DECEMBER 28, 2015 — After a year long investigation, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has fined seven international shipping companies a total of RMB 407 million yuan ($63 million) for price
AUGUST 18, 2015 — Dallas and New Orleans-based trial law firm Burns Charest LLP reports that a settlement has been reached with Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), in a
JULY 23, 2015 – Attorneys representing a group of consumers and auto and truck and equipment dealerships in antitrust claims against more than a dozen international shipping firms have reached a settlement
JUNE 12, 2015 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. is rebranding its car carrier business as “MOL Auto Carrier Express (MOL ACE).” It will start to use “MOL ACE” as its global
APRIL 23, 2015 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has signed a contract covering construction of four next-generation “FLEXIE” car carriers at Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. MOL and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
MARCH 10, 2014 — A third shipping company executive is being rolled off to a federal prison as the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into bid rigging and price fixing in the car
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 — The chief engineer of a car carrier involved in a magic pipe case received a prison term at a February 20 sentencing hearing in Baltimore, MD.Chief U.S. District
JANUARY 30, 2015 — Hiroshige Tanioka, an executive of Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in
JANUARY 22, 2015 — The U.K. Marine & Coastguard Agency reported that the list of the car carrier Höegh Osaka had been reduced to 5 degrees. Plans were for the vessel to
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Weather continues to hamper the salvage of the car carrier Höegh Osaka. The vessel remains held in position near Southampton at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage, between East
