Press room

•  Gulftainer 2015 volume up 4pc, handles 19,561 TEU from single ship 2016/03/15
•  More co-operation noted between CMA CGM and APL ahead of takeover 2016/03/15
•  LA up 42pc, Long Beach up 35.9pc - both hit all-time box highs in February 2016/03/14
•  A-E rate off 9pc to US$211/TEU, fell 8pc to USWC, dropped 5pc to USEC 2016/03/14
•  Long Beach up 35.9pc - best month in history docking first 18,000-TEUer 2016/03/11
•  CMA CGM increases Asia-North Europe rate US$500/TEU from April 1 2016/03/11
•  US shippers avoid NY-NJ labour strife by using cheaper and better Montreal 2016/03/10
•  Drewry: HMM, Hanjin near merger, but insiders say too much overlap 2016/03/10
•  UASC launches weekly service spanning west Med to India via Persian Gulf 2016/03/09
•  Maersk's Seago to launch Liverpool UK, Spain, Med, North Africa service 2016/03/09
•  Hapag-Lloyd focuses on special, out-of-gauge cargo on containerships 2016/03/08
•  Premier Li targets China growth range of 6.5-7pc for 2016 2016/03/08
•  Panama Canal draft restrictions on Gatun Lake to remain until mid-April 2016/03/07
•  A-E rate down 10.1pc US$231/TEU, Asia-Med off 11.3pc 2016/03/07
•  Alphaliner outlines the ups and downs of world's top ports in 2015 2016/03/04
•  Hapag-Lloyd levies Far East-Mideast US$200 rate hike April 15 2016/03/04
•  Ships without approved Admiralty charts to be fined by Suez Canal Authority 2016/03/03
•  Global container port throughput rises by 1.1pc in 2015: Alphaliner 2016/03/03
•  Iran-China 2015 trade falls 41pc to US$2.07 billion on oil price plunge 2016/03/02
•  Chinese PMI falls from 52.7 to 49 still showing contraction in February 2016/03/02
•  International Maritime Organisation finds wiggle room for scrubbers 2016/03/01
•  UASC's sixth 'greenest' 18,800-TEUer makes maiden call at Jeddah 2016/03/01
•  Suez Canal Access Channel opens to Med, CMA CGM Racine first through 2016/02/29
•  A-E rate off 22.6pc US$257/TEU, Asia-Med off 29pc to $266/TEU 2016/02/29
•  CMA levies US$125/TEU N Europe-Mideast peak season charge March 7 2016/02/26
•  CMA CGM levies 4 rate hikes March to mid-April totalling US$600/TEU 2016/02/26
•  CMA CGM, UASC, Hanjin, CSCL halt China-Red Sea REX3/ARC2 loops 2016/02/25
•  Hapag-Lloyd operating profit up 9pc to US$916.1 million. sales rise 29pc 2016/02/25
•  Vancouver sees container traffic rise 5pc in 2015 to record 3.1 million TEU 2016/02/24
•  Build-up to Chinese New Year fails to drive up air freight demand 2016/02/24