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MSC defends its carbon footprint
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has defended its carbon footprint, having been labelled Europe’s eighth largest polluter in an NGO report…
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Liners accused of blatant profiteering as 90% variance in low sulphur surcharges is revealed
Low sulphur surcharges implemented by the world’s top liners from the start of this month vary by as much as…
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Weekly Broker: Buyers’ banquet
The 50th week of 2019 has proven a surprising buying banquet for shipowners with a huge volume of ships changing…
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ONE signs up to the New York Shipping Exchange
Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) has become the latest carrier to sign up to the online booking platform, the New…
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APL boxship hits Antwerp crane
The port of Antwerp is operating minus a gantry shore crane after yet another boxship collision. In squally conditions, the…
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MSC’s biofuel switch wilts as Aponte firm is branded among top 10 polluters in the EU
Mediterranean Shipping Company’s announcement over the weekend that it is starting to use biofuel for ships calling at Rotterdam has…
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SITC eyes its largest ships to date
Fast growing SITC is about to put out a newbuild tender for what would be its largest ships. The Shanghai…
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Marintec gets glimpse of a 25,000 teu boxship
Visitors attending Asia’s largest maritime fair in Shanghai have been able to get a glimpse of the next generation of…
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Shippers call for urgent changes in liner CO2 reporting
Containerlines have been urged to adopt a common, internationally recognised way of calculating their CO2 emissions in the wake of…
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Liners hedge their bets
Lars Jensen fears too many liners may rock the boat heading into 2020. To say that container lines face challenging…
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Liner C02 calculators branded useless
Shippers keen to track their carbon footprint are being misled by containerlines, significant new research from Copenhagen analysts Sea-Intelligence shows.…
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Ammonia-fuelled boxship design revealed at Marintec
Making headlines at Marintec China in Shanghai this week is ammonia. UK class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted approval…
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Unifeeder goes global with Feedertech acquisition
Unifeeder, the north European liner bought out by terminal operator DP World, has gone global, buying a 77% stake in…
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Eimskip offloads reefer trio
Icelandic shipping line Eimskip has sealed an agreement to sell three of the company‘s reefer vessels for $12m. The vessels…
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Maersk readies more redundancies across the world
Maersk, the world’s largest containerline, is cutting staff as it focuses on profitability and free cash flow. Jobs are set…
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CDB Leasing buys MSC boxship pair from SinoOceanic Shipping
China’s CDB Leasing has acquired 9,400 teu boxship pair MSC Elma (built 2016) and MSC Romane (2017) from HNA Group’s SinoOceanic Shipping.…
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Maersk invests in Danish IoT startup
Danish Internet of Things (IoT) startup Onomondo has secured investment from Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of A.P. Moller…
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IKEA pieces together marine biofuels solution
Marine biofuels have been hailed by one of Sweden’s largest shippers as an “important part of the puzzle going forward”…
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MSC makes clear its position on LNG-fuelled ships
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest containerline , has made its position clear on LNG as a fuel.…
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HMM continues to stand out as box shipping’s biggest loser
The main container carriers’ average operating margin improved to 3.6% in the third quarter of 2019, largely due to lower…
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