Container Shipping

Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. says it has secured newbuilding orders for 11 containerships with a TEU capacity of 20,000, marking the

Maersk Line reports they have upped the bar today for the most containers ever loaded on to a ship. The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller left Algeciras today with the

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe jumped 24.6 percent last

China Ocean Shipping Group Co (COSCO) returned to profit in 2014 after three years of losses, state media said on

Shanghai retained its title as the world’s busiest container port for a fifth consecutive year after widening the gap with its closest rival

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany’s biggest container shipping line, will be an attractive investment once results improve and costs are reduced, Chief Executive

The 19,100 TEU CSCL Globe made its maiden call at the Port of Hamburg on Thursday as it continues its maiden voyage from China to

Soon-to-be defunct Horizon Lines says it has been issued a waiver from the North American ECA fuel sulfur content requirements allowing three of its Jones Act

A port slowdown and eight months of fruitless labor talks with longshoremen have brought West Coast port congestion to the point of a breakdown, according to

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines reports that the MOL-operated containership, MOL Express, has run aground in eastern

The new world's biggest containership by carrying capacity, the MSC Oscar, was christened at the DSME in South Korea on

Shipping TV’s editor, Chris Gosling, was invited on the bridge of the world’s largest container ship by carrying capacity, the 19,100 TEU  CSCL

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has proposed for a new toll structure after more than a year of consultations industry stakeholders. The proposed

U.S. mediators agreed to join labor talks at West Coast ports, seeking to revive stalled negotiations between dockworkers and shipping

Shipping lines and terminal operators at 29 U.S. West Coast ports requested federal mediation on Monday in their contract talks with the union for 20,000

Team Vestas Wind’s Volvo 65 is in one piece, sitting on the deck of a Maersk container ship today yet badly damaged and missing a few appendages after

The battle over the title of world's biggest boxship continues with Mediterranean Shipping Company announcing the upcoming delivery of the MSC Oscar, a 19,224

Container shipping firm Maersk Line said a fresh attempt made on Monday to raise freight rates on main routes from ports in Asia to those in northern Europe

The captain and first officer of a Kuwaiti container ship have been detained for four days after their ship collided with a fishing vessel in the Red Sea,

At least 11 fishermen have drowned and as many as 23 were missing after a containership collided with an Egyptian fishing boat in the Gulf of Suez early Sunday