Press room

•  Maersk braces for dock strike with contingency congestion surcharges 2012/12/18
•  Hanjin to hike rate US$350 on Asia-north Europe route from January 13 2012/12/18
•  Asia-Europe rates up 35.1pc to US$1,350/TEU as prices hiked on all trades 2012/12/17
•  Strike drags November LA boxes down 16pc, but up 2.7pc over 11 months 2012/12/17
•  Troubled ICTPL Mumbai container terminal rescued, to open next October 2012/12/14
•  Cosco joins the pack, raises Asia-Europe reefer rates US$1,500/FEU 2012/12/14
•  Cosco Shipyard extends Intergraph shipbuilding design contract 2012/12/13
•  China's November trade softens unexpectedly as global economy slackens 2012/12/13
•  US east coast dockers secure strike mandate as talks with employers resume 2012/12/12
•  Container backlog at LA-Long Beach likely to persist into New Year 2012/12/12
•  Auckland dock union expects to react positively to mediation report 2012/12/11
•  Singapore's PSA strengthens cooperation with Busan port authorities 2012/12/11
•  OOCL announces US$200/TEU rate increase on Asia-New Zealand services 2012/12/10
•  Asia-Europe rates below US$1,000/TEU mark, slipping 2.8pc to $999 2012/12/10
•  APL and Hanjin launch new Japan-Thailand sling from December 25 2012/12/07
•  OOCL takes eighth in Wujiazhui 1100 series for HK-Haiphong feeder 2012/12/07
•  Cancelled G6 sailings due to weak demand over festive season 2012/12/06
•  Asia-Australia carriers to adjust bunker surcharge from January 5 2012/12/06
•  Third China Europe box rail line opens, this one from Suzhou to Poland 2012/12/03
•  Asia-Europe rates off 4.7pc to US$1,028/TEU as transpac slide continues 2012/12/03
•  TSA ask FMC to allow merger of west-bound group into single body 2012/11/29
•  Zim back in black, US$16 million quarterly profit as revenues rise 9pc 2012/11/29
•  Evergreen increases capacity on Piraeus-Black Sea feeder service 2012/11/27
•  Advanced China Customs Manifest system passes test at Da Chan Bay 2012/11/27
•  Asia-Europe rate hikes wiped as spot rate falls 11.9pc to US$1,079/TEU 2012/11/26
•  Zim to hike westbound Asia-Europe rates US$600/TEU on December 15 2012/11/26
•  CMA CGM posts profit of US$371 million as revenue rises 9pc to $4.2 billion 2012/11/22
•  OOCL raises Asia-Europe US$550/TEU, ups Mideast rate US$650/TEU Dec 15 2012/11/22
•  Evergreen, Cosco to add Navegantes and Paranagua calls on FE-ECSA loop 2012/11/21
•  UASC continues to take slots on combined MSC/Maersk Asia-ECSA service 2012/11/21