Last weeks, the world's oceans got that little bit more crowded when shipping line MSC put its newest container ship into service for the first time. The record-breaking MSC Irina became the largest ...

The container shipping market has become used to cyclicality over the decades, and it experienced an unprecedented peak in 2021 and 2022 with record rates and profits for liners. But with consumers ...

Tugs escort a container vessel to Fairview Container Terminal (Image credit: Prince Rupert Port Authority) Illustration of expanded layout of Fairview Container Terminal -- green indicates expansion ...

The world's largest capacity container ship has set off on its maiden voyage. Measuring 400 m (1,312 ft) in length and 58.6 m (192 ft) wide – or the size of four soccer fields for those more familiar ...

The state agency that runs the bustling ports in Savannah and Brunswick, seeing continued growth in ocean-bound cargo, is forming a master plan for a 10-year, $2.3 billion expansion of its capacity.

The Georgia-based port has approved several projects that will add more container units this year. The Georgia Ports Authority has approved capital improvement projects that will expand shipping ...

Commercial idling in the container shipping sector remains low, despite continued fleet growth, according to sector specialist Alphaliner. As of the end of December 2025, Alphaliner counted 83 ...

The program, ranking among the largest investments by a state on the East Coast, will boost three of the busiest sectors of the Port of Philadelphia, including the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, the ...

Dutch shipowner and manager JR Shipping takes over four container spring ships and is expanding its fleet again. Harlingen-based JR Shipping said that it has added three 1,436 TEU container feeders to ...

Containers offer a shipping method for small businesses that reduces theft, keeps the shipping load traveling together as a unit, and minimizes the likelihood of losing part of the cargo when shipped ...