Container Shipping News

Le Havre handled roughly 7.5 percent fewer containers in 2011 than in the previous year after strikes over labor reforms depressed traffic at France’s biggest container port in the first quarter

Russia’s port of Vladivostok grew container traffic 27 percent in 2011 from a year ago, boosting the Far Eastern gateway’s share of Russian container shipments at the expense of its flat l

This could be a battle of big government versus small. At hand is a plan by President Obama to reorganize the federal government to face the challenges of the 21st century.

Shippers are getting a taste of what they can expect from a more aggressive and powerful Food and Drug Administration thanks to an agency move to stop orange juice shipments from overseas to test them

American consumers are using their credit cards again, and forecasters expect retail sales and containerized imports to accelerate modestly this year.

Container throughput at the Port of Halifax in 2011 dropped 5.7 percent year-over-year, largely because three liner services cut or reduced calls to the Canadian terminals this year.

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared 19 international shipments of orange juice tested for an illegal fungicide andreleased 12 shipments into the U.S., but the federal agency said Friday it st

Plunging Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific rates pulled down Orient Overseas Container Line’s fourth quarter revenue 11.2 percent on a 2 percent decline in volume.

Mediterranean Shipping said Friday it will put a series of rate increases into effect on its eastbound services from various European ports to destinations in the Middle East and the Far East over the

The name of the game for ports in the Pacific Northwest is competition. They compete with California ports for West Coast market share. They compete with East Coast ports for trade with Asia.

The Pacific Northwest isn’t just a gateway for imports; it’s the gateway to the Last Frontier and home to a large field of trucking companies connecting the lower 48 states with Alaska.

Emirates Shipping Line will enter a vessel-sharing agreement with Hapag-Lloyd and Regional Container Line on its service linking China, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, starting in early Fe

The Port of Long Beach and Orient Overseas Container Line signed a 40-year, $4.6 billion tentative agreement that will make the shipping line the primary tenant on a planned terminal that will sharply

The Army Corps of Engineers will begin clearing a chokepoint at the mouth of the Mississippi River that has restricted cargo shipments from the Midwest since last spring.

International classification society Bureau Veritas approved the basic design of an engine for a container ship powered by liquefied natural gas, bringing the industry closer to introducing a

Container throughput in the Port of Virginia in 2011 increased by a slim 1.2 percent year-over-year, as a Chinese ban on many export commodities that historically go through the port kept traffic grow

Containerized imports of automotive parts rose 16 percent year-over-year in November, the 25th consecutive month of increased volume, PIERS data show.

Clean truck programs implemented by the Port of Oakland and the California Air Resources Board have cut harmful diesel emissions in the harbor area by 40 to 50 percent, according to the Berkeley Insti

European Union antitrust regulators are investigating the planned takeover of Tirrenia, the bankrupt state-owned Italian ferry operator, by a consortium of the country’s leading private shipping

Container traffic at the Port of Charleston rose 2.4 percent year-over-year, pushing up year-end traffic up 1.2 percent as the South Carolina port prepares for a slowdown in traffic.

Average spot rates on the Asia-Europe trade lane increased this week for the fifth week in a row<

Pre-emptive strikes by international navies and the presence of private armed guards on board ships nearly halved the number of hijackings by Somali pirates in 2011, said the International Maritime Bu

Maersk Line will raise rates on westbound trade from India and the Middle East to North Europe and the Mediterranean, starting March 1.

The New World Alliance, consisting of three Asian ocean container carriers, will begin a service connecting north Europe and the U.K. with the U.S. East Coast and Panama at the end of February.

The Port of Philadelphia in 2011 saw container traffic rise 6.7 percent year-over-year and auto shipments skyrocket 85 percent in the same period.

Antwerp&rsquo;s container traffic rose 2.3 percent year-over-year in 2011, pushing total volume at Europe&rsquo;s second-largest port up 5 percent.

Troubled Chilean ocean carrier CSAV announced its shareholders raised $659 million in the first stage of a planned $1.2 billion capital increase.

National Container Company, Russia&rsquo;s largest container stevedore, said traffic growth stalled in 2011, reflecting the disruption of Balitic Sea shipping caused by severe weather and the sale of

Maersk Line is upgrading its Europe-Middle East 3 (ME3) Service between India, the Middle East and Europe, effective this month.

Maersk Line imposed general rate increases on cargo shipped from India to Mombasa, Kenya, and ports in West Africa.

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Containerized exports increased 9.2 percent in December at the Port of Los Angeles, capping off the second straight year of record exports at the nation&rsquo;s largest port.

Mediterranean Shipping will raise rates from the United States to the Far East, effective March 1, as the container line taps growing American exports and builds on a successful

U.S. steel exports were up 10.6 percent through the first 11 months of last year and approached pre-recession levels, government data show.

GPR Logistics said it acquired the East Coast facilities and operations of the Gilbert Company from Maersk Inc. the U.S. subsidiary of Maersk Line.

Trailer Bridge said its majority bondholders have agreed on a restructuring plan that could allow the U.S.-Puerto Rico carrier to seek to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the end of March.

CMA CGM, China Shipping Container Line and United Arab Shipping Co. are extending their jointly operated Asia-North Europe service to cover Asia-Middle East routes.

The strong rally in ocean freight rates out of the Far East since the beginning of the year will likely peter out after the Chinese New Year next week, as capacity runs ahead of cargo demand, said Alp

Construction of the third set of locks at the Panama Canal ground to a halt Monday when thousands of workers stopped work to demand payment of back wages and better working conditions, according to a

Somali pirates released the Fairchem Bogey, a Marshall Islands-flag chemical tanker, and its all-Indian crew on Jan. 14 after five months of captivity, the Indian Shipping Ministry said.