COSCO Container Lines said it will increase rates on all shipments from the Far East to the East Coast of South America on Nov. 1.

Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Ltd – A brand of CMA CGM Group has launched the new Intra Asia direct services IA5 & IA6 sailing every Monday from Ho Chi Minh and Hai Phong ports to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia.

During September, 43 container vessels called at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans, setting an all-time record for the number of container ships arriving at the port in a given month.

Maersk Line Oct. 18 imposed an emergency draft surcharge of $500 per 20-foot container for all shipments to Manaus, Brazil, after a sharp drop in water levels in the Amazon River forced shipping lines to reduce their capacity by up to 50 percent.