Container Shipping: Ship Sizes Keep Increasing Despite Stagnant Volume Growth

Global growth in container volumes has picked up slightly in the second quarter of the year, with growth in the first seven months reaching 1.2%, compared to the just 0.8% in the first quarter.

Cosco Pacific April volumes up 4% to 7.9m teu

Major terminal operator Cosco Pacific continues to see recovery in its throughput, with overall volumes rising 3.7% to 7.87m teu in April and gains across all major segments except the troubled Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions, where appa

PSA International sees 2% container volume dip in 2015

Container terminal operator PSA International saw a 2% drop in its volumes across its portfolio in 2015 dragged down by an 8.7% drop at its flagship Singapore terminals. ...

Cosco Pacific November volume down 0.7% overall

Towards the end of the high season and at the cusp of the year-end, the trend of a dismal year for China and Hong Kong ports looks firmly in place as Chinese port operator Cosco Pacific saw...

Cosco Pacific sees slight overall volume growth in September

The China container port sector continues to tick along, even showing some small signs of recovery in some...

Volume surge pushes Westports Q1 profit up 10%

Westports Holdings saw first earnings rise 10.2% to MYR120.18m ($33.7m) from MYR109.0m previously, boosted by a surge in container volume, it said in a stock market announcement. ...

Containers lead Antwerp volume growth

The Port of Antwerp has reported a 5.9% increase in freight volumes to 51m tonnes in the first quarter 2015, compared with the same period last year. ...