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Freightos launches carbon calculator
Freightos, a global freight pricing and booking platform, is the latest company to launch a free carbon calculator tool that…
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Global Ship Lease joins carbon capture initiative
London-headquartered containership owner, Global Ship Lease, is investing in a carbon capture initiative led by Norway’s Aqualung Carbon Capture, an…
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Blank sailings proliferate
Major ocean carrier alliances have announced additional cancellations totalling more than a third of the scheduled sailings out of Asia…
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MSC invests in sustainable shipping data provider
Cruise and container giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has invested in Madeira-based Green Maré Services (GMS) as part of its…
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CMA CGM moves to advance production of synthetic methane
French liner CMA CGM is accelerating the pace of its fleet’s transition to new low-carbon fuel sources by joining the…
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Rodolphe Saadé gets the nod to take over Marseille’s top newspaper
Rodolphe Saadé’s CMA CGM has had its €81m ($92m) bid for a controlling 89% stake in Marseille’s top newspaper, La…
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Del Monte promotes shipping capabilities to a wider audience
Fruit and vegetable producer Fresh Del Monte’s ocean logistics company, Network Shipping (NWS), has announced a rebrand to squeeze some…
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Reefer refrigerant gas recycled successfully in Singapore
Singapore terminal operator PSA Corporation and Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) have released details of a successful collaboration to…
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Seaspan orders eight LNG-fuelled boxships in South Korea
Seaspan Corporation has placed an order at South Korea’s K Shipbuilding for eight 8,000 teu newbuild containerships powered by liquified…
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Container orderbook breaks more records
The giant containership orderbook – equivalent to the extant fleets of Cosco, Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen and Ocean Network Express (ONE) combined…
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New bids will be sought in September to take Shipping Corp of India private
The lengthy process to privatise Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is set to take many more months. As part of…
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No lockdown let up in China as damaging economic data rolls in
Shanghai officials have claimed, once again, that they are overcoming the worst of the covid crisis, six weeks after the…
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New monitoring requirements give US FMC more insight into alliance carrier operations
The three global ocean carrier alliances – 2M, Ocean and THE – and each of their member companies will now…
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DB Schenker unveils plans for autonomous coastal container feeder in Norway
Freight forwarder DB Schenker, a division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, plans to run a fully-electric autonomous coastal container…
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National Shipper Advisory Committee makes its first two recommendations to the US FMC
The National Shipper Advisory Committee (NSAC) to the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has met and adopted two recommendations that…
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MSC outmuscles Maersk on the Asia-Europe tradelane
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has overtaken 2M partner Maersk as the largest carrier on the Asia-Europe tradelane in terms of…
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Euroseas snaps up Seaspan boxship pair in $37m deal
Nasdaq-listed Greek boxship owner Euroseas has agreed to acquire the 4,250 teu Seaspan Manila and Seaspan Melbourne for $37m. Both…
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Study issued by US west coast ports employers association says automation creates work, a claim the ILWU refutes
A new study commissioned by the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents the shipping lines and terminal operators at US West…
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China’s April PMI stats foreshadow challenges ahead
As Beijing talks up stimulus packages, official data published over the weekend shows just how sharply the rolling municipal lockdowns…
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Port of Long Beach boosts rail capacity
The Port of Long Beach has completed construction of a rail project designed to increase efficiency of goods movement and…
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