APL chief Nicolas Sartini does not believe that container shipping faces a major threat from a digital disruptor such as Uber.

Container line CMA CGM says the 0.5% sulphur cap in 2020 will cost an additional average of $160 per teu, and will be charged to customers through fuel charges.

British freight forwarders and logistics companies are up in arms over container line sulphur surcharges ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap describing them as “blatant profiteering”.

Major container lines Ocean Network Express (ONE), Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) and APL all say that the costs of complying with the 2020 low sulphur cap will have to be passed onto customers.

APL has unveiled yet another new product, a Japan Russia Express (JRX) service, the only weekly Japan-Russia ocean freight service in the market.

President Kennedy called in at Yokohama on Saturday. No you didn't read that wrongly nor have we invented a time machine – APL, historically American President Lines – has newly name a series of ships after American Presidents.

APL is boosting its commitment to the Middle East with the addition of a call to the Iraq port of Umm Qasr on its Gulf Asia Express 2 (GA2) service as well as a second call to Jebel Ali during the return leg of its service rotation to Asia.

With the ratcheting of the trade war between the US and China the fallout is being seen on the transpacific container trade with a 6.7% cut in capacity.

A week ago we wrote that the latest round of consolidation in the container shipping sector appeared largely complete with regulatory approval for Cosco Shipping to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL), but yesterday up pops the story that...

APL is boosting its signature Eagle Express 1 (EX1) service with an enhanced offering that will cut westbound transit times as well as help meet the demands of delivering supplies to US troops overseas.