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Carriers blank nearly half of all Asia – Middle East sailings
Consumers in the Middle East face slimmer choices in the shops as global liners shun the region in favour of…
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American retail associations demand liner change
A coalition of 152 companies and trade associations representing US importers, exporters, transportation providers and other supply chain stakeholders has…
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Australian consumer watchdog initiates liner and terminal investigations
It’s not just containerlines who are coming under scrutiny from regulators in this most chaotic year for global supply chains.…
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Dockworkers vow to shun autonomous vessels
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) – speaking for dockworkers at ports in the US and eastern Canada – said that…
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The domino effect of port congestion
David Yeo, CEO of Singapore’s Innovez One, on why addressing the global problem of port congestion requires digital solutions at…
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Skou urges IMO to ban fossil fuelled ships by 2035
Søren Skou has used his first mover advantage in the green shipping rush to make an ambitious call on regulators…
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Liners react to CMA CGM’s preemptive spot move
Many of the world’s leading liners remain flat footed by last week’s rate capping announcement from CMA CGM. The Marseille-headquartered…
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Great Lakes welcomes regular dedicated liner service
The Great Lakes now has a regular container shipping service linking the North American heartland to Europe. Spliethoff has partnered…
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CMA CGM startles rivals by vowing to stop spot rate increases for coming five months
Previous container shipping cycles tended to end in vicious rate-cutting grabs for market share. In 2021, the most extraordinarily profitable…
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Number of ships waiting for berth space outside LA and Long Beach set to top 50
Ships are being forced to drift outside Los Angeles and Long Beach as all anchorages are chock-a-block with the total…
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Walmart, Amazon and Cargill among 24-member new shipper advisory group in the US
Some of the biggest shipper names in the world are on the newly formed National Shipper Advisory Committee created by…
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Dutch boxship makes history with CO2 capture and storage installation
Dutch scrubber manufacturer Value Maritime is installing a CO2 capture and storage unit on a 1,036 teu boxship, , belonging…
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CMA CGM seals Abu Dhabi Ports terminal concession deal
Abu Dhabi Ports and French containerline CMA CGM have signed a 35-year concession deal which will see the establishment of…
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EU, US and Chinese regulators meet to discuss liner issues
Maritime regulators from the European Union, the US and China have met virtually this week for the fifth biennial meeting…
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Evergreen splashes up to $1.1bn on 24 feeder boxships at Huangpu Wenchong
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine has placed an order at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for the construction of 24 feeder containerships in…
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Euroseas lands $200,000 per day deal for panamax boxship
Greek boxship owner Euroseas has landed a massive time charter deal with an undisclosed client paying around $200,000 per day…
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Peter Sand joins Xeneta as chief analyst
Oslo-based ocean freight rate benchmarking platform and container shipping index Xeneta has appointed one of the best known names in…
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Boxship charter rates hit unprecedented $200,000 a day
$200,000 a day for a boxship charter; $125m for a six-year-old, 6,865 teu vessel – the scorching container shipping sector…
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Maersk invests in California bio-methanol start-up
In a bid to help source suitable quantities of fuel for its landmark new ships, A.P. Moller – Maersk, via…
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China’s first autonomous boxship readies to enter service
The race to develop operational autonomous vessels is intensifying, with the announcement that the AV Zhi Fei, a Chinese-built 300…
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