Containers
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Weekly Broker: Dry bulk spending up by 151% in February
A general firming in charter rates across the bulker sector has led to positivity across the markets. Supramax rates skyrocketed…
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Vaccinating the world
Thomas Stubler, the pharma industry cargo lead at Willis Towers Watson, on what readers need to know about shipping coronavirus…
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Splash Extra: The coming supercycle?
Mentions of supercycles in the media have leapt by 400% over the past month as commodity prices have jumped. Speculation…
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Maersk invests in Danish green ammonia production plant
Having made waves with its announcement of a first methanol-fuelled boxship last week, Maersk is turning its attention to another…
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Maersk Eindhoven waits for Yokohama clearance
The 13,092 teu , shipping’s most recent reported box spill case, is currently circling in Japanese waters, awaiting clearance by…
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MSC topples Maersk at the top of the box rankings
For the first time in more than a quarter of a century Maersk is on track to lose its mantle…
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Six cents per pair of sneakers: what consumers will pay for shipping to go green
What will be the cost to consumers of shipping going green? About six cents per pair of Vietnamese made running…
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Liner operations disrupted in Myanmar
The continuous social upheaval in Myanmar has disrupted the liner operations at the country’s ports, causing service suspensions and delays.…
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Zodiac Maritime in for four DSME boxships
Eyal Ofer-led Zodiac Maritime has been revealed as the European owner ordering boxships at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).…
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Vietnamese boxship loses power, slams into crane
A feeder boxship slammed into a crane on the Long Tau river near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on…
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Zhonggu Logistics orders eight boxships at China Merchants Jinling
Chinese feeder boxship operator Zhonggu Logistics has finalised orders for its recently announced newbuilding program of eighteen 4,600 teu boxships…
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Engine oil pressure cited in Maersk Eindhoven accident
Maersk has provided further details of its latest box spill mishap. The 13,100 teu experienced a loss of engine propulsion…
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Pancon Line orders feeder boxship at Hyundai Mipo
South Korean feeder boxship operator Pancon Line has placed an order at domestic shipyard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for the construction…
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Maersk Eindhoven makes for Asian port
The is making for an Asian port, having turned around off Japan and lost 260 containers overboard during a storm…
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Another Maersk ship loses hundreds of boxes overboard in the Pacific
The 13,100 teu became the latest boxship casualty on the Pacific yesterday, suffering a blackout while en route to California…
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LA port boss: ‘We need to catch our breath’
The boss of the sorely congested port of Los Angeles has called for a breather, diverting ships to other destinations…
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Maersk will operate the world’s first carbon neutral containership by 2023 in big methanol breakthrough
Maersk today officially fast-tracked its decarbonisation plans, with a methanol-fuelled 2,000 teu feeder vessel set to be ordered this year…
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Elbdeich Reederei snaps up feeder boxship trio
Germany’s Elbdeich Reederei has bought three sister vessels owned by Wessels Reederei according to brokers. Elbdeich has paid €24m ($29m)…
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Congestion on both coasts of North America
Congestion at ports on both sides of North America remains a severe issue, though the ship queues do look to…
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Wan Hai paying top dollar to hoover up available box tonnage
Wan Hai Lines, along with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), have been the most active buyers of secondhand boxship tonnage over…
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