Containers
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Klaus-Michael Kühne seeks greater influence at Hapag-Lloyd
Klaus-Michael Kühne has signalled his intention to have a greater influence at Hapag-Lloyd by seeking an extra seat on the…
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Defence against a rising tide of drugs traffic
With an estimated value of $400bn, the trade in illicit drugs is a high stakes business whose operatives eagerly exploit…
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Zhejiang Seaport Shipping orders feeder boxship quartet at Yangzijiang
Zhejiang Seaport Shipping, the shipping unit of state-run Zhejiang Seaport Group, has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for…
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MPC Container Ships admits liquidity concerns
MPC Container Ships, owners of one of the fastest growing boxship fleets in the world in recent years, is opening…
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Weekly Broker: Sideways movement
The sale and purchase market has moved sideways in the past week as volatility extended in the dry bulk market…
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Six out of the top 10 carriers have now sought state aid since the start of the coronavirus pandemic
News yesterday that Pacific International Lines (PIL) is seeking a de facto state bailout has brought into sharp focus the…
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Splash Extra: Boxship tonnage providers under pressure
The troubled state of many of the world’s boxship tonnage providers is the lead story in the May issue of…
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Blystad seeks to shore up finances at Songa Container
Arne Blystad’s Songa Container is tapping shareholders and bondholders for more equity for the second time in just over two…
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Despite Suez toll cuts, carriers continue to reroute via the Cape of Good Hope
The Suez Canal Authority might be forced to offer even greater rebates if it is not to lose more traffic…
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Kokura, the ship that helped transform containerisation, heads to Bangladesh demo yard
Costamare has announced the sale of the largest container vessel ever scrapped. Brokers Braemar ACM report that the 1997-built 7,403…
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Temasek unit comes in to save PIL
Former member of parliament SS Teo is likely to see his beleaguered Singaporean shipping line saved by a unit of…
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Eight kidnapped Tommi Ritscher crew freed
Eight crewmemebers who were kidnapped by pirates from containership last month off Benin have been freed by the Nigerian Navy…
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Eight kidnapped Tommi Ritscher crew freed
Eight crewmemebers who were kidnapped by pirates from containership last month off Benin have been freed by the Nigerian Navy…
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Container shipping faces its largest ever drop in teu-miles
Clarkson Research is reporting that container shipping faces its most significant drop in teu-miles ever. “The container sector seems amongst…
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APL boxship loses over 40 containers off NSW coast
The 2001-built 5,780 teu containership has lost 40 containers off the New South Wales coast in rough weather while sailing…
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Shipping awaits Chinese stimulus salvation
Sales of diggers in China are leaping fast, a hopeful sign ahead of tomorrow’s National People’s Congress in Beijing where…
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How shipping compares to the oil and gas sector in all things digital
Today sees Splash TV’s popular new series take a new direction with the start of a strand of shows set…
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Weekly Broker: Every concluded secondhand boxship sale will set a new low
The dry bulk sale and purchase market has finally seen a fair amount of concluded deals following weeks of subdued…
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FSL considers options for redelivered boxship
Singapore shipping trust First Ship Lease Trust (FSL) has taken redelivery of 2008-built 4,250 teu boxship . The vessel was…
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Liners start to reinsert services
Liners appear to have reached peak blank sailing for the time being. THE Alliance, which features Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, ONE and…
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