Containers
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Zhonggu Logistics ventures into overseas markets
Chinese domestic container shipping operator Zhonggu Logistics is expanding its footprint to the overseas market for the first time by…
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Evergreen confirms plans to build 20 boxships
Taiwanese liner Evergreen has announced that it will order twenty 15,000 teu containerships as part of a major fleet expansion…
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Canada welcomes a new shipping line
Canada has a new shipping line. Founded by a family-run Ontario construction company Doornekamp Lines has been launched to take…
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CU Lines adds two more boxships at Huangpu Wenchong
Fast-growing China United Lines (CU Lines) has exercised an option to build two 1,930 teu feeder boxships at Huangpu Wenchong…
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Hapag-Lloyd acquires NileDutch
German line Hapag-Lloyd has strengthened its position in the African market having sealed an agreement to acquire Dutch container shipping…
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Chartworld orders mega boxship quartet at New Times
Greek owner Chartworld has signed shipbuilding contracts with Chinese yard New Times Shipbuilding for the construction of four 13,000 teu…
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Euroseas seals pair of charters
Greek containership owner Euroseas has announced a new charter for one of its boxships and an extension on another. 2007-built…
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Weekly Broker: Bulker scramble
Everyone in shipping is looking on enviously at the dry bulk sector. After so many false dawns over the past…
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Port congestion reporting service launches
On the heels of its recent acquisition of Ocean Insights, project44 has debuted its free container port visibility reporting service,…
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ZIM bolsters its e-bill of lading investments
Israeli carrier ZIM is pushing its ambitions to ditch paper from bills off lading with a further investment in a…
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Container FFAs come of age
After many false dawns, container forward freight agreements (FFAs) are gaining traction during the current liner chaos being experienced around…
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Maersk sets new charter highs
Maersk has set new charter highs, taking – or extending – three 4,600 teu classic panamaxes controlled by V Ships…
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Cido makes boxship return
Cido Shipping has made a boxship return after a three and a half year hiatus with orders for two plus…
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Global Shipping Business Network officially incorporated in Hong Kong
Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) has officially incorporated in Hong Kong and has commenced operations after securing the regulatory approvals. GSBN…
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Ordering spree shuffles liner rankings
The spate of boxships ordered over the past six months is seeing radical shifts in the global liner rankings. When…
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ONE Apus finally departs from Kobe
After 98 days at a slice of quayside in Kobe, the 14,000 teu departed today, bound once again for California.…
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Maersk distances itself from reefer manufacturing unit sell-off speculation
A.P. Moller-Maersk is being tipped by Bloomberg as readying its reefer manufacturing unit for sale with a $1bn price tag…
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Weekly Broker: Handies and supras lead the charge
It has been another impressive week in the secondhand bulker market with smaller vessels accounting for the majority of the…
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American port congestion shows no sign of easing
There’s no let up in the port congestion plaguing American gateway ports. Changed buying patterns brought about by the pandemic…
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Seven Islands Shipping eyes gas carrier and boxship entries
Fast-growing Seven Islands Shipping (SISL) is looking to diversify from its tanker origins into gas carriers and boxships. The Indian…
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