Press room

•  MSC joins others boosting reefer rates - US$1,500 per box from January 2012/10/30
•  World Bank declares Singapore more business friendly than Hong Kong 2012/10/29
•  Asia-Europe rates rise 22.4pc to US$1,315/TEU after three-month slump 2012/10/29
•  MSC offers Oceania cargo via Panama Philadelphia-New York 'landbridge' 2012/10/26
•  UK shipping minister picks Felixstowe as first port to visit 2012/10/26
•  Cosco CEO says China's economy strong enough to lift shipping sector 2012/10/25
•  OOCL quarterly volumes rise 3.4pc, revenues up 10.9pc to US$1.6 billion 2012/10/25
•  Court upholds eco plea, stops Hamburg river dredging, boosts Wilhelmshaven 2012/10/24
•  CMA CGM to hike Mediterranean-Latin America peak season surcharge 2012/10/24
•  Containership deliveries increase in 2013 to beat 2008 record year 2012/10/23
•  WTO sides with United States, declares China's steel tariffs illegal 2012/10/23
•  French state investment arm to buy US$150 million in CMA CGM equity bonds 2012/10/19
•  Hanjin, Evergreen cut China-Europe capacity 23pc for winter season 2012/10/19
•  Singapore plans megaport at Tuas to nearly double box capacity in 10 years 2012/10/18
•  AP Moller takes focus off cash-strapped Maersk Line, looks to other units 2012/10/18
•  Hong Kong down 2.4pc in September to 1.9 million TEU, Singapore up 8.2pc 2012/10/17
•  China's September export value increases 9.9pc, setting monthly record 2012/10/17
•  Weak air cargo market, big fine, cuts Panalpina's third quarter profits 2012/10/16
•  Maersk 14,770-TEUer tests at Suez Canal Container Terminal, turning basin 2012/10/16
•  Rates plunge led by 6.2pc fall on Asia-Med as Asia-Europe hits US$1,113/TEU 2012/10/15
•  Maersk cuts Asia-Europe AE5 loop, suspends AE9 string until December 2012/10/15
•  Prince Rupert January-September box volume up 47pc to 421,641 TEU 2012/10/12
•  Panama volume rises 3.6pc as containerships eclipse bulkers and tankers 2012/10/12
•  Somali piracy down 50pc as West African attacks rise 28pc in first half 2012/10/09
•  Maersk reefer hike 'overzealous' and 'flawed', say African fruit growers 2012/10/09
•  Hapag-Lloyd receives 13,169-TEU New York Express, or is it 12,500 TEU? 2012/10/08
•  Drewry: Ship costs down, but new marine regulations will squeeze margins 2012/10/08
•  Maersk to increase reefer rate 30pc to US$1,500/FEU from January 1 2012/09/28
•  OOCL ups Asia-Europe, Med, Black Sea rates US$525/TEU from November 1 2012/09/28
•  APL executive Steve Dolan acquitted in Dubai of smuggling guns to Djibouti 2012/09/27