Japanese lines could quit South Africa as authorities block container merger 

The surprise blocking of the merger of the container line businesses of NYK, Mitsui OSK Lines…

Antwerp port to introduce blockchain solution for container handling

Belgium’s Antwerp port has engaged technology firm T-Mining to work on a pilot project using blockchain…

Japan’s big three lines to engage South African authorities over container merger rejection

The big three Japanese lines will engage with the Competition Commission of South Africa to review…

Shanghai port container volumes gain 14.6% in May

China’s Shanghai port, the world’s busiest container port, has registered higher box volumes in May, according…

Hong Kong port container volumes up 13% in May

The Port of Hong Kong continues to keep recovering from the slump of the past two…

How Customs intercepted another container load of 440 pump-action rifles

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container load of 440 pump action rifles imported…

Shanghai container volumes up 4.9% in April

The Chinese port of Shanghai has registered higher container throughput in April compared to the year-ago…

Container volumes up 5.7% across DP World’s global ports

DP World Limited handled 16.4mn teu across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first…

Baltic Exchange eyes LNG, container indices

London-based Baltic Exchange has unveiled plans to enhance maritime leadership role through the move into LNG and container indices…

Port Houston container volumes continue to increase

An operations report for the first quarter of 2017 showed that “Port Houston handled close to…

Rotterdam’s container throughput grows by 8.8% in first quarter

In the first quarter of 2017, 2.0% more goods passed through the Port of Rotterdam than…

Drewry: World container index down by 4.4%

The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major…