World Shipping Council

In 2025, 1,478 containers were lost at sea, a new report found, with challenging weather and fires the primary causews.

Truckers may face demurrage charges again as court reverses FMC rule, impacting logistics industry contracts.

The Federal Maritime Commission is reviewing a 2020 agreement to determine whether global ocean carriers have overstepped their antitrust immunity. 

Federal regulators have finalized a rule making it harder for ocean carriers to refuse to provide vessel space for customers.

The World Shipping Council has named Joe Kramek its next president and CEO. He will replace John Butler, who plans to retire in July.

Regulators have imposed new billing standards on ocean carriers that shippers consider a “major step” toward eliminating abuse.

Requiring container ship operators to file an export policy would be too costly — and unlawful as well, carriers tell regulators.

Two New Jersey firefighters died fighting a blaze aboard the Grimaldi car carrier Grande Costa d’Avorio at Port Newark on Wednesday night.

Legislation giving FMC more power over alliances is aimed at preventing anticompetitive container carrier agreements.

Shippers and carriers are increasing the pressure on ports and other supply chain participants to roll out “green corridors” using digital technology.

Ocean carrier contracts and carriers’ ability to make a profit are put to the test in a proposed rule, according to reaction from shippers and carriers.

A top regulator says more staff is needed to properly carry out new ocean carrier reforms signed into law by President Joe Biden.

President Biden plans to sign into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, the first ocean shipping regulations passed by Congress since 1998.

A carbon price is an “essential element in any decarbonization plan,” John Butler, president and CEO of WSC, said during a press conference Thursday.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would give maritime regulators power to shift the carrier-shipper balance.

The leading spokesman in Washington for the world’s container trades offers his take on the implications of potential regulatory changes in 2022.

Ocean shipping reform legislation passed on Wednesday in the U.S. House as the Senate prepares companion legislation.

The World Shipping Council warns of too much government intrusion while taking heat for sky-high carrier profits.

An environmental report demands zero-emission shipping by 2030 and rejects LNG as an alternative, while urging more transparent emissions reporting.

The Federal Maritime Commission has partnered with the DOJ to pursue competition violations.