Container Shipping

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell 12.4 percent to $620 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

The U.S. Coast Guard has detained an MOL containership in Seattle over multiple significant violations discovered during port state control

With a nominal TEU capacity of 19,224, the MSC Oscar currently ranks in as the world’s largest containership. The ship right now is in the midst of its

German container shipper Hamburg-Süd expects to increase sales and volumes this year, Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing chief executive Ottmar

This is how much size matters in the shipping industry: Bragging rights for the world’s largest container ship have changed hands four times in as many

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of four 20,150 TEU capacity Ultra Large Container

Here’s an AIS reconstruction showing the grounding of the MV Maersk Garonne as it entered Fremantle Inner Harbour in Western Australia early Saturday

A Maersk containership spent a few hours aground early Saturday morning near the entrance to Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia. According to the Fremantle

On February 26th, the Triple-E class MV Munkebo Maersk became the largest ship ever to navigate the River

The South African port of Durban has started an excavation project to triple its capacity to handle large container ships, encouraging more vessels to sail

The world’s biggest container line will order new ships for the first time in four years as the industry shakes off its worst crisis in four

In this video, Maersk Group CEO Nils S. Andersen explains what drove the Group’s record profit in 2014, elaborates on the impact of a lower oil price

Maersk Line’s triple-E class containership Munkebo Maersk will call at the DP World London Gateway port on the morning of 26 February. With a capacity of

“Our focus now is getting cargo moving,” Chad Lindsay, PMA’s vice president said at the news conference. “There have been significant impacts to many

DNV GL on Thursday announced that it has welcomed the MSC Oscar containership into its class, which at 19,224 TEU is the world's largest containership by

Hamburg Süd’s acquisition of Chilean container shipper Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica S.A. (CCNI) is nearly complete today with the

The expected APL Logistics deal value is far higher than the $750 million to $900 million range that sources said Singapore-based NOL had been looking for.

Firefighters in Oakland battled a two-alarm blaze in the superstructure of a cargo ship berthed at the Port of Oakland on Sunday evening. The fire was reported

A U.S. West Coast port strike is pushing up shipping freight rates as delays in offloading and taking on new cargo mean container ships are unavailable for

Dubai-based marine terminal operator DP World Limited says it handled 60 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in 2014, with gross