Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will launch a new service connecting Asia with the United States, called Zephyr.

Container volume at eight major Chinese ports increased 8.5% year-on-year in late May.

Regional Container Lines (RCL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) are part of a consortium launching a new service between North China and Thailand.

Chinese line SITC has launched the first cross-border "Silk Road Shipping" e-commerce express service, EPX1, from Xiamen Port.

The US Port of Long Beach has signed on to the Shanghai-Los Angeles green shipping corridor, a partnership of C40 cities, ports, shipping companies and cargo owners creating a zero-emissions transpacific trade route.

Ningbo-Zhoushan port is bringing a new large-size container berth at Meishan container terminal into operation.

OOCL has announced the introduction of a new service in its Asia-Latin America network, the Transpacific Latin Pacific 6 (TLP6).

Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has inked financial leasing contracts with three major Chinese banks’ financial leasing units for 12 multi-purpose vessels.

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has completed the conceptual design of a very large gas carrier (VLGC) initially powered by LPG but adaptable to future use of ammonia as the main fuel.

AD Ports Group has signed an agreement with Enter Engineering Group to launch new businesses providing logistics and freight forwarding services in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan.