Containers
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Weekly Broker: No let up in busy start to 2021
Dry bulk vessels continued to change hands at pace this week, despite the spot market showing some serious corrections. Several…
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Splash Extra: Why are so many boxes being lost at sea?
The 25th edition of Splash Extra launches on a day where yet another box spill accident is unfolding in the…
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SM Line planning IPO
South Korean containerline SM Line is planning for an initial public offering on the local stock exchange in Seoul by the…
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Wan Hai orders 12 boxships at JMU
Taiwanese shipping line Wan Hai Lines has announced a plan to order twelve 3,013 teu boxships at the newly founded…
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Cosmoship orders boxship quartet at Huangpu Wenchong
Greek owner Cosmoship has entered into shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliated Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for the construction of up to four…
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Congested LA and Long Beach ports battle major Covid outbreak
California’s main two boxports, already suffering extreme congestion (see MarineTraffic map created today below), are having to fight a severe…
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Dalian port suffers dramatic 42% decline in box volumes
The Chinese Ministry of Transport released full year figures at the end of last week for the country’s 24 largest…
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MSC trials alternative HFO
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest containerline, will trial emulsified synthetic heavy fuel oil on its ships this…
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Hong Kong boxship chokepoint partially lifted
A chokepoint to liner shipping in southern China is being lifted partially later this week. Vessel height restrictions for ships…
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Storm-hit Maersk Essen reroutes to Mexico
The 13,100 teu boxship has rerouted to Mexico instead of its intended destination of Los Angeles. The ship became the…
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New entrant on the Asia-Europe tradelane
There’s set to be a new entrant on the booming Asia – Europe container tradelane. China United Lines (CU Lines),…
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750 boxes fall off Maersk ship during another Pacific storm
Maersk has confirmed another case of bad weather in the Pacific has knocked hundreds of boxes from one its ships.…
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Weekly Broker: Bulk volatility is back
The secondhand dry bulk S&P market has seen a plethora of deals completed in the past week with interest across…
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Skou: Maersk will order first carbon-neutral ships within the next three years
Søren Skou, the CEO of AP Moller-Maersk, the group that controls the largest containerline in the world, has mapped out…
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United Africa Feeder Line to be sold
Germany’s Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group of Companies (DAL / JTE) is closing in on the sale of United Africa…
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Lomar swoops for NSC boxship pair
UK owner Lomar Shipping has acquired 2010-built 2,872 teu boxship pair Angol and Angeles from Germany’s NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft. Brokers are…
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Zhonggu Logistics set to order 12 boxships
Chinese domestic container shipping major Zhonggu Logistics has announced a plan to choose a domestic shipyard for the construction of…
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37% of all boxes are rolled over
More than one in three containers worldwide are being rolled over, amid an unprecedented supply chain challenge hitting the liner…
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MSC establishes Antwerp towage company
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is developing a new harbour towage business. The Geneva-based boxline has formed MedTug Antwerp in the…
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Nearing the end of blockchain hype in complex supply chain logistics
John Walker, president of Holo Sail Holdings, writes for Splash today, discussing the realistic future for blockchain use in the…
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