OCEAN carriers should not force shippers and truckers to pay storage costs for containers, says US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman Dan Maffei, reports New York FreightWaves."The FMC...

THE Port of Chornomorsk near Odessa on Black Sea has detained a Russian bulk carrier, the 73,281-dwt Emmakris III loading grain, supposedly under an agreement signed by Russia and Ukraine in Istanb...

THE small Japanese flagged 1,680-dwt containership Maya capsized and sank to the bottom at its berth at Shunan Port, Japan, reports Rostock, Germany's FleetMon.The ship lost stability during lo...

LEBANESE authorities ordered the seizure of the grain-laden Syrian-flagged 2,744-dwt geared general cargo ship Laodicea, which docked in Tripoli, Lebanon, after the Ukrainian Embassy claimed it hel...

THE Port of Oakland's container volume was down 2.9 per cent year on year to 166,252 TEU in June, but imports were up 0.5 per cent to 95,530 TEU, reports the American Journal of Transportation....

THE US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said it is moving quickly to implement the recent Ocean Shipping Record Act of 2022, reports Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.The FMC has already an...