Container Shipping

Container shipping rates and congestion reports – carrier alliance moves, blank sailings, schedule reliability, and TEU volumes on major trade lanes.

Friday, November 7, 2014
Worker Slowdown at Nation’s Busiest Port Prompts Plea to Obama
Ports

Worker Slowdown at Nation’s Busiest Port Prompts Plea to Obama

U.S. retailers appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene in contract negotiations between West Coast dockworkers and maritime companies after a work

November 7, 2014
Total Views: 25

Thursday, November 6, 2014
MV Rena Abandonment Decision Heads to Environment Court With Council’s Approval
Accidents

MV Rena Abandonment Decision Heads to Environment Court With Council’s Approval

The decision to abandon the wreckage of the former MV Rena containership from New Zealand’s Astrolabe Reef will head to the country’s top

November 6, 2014
Total Views: 137

Thursday, October 30, 2014
CMA CGM to Fit 10 Ships With New Bulbous Bows
News

CMA CGM to Fit 10 Ships With New Bulbous Bows

French container shipping company CMA CGM Group says it will be retrofitting 10 additional vessels with new bulbous bows that are better suited for current

October 30, 2014
Total Views: 320

Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Video: Life Aboard One of the Biggest Container Ships in the World
Blog

Video: Life Aboard One of the Biggest Container Ships in the World

We saw a short clip of this video earlier this month along with a New York Times feature article, “Aboard a Cargo Colossus“, so consider this the

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 579

Containerships Catch Fire After Colliding at Malaysia’s Port Klang
Interesting

Containerships Catch Fire After Colliding at Malaysia’s Port Klang

Two large containerships collided Tuesday night at Malaysia’s Port Klang, sparking fires in the forward container stacks of both vessels. The

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 378

Monday, October 27, 2014
Los Angeles Delays Hit Sales as No. 1 U.S. Port Suffers
News

Los Angeles Delays Hit Sales as No. 1 U.S. Port Suffers

After years of ending the holiday shopping season with too much merchandise stacked in their warehouses, U.S. retailers face the opposite this year: They may

October 27, 2014
Total Views: 1524

Friday, October 24, 2014
UASC SCHUAIBA, containership
News

UASC Targets Expansion to Beat Container Market Blues

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is on a major expansion drive, investing more than $2 billion in bigger ships and forming alliances with peers to boost

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 61

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall
News

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe continued to fall for the sixth consecutive

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 18

Monday, October 20, 2014
MV Edith Maersk Becomes Largest Ship to Navigate the River Thames – Photos and Video
News

MV Edith Maersk Becomes Largest Ship to Navigate the River Thames – Photos and Video

The 15,500 TEU containership Edith Maersk became the largest ship to navigate up the River Thames this weekend during a call at DP World’s new London

October 20, 2014
Total Views: 198

Friday, October 17, 2014
Edith Maersk
News

Maersk Line to Raise Freight Rates by Over 100 Percent

Maersk Line plans to raise freight rates sharply on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 57

Thursday, October 16, 2014
apl neptune orient lines
News

Neptune Orient Considering Sale of APL Logistics

CJ Korea Express Co., the country’s biggest courier delivery company, is considering an acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.’s logistics

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 147

Friday, October 10, 2014
maersk container shipping
News

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall 10 Percent, Hit Year Low

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell 10.2 percent to $738 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 44

Thursday, October 9, 2014
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s Statement on ‘2M Alliance’ Approval

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s Statement on ‘2M Alliance’ Approval

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on Thursday said it has concluded its review of the so-called "2M Alliance", a proposed vessel sharing agreement

October 9, 2014
Total Views: 72

2M Alliance Clears Regulatory Hurdles, Plans January 2015 Start
News

2M Alliance Clears Regulatory Hurdles, Plans January 2015 Start

Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Thursday its shipping alliance with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co would begin operations in January next year after

October 9, 2014
Total Views: 161

Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Savannah Harbor Deepening Gets Long-Awaited Green Light
News

Savannah Harbor Deepening Gets Long-Awaited Green Light

A long-awaited harbor deepening project at Georgia's Port of Savannah has cleared its final hurdle with the signing of a final project agreement

October 8, 2014
Total Views: 40

Saturday, October 4, 2014
NYT Feature – Aboard a Cargo Colossus
News

NYT Feature – Aboard a Cargo Colossus

Here’s a clip from an interesting article featured on the New York Times website this week about life aboard one of the world’s largest cargo

October 4, 2014
Total Views: 88

Thursday, October 2, 2014
TOTE Finalizes Charter for First LNG-Powered Containerships
News

TOTE Finalizes Charter for First LNG-Powered Containerships

TOTE Shipholdings Inc. has finalized the charter agreement with Sea Star Line LLC for the operation of the world's first LNG-powered containerships currently

October 2, 2014
Total Views: 76

Tuesday, September 30, 2014
ClassNK Completes Forensic Study of MOL Comfort Structural Failure
Engineering News

ClassNK Completes Forensic Study of MOL Comfort Structural Failure

With known weather and sea conditions at the time of the breakup, finite element modeling conducted by Japanese classification society ClassNK showed that the

September 30, 2014
Total Views: 1962

cscl venus containership
News

China Gives Four Shipping Lines $293 Million to Upgrade Fleets

China has given four shipping lines including China Cosco 1.8 billion yuan ($293.3 million) in subsidies to encourage them to retire and upgrade their vessels,

September 30, 2014
Total Views: 51

Monday, September 29, 2014
Israeli Containership Heads for L.A. After Oakland Protest
News

Israeli Containership Heads for L.A. After Oakland Protest

LOS ANGELES, Sept 29 (Reuters) – An Israeli-owned container ship that was blocked from unloading its cargo at the Port of Oakland by pro-Palestinian

September 29, 2014
Total Views: 35