Profits and container shipping are seldom mentioned in the same sentence these days, but for the more positive bulk business, the glass appears to be half full.

A shortage of space on box boats heading east will drive shippers crazy this year.

Something has to change in the turbulent relationship between container lines and the shippers they serve.

At a time when most container line executives feel like running for the exits, a new shipping company is preparing to enter the business.

The fires of globalization are stoked by raw materials, not Hello Kitty bags, Barbie dolls and die-cast Ferraris.

The need to process thousands of passengers before their giant cruise ship docks in port has prompted Shanghai officials to head off the vessel in Hong Kong.

Forget about 2009 when looking at port throughput figures – those percentages are out of context and irrelevant.

Chinese labour turns a deaf ear to the return-to-work siren, putting mainland manufacturing under pressure.