Container Shipping News

Waterfront employers are working with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to identify and isolate at-risk refrigerated containers arriving at West Coast ports from Vietnam.

Seaspan’s third-quarter loss widened to $122.6 million from $70.9 million a year ago, as the Hong Kong-based charterer was hit by rising operating costs and plummeting

“K” Line added a weekly service called Jaseco-K connecting South Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia as a slot operator.

Longshoremen at the Port of Oakland began refusing to work vessels calling at the TraPac and SSA Marine terminals this week, joining actions that began at the Port of Seattle last week in response to

Evergreen Line is revamping several of its intra-Asian services in November to meet the growth of that trade caused by the free trade agreement between China and the 12 countries belonging to the Asso

Grand China Shipping has become the latest niche carrier to suspend a trans-Pacific service because of deteriorating conditions in the U.S. import trade from China.

Japanese carrier “K” Line reported a loss of $242.7 million in its fiscal first half, primarily because of c

MOL said container shipping losses contributed to a loss of $214.8 million for the six months ended Sept.

NYK said weak rates and a strong yen contributed to a $150.3 million loss for the first six months of its

The overall cost of operating ships is expected to rise by 3.8 percent in 2011 and by 3.7 percent in 2012, according to a new

UK-flagged merchant vessels will be allowed to carry armed guards to combat piracy, the Prime Minister David Cameron said.

NOL Group posted a third-quarter loss of

For a good snapshot of the consumer economy, look no further than the American living room. Chances are, it looks pretty much the same as it did five years ago.

The National Foreign Trade Zone Board soon will publish new rules streamlining government rules for establishing and operating in the zones, the first major overhaul of the regulations governing FTZs

Brooklyn may have a bridge, but unlike four major terminals on the west side of New York harbor, ships don’t have to pass under it to get there.

Cargo owners have begun lodging claims against Mediterranean Shipping Co., the charterer of the grounded Rena in New Zealand.

Containerized imports of toys fell 9 percent in September, their eighth straight month of year-over-year decline, and are unlikely to match 2010 levels, Journal of Commerce Economist Mario O.

The Port of Los Angeles will enforce all concession requirements in its clean-truck program upheld in a recent ruling by the U.S.

Container traffic at Marseilles, France’s largest port, fell 6 percent year-over-year in the first nine months of 2011, largely because of nationwide

Matson Navigation Co. said it has capacity to handle cargo demand to Guam without adding ships in the wake of Horizon Lines’ cancellation of its trans-Pacific service.

U.S. containerized imports rose 1 percent in September as a 25 percent jump in auto parts shipments helped offset declines in toys, apparel, computers, furniture and housewares, PIERS data show.

Cargo owners and insurers that suffered losses in the wreck of the container ship Rena on a reef off New Zealand this month will have to navigate a maze of judicial jurisdictions and conflicting legal

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bought out the 10-year lease that American Stevedoring International held on the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn.

Dandong Port in Northern China will spend nearly $7.1 billion over the next five years to increase throughput some 67 percent at facilities with strong connections in North Asia.

China Shipping Container Lines lost $149 million in the third quarter, as weak rates caused revenue to tumble 36 percent to $1.1 billion.

China Cosco Holdings, battered by weak bulk and container shipping markets, reported a third quarter loss $325 million, reversing a

Costamare boosted third quarter revenue by nearly 13 percent from a year to $99.9 million, as the Greek container ship owner signed a loan facility that could finance expansion of one of the world&rsq

The volume of containers transported by CSAV in September rose 2.2 percent from August, but dropped by 18.8 percent from a year earlier.

Guangzhou Port Group reported a 24.6 percent year-over-year increase Wednesday in container volume in September, but the Southern China operator said it expects business to contract this month as the

Spot rates for container shipments from Hong Kong to Los Angeles fell to their lowest level in the last 22 months, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants’ weekly benchmark.

Intra-Asia operator Samudera Shipping Line saw its third-quarter profit fall 40.5 percent year-over-year to $

Japan’s NYK Line says container volume from Asia to the United States and Europe fell 10.2 percent from September to August in a

Container freight rates on the Far East-North Europe spot market have dropped below zero after stripping out bunker surcharges, and rates will continue falling as leading carriers engage in a “d

European Union regulators rejected a $230 million restructuring of Sea France, casting doubt over the survival of France’s state-owned freight and passenger ferry company.

Some trans-Pacific ocean carriers are skipping port calls and holding back vessel departures if bookings are weak, illustrating how

DP World’s 10 percent year-over-year boost in container traffic in the third quarter was driven by strong growth at the Dubai-based company’s terminals in the United Arab Emirates, Africa

Horizon Lines is discontinuing its money-losing trans-Pacific service, a route that sought to sail in a niche market underneath the scope of larger container lines by linking the U.S.

Containerized imports into the Port of Seattle plunged 22.6 percent in September over the same month a year ago as a tumultuous month at Pacific Northwest ports brought a meek showing in the midst of

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INTTRA, the e-commerce cargo-booking portal, said its electronic bookings reached a record high in the past two months.