Purchasing geared 500-TEU container ships cost an average of $10 million in March 2010, while gearless ships of 6,500 and 12,000 TEU cost an average of $74 million and $105 million. The cost of ...

despite the higher cost. Shipping executives describe the situation as critical, with 18 shipping companies, primarily container carriers, opting to reroute their vessels around southern Africa.

Rather than rushing to empty your space in the short time frame that you’ve hired a moving company or rented a truck for, there’s an easier way to pack up your things: Rent a moving container. Des ...

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) — Container shipping costs from South Korea to the U.S. east coast and Europe increased for the ...

The use of shipping containers has evolved far beyond their original purpose of transporting goods across seas and borders.

Mr O'Brien said this had led to shipping companies increasing their container costs. For Boxer Gifts that has amounted to a 250% increase in shipping rates in the past two weeks, he said.

Container shipping companies are now at the vanguard of the green push, having ordered more than twice the number of ...

“Spot container shipping freight rates into the US from Far East/China in particular have gone up $150 per [40-foot ...