Container Shipping News

The public listing of shares in German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd has been delayed due to market volatility.

Ship Finance International on Tuesday revealed details of its reported agreement to buy two container ships

The NYK Group said Tuesday it will offer free international transportation of relief supplies to the Tohoku and Kanto regions of Japan, which were struck March 11 by a

The Commerce Department and the American Association of Port Authorities will combine forces to encourage small and medium-sized businesses to increase exports, Courtney Gregoire, director of the Nati

Maersk Line announced a steep increase in emergency risk surcharges imposed earlier on containers moving via ports in the Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa, starting April 1.

CSAV swung to a full-year profit of $170.8 million in 2010 from a loss of $656.4 million in 2009.

Up to 40 percent of Japan's container traffic would be affected if the risk of nuclear radiation from the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant forces the closure of ports in Tokyo Bay, accordin

The three member carriers of the Grand Alliance are adding a direct Vietnam call at the Cai Mep deepwater port in Vung Tau on Loop D of their Asia-Europe service starting on March 30.

A federal judge rejected the New York Shipping Association's challenge of a port crime watchdog agency's plan to authorize independent monitors.

Container throughput at the Port of Savannah climbed 16.3 percent in February from the same month last year as containerized exports surged and U.S. consumer spending fueled imports.

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday that it had won a $711 million order to build six container ships for Hamburg Sud.

The six carrier members of the Caribbean Shipowners Association said they are reducing the size of their upcoming bunker increase on March 27 by $30 per 20-foot equivalent unit.

Japanese automakers plan to resume production at some plants in Japan this week but cautioned that disruptions to international supply chains will continue in the wake of the March 11

Ship Finance International, which owns and operates ships for charter to liner companies, said it would acquire two container vessels from French container shipping company CMA CGM for $342 million.

Crowley Maritime and Seaboard Marine, members of the Florida-Bahamas Shipowners & Operators Association, on Friday announced a two-step increase in bunker surcharges, to take effect on April 17 and Ma

Horizon Lines is scrambling to contain the damage from its guilty plea and $45 million fine for fixing rates on containerized cargo shipments between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.

Shippers and carriers attending the TSA meeting in Long Beach disagree about the level of bunker surcharges.

U.S. exports are suffering because of the nation’s failure to perform maintenance dredging on inland waterways, according to Amy Larson, president of the National Waterways Conference.

After Japan was hit with an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear energy catastrophe, Toyota quickly halted overtime work at its 13 North American plants on the opposite side of the globe.

The Pacific coast ports of Canada, the U.S.

Still smarting from the shortage of vessel space that delayed shipments a year ago, importers and exporters are demanding more service guarantees in trans-Pacific contracts.

Three industrial trade associations are asking the U.S.

Honda Motor Co. said it will extend a halt in its Japanese production by three days, through Wednesday, and warned U.S.

Alexander & Baldwin warned Friday that the recent surge in global fuel prices stemming from u

Some ocean carriers eliminated stops at the Tokyo and Nagoya ports and other ocean carriers added cargo restrictions and changed ship routings around Japan as the country struggled with badly damaged

At one time or another in their modern history, Argentina, Brazil and Chile — like Colombia — have played the role of international pariah through ineptitude, corruption or brutal military

After more than four years of painful delays, prospects for reviving the long-languishing U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement may be getting a significant boost thanks to an unlikely third party: China

Ships in transit off the coast of Japan should stay a minimum of 50 miles away from the Fukushima power plant, according to an advisory fr

Some Japanese ports and airports affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern part of the country on March

General Motors said it will suspend production at its Shreveport, La., pickup assembly plant next week because of a parts shortage resulting from the

Sea Star Line ordered 100 new 53-foot cargo containers for use at its Jacksonville and Philadelphia ports.

In an expansion of its intra-Asia regional network, Evergreen Line is launching a weekly service called the Japan-Taiwan-South China Sea service from March 17.

The new chairman of Chile's CSAV warned of "negative results" for the first quarter and said the company will seek a $500 million capital increase and to sell up to 49 percent of the company's ports a

Maersk Line ships will not enter or pass through an offshore area close to an overheating nuclear plant in Japan, the Danish carrier said Thursday.

U.S. steel exports increased 14.2 percent in January from December and were up 11.2 percent year-to-year, led by shipments to Canada, Mexico and other Western Hemisphere nations.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services will seek a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe and the Mediterranean, the second GRI this year.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, along with California agricultural exporters, Wednesday urged Congress to approve the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement no later than July 1.

Executives from computer makers and other technology firms show growing concern that the unfolding disaster in Japan can disrupt their glo

Ongoing factory production and shipping problems in Japan from last week's earthquake and tsunami will hit containerized automobile parts

CMA CGM said a containership stormed by Israeli commandos on March 15 and searched for weapons was the "v