Press room

•  Mega-alliances work for Antwerp as Far East boxes rocket 28.2pc 2015/07/21
•  Rotterdam first half box volume up 1.6pc to 6 million TEU 2015/07/21
•  Yang Ming joins South America-Asia Pac Loop 2 with Hanjin, HMM 2015/07/20
•  US west coast ports face rising costs while volume remains flat 2015/07/20
•  No sign of peak season space shortage as rates remain low 2015/07/17
•  Hong Kong port down 12.9pc in June to 1.7 million TEU, Singapore down 7.8pc 2015/07/17
•  MOL hikes Asia-east coast of South America rate US$750/TEU 2015/07/16
•  Maersk increases Asia-Europe freight rate US$1,000/TEU from August 1 2015/07/16
•  China's major ports cargo volume up 4.3pc in June to 15.9 million TEU 2015/07/15
•  Maersk willing to dock at Yemeni port for US$530/TEU danger pay 2015/07/15
•  Ningbo-Zhoushan port first half container volume up 9pc to 10.5 million TEU 2015/07/14
•  CSCL orders 14,000-TEU ships bound for Asia-US east coast serviceCHINA Shipping Container Lines 2015/07/14
•  New York-New Jersey grab greater market share with May volume up 12.1pc 2015/07/13
•  A-E rate off 20.5pc to US$699/TEU, transpac falls 9.9pc to $1,280/FEU 2015/07/13
•  Important role Greece plays in box shipping eclipses domestic turmoil 2015/07/10
•  CMA CGM increases Asia-Europe rate US$950/TEU from August 1 2015/07/10
•  Drewry's LA-Shanghai rate hits year's record low - US$611/FEU 2015/07/09
•  G6 Alliance to void four Asia-Europe sailings in July and August 2015/07/09
•  British-flagged, 18,000-TEU CMA CGM Georg Foster in Southampton 2015/07/08
•  G6 Alliance adds last call to Halifax on return leg to Asia 2015/07/08
•  US farm shippers stuck with west coast, cannot move out as others do 2015/07/07
•  Panama Canal takes water shortage counter-measures 2015/07/07
•  Korea's Ki-tack Lim heads UN's International Maritime Organisation 2015/07/06
•  A-E rate up 60pc to US$879/TEU, Asia-Med up 39pc to $941/TEU 2015/07/06
•  OOCL ups Asia-Australia rate US$200/TEU August 1 2015/07/03
•  Auditors accuse Cosco of falsifying profit by omitting revenues 2015/07/03
•  Construction starts on new container terminal in east end Montreal 2015/07/02
•  Nagoya posts 3.3pc March decline to 210,324 TEU, total cargo off 2.8pc 2015/07/02
•  Kazakhstan to join WTO after 20 years of talks - longest in history 2015/07/01
•  Shippers find cheap spot rates a bother, fear revenge if space gets tight 2015/07/01