CMA CGM has restarted its service between Port-au-Prince in Haiti and Kingston, Jamaica.
US non vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) have won their battle for exemption from a requirement to publish the rates they charge for cargo shipments.
The US Federal Maritime Commission has given transpacific carrier groups permission to work together on strategies to reduce carbon emissions, and, therefore, co-ordinate slow-steaming initiatives.
Freight forwarders have slammed the number of surcharges by ocean carriers, claiming they make it difficult to keep track of prices and to pass on to customers.
The Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) is considering letting out the second container terminal, which is run by PSA-Sical and currently "under-utilised", to handle cargo, according to Subhash Kumar, chairman of ChPT.
Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) carriers will be allowed to discuss strategies aimed at reducing pollution and saving fuel following a ruling by the US Federal Maritime Commission.
New Zealand's Lyttelton Port and Port of Otago are moving to the next phase of merger talks.
The UAE's Khor Fakkan port handled 2.75 million TEUs last year, an increase of 9.9 per cent over the previous year, according to TradeArabia.
Responding to changing market conditions, Hamburg S¨¹d has replaced its current Med-Caribbean service through a slot charter agreement with Hapag-Lloyd¡¯s MGX service. This allows an improvement of the frequency while maintaining the present coverage of ports in the Mediterranean, the Gulf Coast of Mexico and Atlantic/Gulf Coast of the United States with very competitive transit times.
ECU-LINE, an Antwerp-based NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier) has signed a pilot agreement with INTTRA, the leading e-commerce platform for the ocean freight industry, to become the first global NVOCC to receive shipping instructions from ECU-LINE's LCL (less than container load) shippers using the INTTRA ocean platform.
Dockers at Ireland's busiest container terminal will go back on strike on 22 February, after negotiations over redundancies and working conditions broke down.
Hapag-Lloyd experienced a better first-quarter of its fiscal year, than it had expected, thanks to substantial rate increases.
The US west coast port of Tacoma saw full-year container volumes in 2009 decline by 17% on the year before, to 1.55m teu.
Finnish port workers have postponed a strike that would have brought a halt to all imports and exports.
The US Federal Maritime Commission, after a 45-day review, has allowed container lines in the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) to discuss and coordinate strategies that will reduce air and water pollution, as well as vessel fuel consumption.
Forwarders offering services on the eastbound transatlantic are facing "serious price hikes", as ocean carriers capitalise on the tight capacity situation.
Great Yarmouth's new £80m (US$125m) outer harbour has had a promising start after a collection of blue-chip customers signed-up even before the final landscaping has been added.
Port workers at Milford Haven port in Wales have announced plans for a new strike next week, following a High Court injunction blocking industrial action due to start today.
Brittany Ferries has concluded a deal to acquire the Superfast V ferry from the Greek firm, Attica.
Swiss-based Panalpina is offering two new LCL (less-than-containerload) services, between Belgium and the US and between China and Poland.