a $1.2 mi