Containers
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Seaspan contracts another two boxships to take orderbook to 39
Seaspan Corporation has sealed its sixth newbuild order since December, entering into agreements for two 12,000 teu containerships. The vessels…
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Yantian to return to full operations from midnight, box backlog expected to take many weeks to clear
Yantian Port is set to resume normal operations from midnight tonight after a month-long cut in productivity brought about by…
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MPC Container Ships adds 11 boxships with Songa Container acquisition
German boxship owner MPC Container Ships has entered into an agreement to acquire Arne Blystad’s Songa Container for $210.25m on…
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Hapag-Lloyd adds six megamaxes at DSME
Hamburg-based liner Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another six 23,500+ teu ultra-large container vessels at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…
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Norwegian firm edges closer to its first non-fossil fuelled containership
After 10 years of negotiations, Norway-based EDGE Navigation announced that it has chosen Ulstein Design & Solutions as its partner…
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Briese Schifffahrt orders four boxships in China
Briese Schiffahrt is back in China for more feeder boxships. The German shipping line has signed with Huanghai Shipbuilding for…
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Maersk’s VC arm joins funding of Egyptian digital freight platform
Egyptian start-up Trella, a digital freight platform that connects truckers with shippers and freight loads, has raised $42m in a…
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European ports join forces on onshore power supply for containership giants
The ports of Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa and Rotterdam have announced their joint commitment to provide shore power for the…
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SITC books two more boxships at Dae Sun
Chinese boxship operator SITC has placed an order at South Korean yard, Dae Sun Shipbuilding, for two additional 1,023 teu…
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Elon Musk eyes subterranean container transport
Elon Musk is reportedly looking into getting into the red hot container transport sector, but from a typically different angle.…
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Ever Given compensation verdict delayed again
Court proceedings to free the 20,388 teu have been put on hold for another fortnight as the ship’s owner and…
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Evergreen in for 24,000 teu Hudong-Zhonghua pair
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine has added to its giant orderbook. Clarkson Research Services reports in its latest weekly report that Evergreen,…
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Boxship ploughs into Santos passenger jetty
Hamburg Sud’s 10,500 teu , while en route to Paranagua, took out a passenger jetty at Santos in Brazil yesterday.…
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Mitsubishi HC Capital takes over container leasing company CAI International
Japan’s Mitsubishi HC Capital (MHC) has snapped up San Francisco-based container leasing company CAI International in a $1.1bn deal. The…
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Liner congestion spreads across the planet, 304 ships queuing for berth space
The ebb and flow of record global liner congestion is neatly encapsulated in two maps provided below from Seaexplorer, a…
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More than 600,000 teu impacted from Yantian fallout
Estimates suggest more than 600,000 teu has now been affected from the fallout of an outbreak of Covid-19 around Yantian…
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Monsoon must pass before X-Press Pearl wreck removal operation can get underway
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship fire-ravaged 2,700 teu , confirmed today that the wreck of the ship is…
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Global Ship Lease brings in another four boxships
London-headquartered containership owner Global Ship Lease (GSL) has sealed a deal to acquire four 5,470 teu panamax containerships for $148m.…
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MSC’s secondhand splurge over the past 10 months hits record 60 ships
Mediterranean Shipping Co’s stunning secondhand splurge has hit another milestone. The Soren Toft-led company has paid Eastern Pacific Shipping $42.5m…
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Congress discusses forcing liners to accept US export container bookings
American politicians are discussing taking drastic action to force global liners to take all US export container bookings. A Republican…
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