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.
Shipowner associations ask, “What are we waiting for?” to accelerate research and development for zero-emission shipping technologies and fuels.
The Federal Maritime Commission tells Congress exporters allege they are being threatened by ocean carriers if they complain about excessive fees and unfair practices.
The Federal Maritime Commission is open to considering a mandate on container carriers to book U.S. exports.
Shippers call on lawmakers to expand government oversight of contracts between ocean carriers and their customers.
U.S. maritime regulators are giving ocean carriers and shippers more flexibility to meet contract filing requirements.
Daniel Maffei becomes chairman at a time of massive disruption in the world of trade.
The discharging of damaged containers continues nearly two months after the storm-battered ONE Apus arrived in Japan.
The World Shipping Council responds to assertions from FMC commissioners of potential Shipping Act violations.
Allegations of service and rate violations ocean carriers against U.S. exporters are increasing, according to FMC commissioners.
“Additional stress on an already-overloaded system tends to further destabilize the system.”
Sixty-four missing containers carried liquid ethanol, batteries and fireworks.
Surviving cargo that was bound for the U.S. now is headed back to Asia.
Hapag-Lloyd and ONE chief executives will lead the “unified voice of liner shipping.”
The ocean container industry association files an agreement with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to ensure its collective activities do not violate the Shipping Act.
Denny Slagle retired as Volvo Group executive vice president and Mack Trucks president in 2018.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission wants to learn the extent of allegations that ocean carriers are targeting noncontracted service providers for freight payment.
Campaign to end cargo-related accidents continues with flow of information in multiple languages.
WSC says one-1,000th of 226 million containers shipped each year are lost.
The World Shipping Council says exemption for ocean container carriers from publishing essential terms of their service contracts with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is a step in the right direction.
“Crew changes cannot be postponed indefinitely,” warned the world’s largest maritime and air transport organizations.
Three former competitors’ collaboration had drawn criticism from the World Shipping Council and International Longshoremen’s Association.
Service contract negotiations between container carriers and shippers are being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission says.
Global maritime insurer promotes international adoption of container packing and declaration practices to reduce losses.
World Shipping Council issues reminder that seafarers are the backbone of international supply chains.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said there has been no shortage of container-shipping industry members willing to participate in its initiative to identify ways to overcome supply chain obstacles caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
“Vessel-sharing is the backbone of the global liner shipping network,” John Butler, the World Shipping Council’s president and CEO, said.
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“We will continue to work with the FMC to make sure that outdated regulations do not prevent the marketplace from working at maximum efficiency,” said World Shipping Council President and CEO John Butler.
Oceangoing vessels challenge scale of newly introduced carbon-free power technologies for short-sea shipping and ferries, World Shipping Council CEO John Butler tells U.S. lawmakers.
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute, EROAD and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock announce board appointments.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will proceed with proposed rule to eliminate the requirement for vessel-operating common carriers to publish essential terms of service contracts.
Organizations representing 90% for the world’s merchant fleet have proposed spending $5 billion on research to reduce or eliminate carbon emissions.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, says many analysts believe the impacts of IMO 2020 will be less than what was projected just a year ago.
Billions of dollars in fuel costs at stake for containership owners.
Shippers believe container line consortia are anti-competitive and lack transparency.
Shippers and NVOs urge the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to implement the interpretive rule, while ocean carriers and marine terminals say it needs further refining.
The World Shipping Council considers next steps after the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on September 26 denied a part of its petition calling for the elimination of service contract filing.
The Federal Maritime Commission approves the ocean container carrier organization’s petition to eliminate publication of essential terms but retains the requirement to file the actual service contracts.
The AgTC asked the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to extend the comment deadline to Oct. 31, calling the rule “the most relevant and far-reaching initiative taken by the FMC in many years.”
The U.S. container shipping industry is eager to weigh in on recommendations produced and approved by the Federal Maritime Commission that promise to bring clarity and fairness to the assessment of demurrage and detention fees.
World Shipping Council reigns in predictions of severe price spikes resulting from low-sulfur fuel regulation.
