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London – Greek lawmakers approved a controversial agreement giving China’s Cosco Pacific a 30 year concession to operate container terminals in Piraeus, the country’s top box hub.

The Port of Oakland awarded a 50-year concession and lease agreement to Ports America Outer Harbor to upgrade and operate five container berths in the port's outer harbor area.

Less iron ore production due to the recession is likely to delay the start of the 2009-10 shipping season on the Great Lakes.

The Industrial Egret, the second in a series of four new ships to enter the Intermarine fleet in the next twelve months, was delivered last month to Intermarine in Portugal.

Container volumes at most Chinese ports will grow at single digits rates this year, and may actually decline at some.

LOS ANGELES -- If the big container lines that have cut rates to the unprofitable bone on the Asia-Europe trade start lowering their rates on the trans-Pacific this season, the other lines are sure to

LONDON - CMA CGM on March 2 became the latest carrier to announce increases in ocean freight rates across its main trades for the second quarter.

LONDON - Idled ocean container capacity on March 2 reached a record 1.35 million TEUs with 453 ships without work as carriers continue to axe services in the face of collapsing cargo volumes and tumbl

The Panama Canal Authority is asking for proposals to dredge the Canal's Atlantic entrance.

Singapore-based Samudera Shipping Line posted net profit of $26.8 million for fiscal 2008, up 29 percent from $20.7 million the previous year.

For more than a decade, exports from Asia were a high-revving engine of growth for trans-Pacific container trade and an increasingly global economy.

If you want to see what economists mean by “inventory overhang,” take a look at the parking lots around any of the major auto ports.

Factories shutting down by the thousands. Falling container volumes at ports. Double-digit declines in imports and exports. Is China’s heyday coming to an end?

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach want your

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd., a leading, non-state-owned provider of shipping agency services operating primarily in China, announced the appointment of Mr.

MOL has announced the appointment of Rebecca Yang to the position of Regional Import Sales Manager, Southeast Gulf Region.

A leading economic firm revised its outlook for ec

The volume of containers handled by Chinese ports

Gross domestic product fell at an annual rate of 6

Mediterranean Shipping Co.

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LONDON -- Container ship charter owners are prepar

The collapse of container traffic at the nation's

Orient Overseas Container Line said it will seek a rate increase of $200 per 20-foot container of dry cargo on its service from Asia to North Europe as of April 8.

SEATTLE -- The Port of Seattle's container volume in January declined 5.7 percent to 128,837 TEUs from the same month last year, but that was a big comeback from its December performance, when box tra

Two German states on Tuesday agreed to inject 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) into HSH Nordbank, the world's biggest shipping bank and member of a consortium buying ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that Customs and Border Protection is not likely to meet a 2012 deadline for scanning all U.S.-bound containers.

YRC Logistics, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, added to its global trade management services a team of experienced licensed customs brokers to help importers comply with the new Importer Security Filin

Ocean carrier MISC Berhad announced group profits fell in the third quarter from a year earlier despite increased revenue, due primarily to losses in the liner segment.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The Port of Long Beach beginning April 1 plans to offer financial incentives to marine terminal operators and ocean carriers to ship more rail cargo through the port.

Japan posted a record trade deficit of 952.6 billion yen ($9.82 billion) in January, as exports tumbled at their fastest pace amid the global economic slump, according to preliminary figures released

TOKYO -- Japan's largest shipping firm, NYK Line, is cutting its container fleet transport capacity on its major routes, including Asia-North America, by an additional 10 percent this spring.

Asia Express Consortium members Hamburg Sud and CCNI will consolidate some services with Mediterranean Shipping between Asia, Mexico and the west coast of South America because of deteriorating m

Asia Express Consortium members Hamburg Sud and CCNI will consolidate some services with Mediterranean Shipping between Asia, Mexico and the west coast of South America because of deteriorating market

TUI likely will acquire a bigger stake in Hapag-Lloyd than it originally planned in order to finalize the sale of the world's fifth-largest ocean carrier.

In describing the state of the container shipping industry, executive recruiter Bill Conroy quotes o

Maersk Line announced a series of enhancements and adjustments to its Asia-Europe network.

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Weak imports and exports moving through Southern California are putting a strain on one of the most successful freight efficiency and congestion mitigation programs ever created for intermodal trucks.

A harsh January at the Port of Portland saw container volume fall about 28 percent to 15,961 TEUs from a year earlier.