Container Shipping News

The clock is ticking down on the antitrust immunity that the liner shipping industry has enjoyed for

A rising tide lifts all boats, and the rising tide of interest by global equity investors in dry- an

The Singapore stock market is fast becoming a favorite place for shipping trusts to raise money to b

Russia's Fesco Transport Group reacted strongly this month when news leaked out that it wanted to ac

This looks like the year. During the coming months, the Suez Canal alternative for Asian cargo to Ea

Air pollution by ships in port is of growing concern, and it's a problem ocean carriers agree must b

With big-box retailers paying ocean freight bills that add up to millions of dollars a year, they of

Could the perennially disputatious dialogue between carriers and shippers be undergoing a fundamenta

Maersk Line's decision to re-establish service from the U.S. West Coast to North Europe is good news

The Panama Canal Authority's proposal to increase tolls on ships transiting the canal didn't come as

When hundreds of British beachcombers scavenged everything from Bibles to BMW motorcycles from conta

Ocean carriers are hoping that new leadership at the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, coupled w

Knowing exactly where a shipment is from origin to delivery has long been a goal of many shippers. A

The specter of overcapacity, which haunted the world's ocean container carriers through much of this

During his seven years as head of the carrier discussion group that attempts to bolster freight rate

Ever since the leaders of the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-Shek fled mainland China in 1949,

The war in Iraq is casting a shadow over U.S. commercial relations with the Middle East even as the

As one observer put it, by the time the Antitrust Modernization Commission ended its Oct. 18 hearing

The overwhelming approval by Panamanian voters of the proposed $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama

Trans-Pacific container lines are aiming high in next spring's rate negotiations with shippers. Desp

Perhaps more than ever before, bunker fuel surcharges promise to be a contentious issue in next year

Old habits die hard, especially when they've been around for 150 years. That is why ocean carriers i

European liner conferences still have another two years of life. So says the EU's Competiveness Coun

FastShip, the jet-turbine-powered container ship project that has been contemplated, designed and re

Few things cause more heartburn for ocean carriers than missing a Panama Canal transit appointment.

It happens every day: A container ship line has slots to fill on an upcoming voyage. Or a shipper ne

The slew of earnings reports disgorged by publicly listed ocean container lines over the last few we

Four years after the International Longshoremen's Association began trying to organize 115 clerical

Con-way Freight is joining the rush to China, partnering with a forwarding company in the latest bid

A Texas non-vessel-operating common carrier has asked the Federal Maritime Commission for permission

Ocean carriers serving Europe are deep in discussions with European Union competition authorities ov

With the Panama Canal having imposed the second of three scheduled toll increases in May and plannin

Shippers beware: Your just-in-time inventory could be in jeopardy. The shipment you're counting on t

After four years of litigation that's not over, Evergreen America Corp. and the International Longsh

It was a good run while it lasted, but the three fat years for ocean carriers have come to an appare

For months, U.S. importers had been looking forward to this year's contract negotiations with trans-

A funny thing happened on the way to the widely forecast vessel overcapacity in the first quarter. S

Carriers and European regulatory authorities are inching toward a compromise that would allow liner

If Panamanian officials have their way, there will be additional reason to celebrate the 100-year an

Whenever there is a calamity at sea and hazardous cargoes are even remotely suspected as the cause,