#Container

Empty container movements signal freight shift to the East Coast

  Chart of the Week: Inbound Empty Rail Containers – Elizabeth, NJ, Inbound Empty Rail Containers – Los Angeles, Outbound Tender Volume...

MTL Investment in Taicang Terminal Pays Off

Hong Kong-based operator Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) is enjoying the results of its investment in Taicang International Gateway, a deep-water terminal, as manufacture...

Box Ship Grounded in Port Qasim Channel Refloated

The authorities at Port Qasim rescued an inbound container vessel, which ran aground in its channel on Tuesday morning, according to Business Recorder. Nedlloyd B...

Firms Scramble to Cope with Montreal Port Lockout

The impact of a lockout that has shut down most activity at the Port of Montreal is already being felt by businesses dealing directly with the facility, while others...

Feeder vessels carrying Egyptian imports get discount rate

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) will extend feeder vessels, with a load capacity of 5,000 tonnes, a discount of up to 30 percent on the charges paid to the authority,...

Container traffic picking up at Montreal

Container traffic is back to 2007 levels and not so far short of the 2008 record, so the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is confident it will deliver a sound operating...

MOL selects Descartes to manage Customs filings

MOL has selected Descartes Systems Group, a global logistics solutions provider, to help manage its container division’s European Union (EU) Import Control Sys...

Dock strike in Australia over death

Hundreds of Western Australian wharfies and more than 1500 around Australia, have walked off the job for 24 hours in protest at a death at Melbourne Port yesterday m...

US provides Vietnam with container scanners

A memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which Vietnam's Ministry of Finance and the US Department of Energy will cooperate to prevent the illegal transport of...