Category Archives: Ocean Freight

Tacoma Port Bests Seattle in 2013 Container Count

The Port of Tacoma pulled significantly ahead of the Port of Seattle in container count during 2013, largely a result of the move of the Grand Alliance group of steamship lines from Seattle to Tacoma in 2012. Whatever bragging rights that may bring Tacoma, the region’s overall erosion in cargo market share is pushing the […]

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U.S., Europe, China Regulators Likely to Clear Container-ship Alliance

LONDON—U.S., European and Chinese regulators are likely to give the thumbs up to an alliance of three container-shipping companies, but not before demanding concessions to limit their dominance of the world’s busiest shipping routes, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Denmark’s Maersk Line, France’s CMA CGM and Switzerland’s Mediterranean Shipping Co.—the world’s […]

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Transpacific Container Shippers Plan Freight Rate Rise

Container shipping lines have agreed to raise Asia-U.S. freight rates in two stages, by $200 per 40-foot container (FEU) from Dec. 20 and then by a further $300 per FEU from Jan. 15, in an effort to halt current losses, their organisation TSA said. Transpacific container shipping lines regard late holiday season shipments in December […]

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Hanjin Shipping Leaving Port of Portland

Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd., the Port of Portland’s biggest trans-Pacific container carrier, confirmed the shipping line intends to pull out of Portland, ending two decades of service to exporters and importers. Ending weekly service would be a major blow to the Northwest economy, hurting big importers such as Fred Meyer and Columbia Sportswear Co. and […]

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