Containers
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Partial reopening of Ningbo terminal scheduled for next week
Shipping agent sources in Ningbo have ascertained the port’s planned reopening of its Meishan terminal. The aim is for a…
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Mammut sets the green bar high for carriers
Swiss outdoor gear brand Mammut has set the bar very high for shipping lines keen to move its products. Mammut…
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Indian exporters question the ‘cartelisation’ of box shipping
Another Asian country is beginning to debate whether container carriers have been colluding to create today’s sky high record freight…
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Danaos seals ten new boxship charters worth $378m
NYSE-listed Greek boxship owner Danaos Corporation has entered into new charter agreements for 10 of its vessels, securing revenues of…
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Ningbo-Zhoushan terminal closed for sixth consecutive day
The Meishan terminal at Ningbo-Zhoushan port remained closed for a sixth straight day on Monday, with ship queues outside the…
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Philippine authorities suspect collusion among container carriers
Manila is the latest place where carriers are under the spotlight for their pricing ploys. A preliminary investigation by the…
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Fishing vessel sinks after colliding with Gemadept boxship off Vietnam
A Vietnamese containership and a fishing vessel collided some 30 nautical miles northeast of Con Co island, in the Gulf…
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All eyes on Ningbo as global supply chains await news of terminal’s reopening
There is still no indication when operations at a container terminal in the world’s largest port will resume following a…
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Shippers bamboozled by growing disparity between liner shipping’s five index providers
Shippers frantically trying to book container shipments are faced with yet another hurdle in this most tricky of years for…
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Ships divert from Ningbo with no timeframe given for terminal to reopen
Having learnt lessons from the closure of Yantian Port earlier in the summer, a number of carriers are not hanging…
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Euroseas achieves 315% rate increase on new boxship charter
Nasdaq-listed Greek boxship owner Euroseas has sealed a new charter for 1998-built 2,008 teu boxship . The charter, with an…
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Washington debates taking action against global carriers
The stage is set in Washington DC for a bitter fight between global carriers and politicians. A bipartisan pair of…
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Shanghai launches empty container transport station
Shanghai, the world’s largest boxport, has launched a new empty container transportation centre in a bid to help solve the…
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Number of ships at anchor rising at California ports
According to data from the Marine Exchange of Southern California, congestion is on the rise at the four major ports…
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Evergreen snaps up eight containerships for $94m
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine has acquired eight containerships in a deal worth around $94.1m. The liner giant is adding seven 1,600…
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ZIM readies AI solutions for its shipping operations
Israeli carrier ZIM is set to deploy greater use of artificial intelligence in its daily operations following a tie-up with…
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Briese Schiffahrt adds boxship pair at Huanghai Shipbuilding
German shipowner Briese Schiffahrt is back for more feeder boxships at Huanghai Shipbuilding after placing an order for four 1,800…
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Ningbo and Shanghai, the world’s two largest ports, experience unprecedented congestion
The world’s two largest ports are experiencing unprecedented volumes of tankers, bulk carriers and containerships back up into the East…
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TS Lines books six boxships at Mawei Shipbuilding
Taiwanese feeder boxship operator TS Lines has added to its newbuilding orderbook, having placed an order at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding…
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Maersk spending close to $1bn to beef up its e-commerce logistics offerings
The transformation of A.P. Moller – Maersk under CEO Soren Skou enters a new, important chapter today with the decision…
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