Press room

•  Maersk to increase rates throughout service network from mid-October 2012/09/27
•  China Merchants to buy control of Shenzhen's Chiwan Container Terminal 2012/09/26
•  MSC 2,020-TEUer makes the first call at north Vietnam Cai Lan box shop 2012/09/26
•  WTO cuts global trade forecast, sees 2.5pc growth in 2012 - 4.5pc in 2013 2012/09/25
•  OOCL hikes Med-Asia/Australia rates, UASC hits Iran with US$500/TEU boost 2012/09/25
•  Japanese exports to US surge 10pc while imports from US slip 0.1pc 2012/09/24
•  Tiny Tuvalu strips Iranian ships of its flag to comply with UN, US sanctions 2012/09/24
•  OOCL expands Russian feeder services to link Germany and St Petersburg 2012/09/21
•  Maersk Line to use new eastern terminal of JadeWeserPort, Wilhelmshaven 2012/09/21
•  OOCL to hike southeast Asia-Australia rate US$200/TEU on October 15 2012/09/19
•  Hong Kong August volume off 9.2pc to 1.9 million TEU, Singapore up 4.5pc 2012/09/19
•  India exports decline for 4th month, August falls 9.7pc to US$22 billion 2012/09/18
•  US, Canadian trustbusters probe CSAV in suspected car carrier cartel 2012/09/18
•  Hong Kong Government: Brace for recession, export fall as quarter ends 2012/09/17
•  OOCL launches Japan-Taiwan-Xiamen-Hong Kong KTX5 service this week 2012/09/17
•  China's largest free trade port area completes Phase II at Dongjiang 2012/09/14
•  OOCL hikes north Europe-Asia rate US$200 per TEU and FEU on October 1 2012/09/14
•  Maersk increases US inland-haulage rate US$900/TEU from October 7 2012/09/13
•  China sets up Shenzhen-like economic zone on North Korean/Russian border 2012/09/13
•  CMA CGM back in black in second quarter, expects profit for full year 2012/09/12
•  OOCL to levy US$600/TEU labour strife surcharge at US ports October 1 2012/09/12
•  APL Logistics boxes cars with its 'safe, flexible' AutoDirect system 2012/09/11
•  Singapore opens Jurong lighter terminal at New Marina South Wharves 2012/09/11
•  Asia-Europe rates down 3pc to US$1,284/TEU; Asia-US rates continue flat 2012/09/10
•  Hong Kong quarterly port throughput declines 7pc to 5.9 million TEU 2012/09/10
•  China-wide port box volume up 8.6 pc in the first half, but pace slows 2012/09/07
•  Hapag-Lloyd changes service arrangements in north, central, south Europe 2012/09/07
•  Cosco widens last year's H1 loss to US$770 million from $421 million 2012/09/06
•  Evergreen resumes, enhances its feeder capacity and frequency to Libya 2012/09/06
•  CSCL posts first half loss of US$203 million despite 15pc more box volume 2012/09/05