Containers
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Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance reveals winner of first tender
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), an initiative of Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV) facilitated by the…
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Portland to close container terminal
The US west coast will bid farewell to a container destination come the end of September. Officials at Portland in…
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Panama Canal Authority increases daily slots and maximum draft
Further evidence that the worst of the El Nino-led drought is over in Central America came yesterday with an advisory…
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HMM lays out plans to double fleet size by 2030
HMM, South Korea’s flagship carrier, laid out mid-term expansion plans yesterday which will see its container fleet nearly double in…
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FBI opens Baltimore bridge case
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal inquiry into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.…
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MSC adds two more ships
The world’s largest containerline, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), remains very active in the secondhand market. As week 16 starts its…
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Shipping braces for Israel’s response to Iranian attacks
Shipping has to contend with new danger zones following Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend and the hijacking of…
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Baltimore divers describe bridge clean-up operation as 9/11 ‘with blinders on’
A diving expert from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has revealed the many life-threatening risks divers are facing…
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Iran seizes Zodiac and MSC linked containership
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized a containership belonging to an affiliate of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac…
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Insurance pay-outs from Baltimore bridge disaster in the spotlight
Cargo insurer WK Webster is reporting that general average looks to have been declared by the owners of the wrecked…
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Baltimore bridge investigation targets ship’s electrical failure
Investigators in Baltimore are focusing on the Dali’s electrical power system and its circuit breakers and have called in the…
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Maersk unveils novel way ships can deliver fresh water to parched ports
Three Maersk employees, all former seafarers, have come up with a system to deliver fresh water from vessels to ports. …
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Transpacific container contracts ‘substantially below’ initial asking rates
The first batch of transpacific contracts are concluding for the May 2024-April 2025 period with analysts at Jefferies reporting Asia-US…
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Panama Canal Authority warns restrictions will remain in place throughout 2024
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has claimed that the tide has turned in its ongoing battle to get back to…
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ZIM climbs the liner rankings
There’s been a shuffling of the global liner rankings with Israeli carrier ZIM leaping above Taiwan’s Yang Ming. Consultancy Linerlytica…
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Containers offloaded from stricken boxship in Baltimore
Salvage crews on Sunday began removing containers from the deck of the containership that crashed into and collapsed the Francis…
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X-Press Feeders readies for methanol-powered future in the Baltic
Feeder giant X-Press Feeders has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six European ports to speed up the provision…
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Arkas signs for four boxship newbuilds in China
Turkey’s largest boxship operator, Arkas, has signed a contract in China for four ships that will take its fleet past…
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Panama Canal restrictions set to ease as rains roll in
Weather forecasts have plenty of rain heading Panama’s way with many in international shipping predicting that the worst has now…
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Industrial Jenga: the battle to reopen Baltimore port
The port of Baltimore could be up and running at full capacity by the end of next month under a…
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