April 26, 1956, is widely regarded as a key date in the history of container shipping when standardised containers were first used to transport cargo by sea. The converted tanker ‘Ideal X’, which ...

In recent years, market analysts have considerably widened the parameters they track to assess growth in countries, regions, and globally as far as container shipping goes. One often-overlooked ...

Shipping lines and container owners in North America (majorly in the U.S.) are finding it difficult to return containers to China. To add to the present challenges, the U.S. is also facing major ...

Japan’s three biggest shippers agreed to combine their container operations to create the world’s sixth-largest box carrier, as the industry steps up consolidation this year amid a global turmoil in ...

Global container shipping lines have canceled more than 160 sailings over the past week as they try to maintain freight rates in the face of billions of dollars in potential losses driven by falling ...

China’s largest container shipping line saw massive gains in revenue and profits in 2024. Cosco Shipping Holdings reported operating revenue of $33.29 billion in 2024, an increase of 33.29% from the ...

As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and the future ...

With a backlog of container ships at ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach and workers unloading shipments 24 hours a day, the Southern California area has an excess of empty shipping containers with ...

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Container ships line the streets of one California neighborhood as the global shipping crisis continues. A local trucking company owner said his business is stuck with empty shipping containers ...