Container Shipping

A.P. Moller-Maersk, parent company to the world’s largest shipping line, has once again upgraded its guidance for the reminder of the year in a big way,

Another gangbuster month on the books for the Port of Los Angeles. The United States’ top port for freight from Asia reported handling 954,377 TEUs in

The Ever Ace, the unofficial new title holder for the rank of the world’s largest container ship, has made its maiden call in the United Kingdom.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has voted to move forward with two demurrage-and-detention related initiatives proposed by Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye as

Lead photo courtesy https://coffeegeek.tv/ via Pixabay. By Roberto Samora and Marcelo Teixeira SAO PAULO/NEW YORK, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Exports of green

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A container shipping line announcement that it would blank four sailings in the Golden Week period has left shippers,

Southern California ports set new records Friday for the number of vessels in port as the pandemic-driven import boom that continues to pressure ports from

Growth of retail imports through the nation’s top container ports is slowing amid global pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, with double-digit

By Nick Savvides and Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Freight forwarders and shippers have responded to CMA CGM’s pledge to stop spot rate increases

Maersk Canada and Canadian Pacific have opened a new 117,000 square foot, 103 door transloading facility speed up cargo delivery and reduce strain on North

The Port of Long Beach reports its strongest August on record, kicking off peak season with a bang, the port announced Thursday. Dockworkers and terminal

French shipping giant CMA CGM, the world’s number 3 ocean carrier by capacity, says it will stop increasing spot charter rates effectively immediately

Maritime competition authorities from across the world are continuing to keep a close eye on the actions of ocean carriers amid the unprecedented cargo boom

Athens-based Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) say it has entered into a new record-setting time charter contract for its 2009-built panamax capacity MV Synergy

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Entrepreneurial logistics players are turning away from the highly congested transpacific market to cash in on the

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in the United States has been alerted to reports that ocean carriers are refusing import cargoes of hazardous materials

(Bloomberg) — Shipping costs and lag times are wreaking havoc on profit margins at Dollar Tree Inc., which relies on a steady volume of cheap goods to

By Ann KohAug (Bloomberg) — Somewhere in the world’s busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes,

By Brendan Murray(Bloomberg) –The number of ships waiting to enter the biggest U.S. gateway for trade with Asia reached the highest since the

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Operations at China’s Meishan terminal in the world’s third-busiest container port will take at least a week to