Container Shipping News

Gary LaGrange believes keeping navigation channels open at the mouth of the Mississippi River is much more than a local problem.

This is no time for U.S. ports to be complacent.

Ronald Goldstock is regarded as the father of the independent private sector inspector general.

A major shipper group is decrying the Federal Maritime Commission’s lack of action on a nine-month investigation into ocean carrier practices on the Pacific and says it may take legal action to

Shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes is winding up the year with strong growth based on staples of grain exports along with imports of iron ore and steel.

President Obama said the U.S. is "on track to meet" his goal of doubling exports in five years, and his administration is taking additional steps to maintain the momentum.

Maersk Line said it is struggling to connect exports via terminals in India’s Port of Chennai because of severe port congestion and a sudden shortage of container trucks that is crippling outbound car

Independent Container Line announced a restructuring of its U.S. sales team with the appointment of new vice presidents of sales for the northern and southern regions.

The Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday accepted the final report from a nine-month investigation into vessel capacity and equipment shortages. The commission will form committees to follow up.

The House on Thursday by a narrow margin passed a bill that would give new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to recall products and inspect food processing facilities.

The Jacksonville Port Authority authorized its executive director to negotiate for a contract to build a new container terminal for Hanjin Shipping.

Waiting ships started passing through the Panama Canal Thursday after it was closed for 17 hours because of flooding.

Container ship charter rates are falling as ocean carriers sit out the seasonally slack fourth quarter and reassess their capacity requirements amid uncertainty over cargo volumes and freight rates go

Hanjin Shipping announced a series of rate increases Wednesday for Asia-Europe services starting Jan.

National labor organizations intensified their attack on the classification of harbor truck drivers as independent contractors with the release Wednesday of the report, "The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollutio

Vessel movements came to a near standstill Tuesday at India's eastern Port of Kolkata, local shipping sources said.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to spend almost $65 million to upgrade three of the major roads truckers use to transport cargo to and from the agency's three New Jersey container

OOCL may place an order for huge container ships, each of which would have almost 50 percent more capacity than any ship in its fleet, a senior executive told a Hong Kong newspaper.

A federal judge delayed a ruling on the approval of a $52.25 million class-action antitrust settlement by U.S.-Puerto Rico carriers until he decides on a payment plan for plaintiffs’ lawyers in

CSAV is upgrading its service between the west coast of South America and the U.S.

INTTRA extended its e-commerce platform for the ocean freight industry to enable all forwarders and shippers to use its electronic standardized business process for all container shipments.

The owners of Hapag-Lloyd hired three investment banks to prepare for a possible initial public offering for the German ocean container carrier in 2011, the TUI travel company and the Albert Ballin co

AGL Resources agreed to acquire Nicor, parent of Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping, in a $2.38 billion cash-and-stock deal that would combine two regional natural gas distributors.

Indian garment manufacturer Smart Garment is accusing Worldlink Logix, an Iselin, N.J., freight forwarder of fraud and violations of the Shipping Act for alleged mishandling of the delivery of two con

Ocean container carriers may struggle to push through freight rate hikes planned for January, an analyst said.

U.S. officials are predicting an increase of $10 billion to $11 billion in exports to South Korea following the endorsement on Friday of a new free trade agreement.

Container truck drivers late Saturday called off a five-day strike at the Port of Cochin, restoring the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from India Gateway Terminal.

APL’s average revenue per container fell 4.1 percent from the month before in the container line’s November reporting period, the third straight month-to-month slide in pricing despite the carrier’s s

When it comes to U.S. policy goals of boosting exports and cutting the federal budget deficit, there’s a lesson buried in the ideas of several deficit panels: Be careful what you wish for.

Among the container ports on the U.S.

Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee

The South Carolina State Ports Authority promoted Art Pruett to the position of vice president of carrier sales.

The terminal authority at India's Port of Chennai temporarily suspended export cargo movements as congestion at its two marine terminals escalated.

The New York Shipping Association sued the International Longshoremen's Association and its New York-New Jersey and Philadelphia locals for more than $5 million in damages from a

A strike by container truck drivers in India’s Port of Cochin entered its fourth day on Friday, crippling cargo movements and threatening to disrupt operations at India Gateway Terminal, managed by DP

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey remains on track to announce by year-end how it plans to solve the problem of low clearance for container ships passing under the Bayonne Bridge.

Nicor, the Chicago-area natural-gas utility that owns Tropical Shipping, is seeking a buyer, according to Bloomberg News, which quoted people with knowledge of the matter.

While regulations on ship emissions are constantly shifting, carriers themselves are trying to stay ahead of government mandates by cutting their carbon footprint, with container&n

A U.S. District Court for the second time dismissed a class-action shipper lawsuit accusing Horizon Lines and Matson Navigation of price-fixing on routes between the U.S.