Containers
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Singamas Container Holdings disposes of five container manufacturing units
SS Teo’s Singamas Container Holdings has announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with a potential purchaser for…
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World Shipping Council renews block exemption campaign
With liners feeling the pressure lobby group World Shipping Council yesterday submitted additional information to the European Commission which is…
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Johs Thode Reederei close to quitting shipowning
Johs Thode Reederei is is nearing a shipowning exit with brokers reporting that the oufit is netting close to $16m…
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Nissen Kaiun contracts four boxships at Shikoku Shipyard
Nissen Kaiun has turned its attention away from offloading bulkers to ordering boxships. The giant Japanese owner has ordered four…
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Global Ship Lease signs new boxship charter with Hapag-Lloyd
Global Ship Lease has agreed a new three-year charter with Hapag-Lloyd for 2015-built, 9,115 teu boxship . The previous charter…
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Weekly Broker: Bulker bargain hunt grows
With the industry increasingly comfortable that the worst is over for dry bulk, especially sub-cape size, there has been a…
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MSC and CMA CGM join forces Down Under
Two of the world’s largest liners are joining forces to offer a unique Europe – Oceania service. MSC and CMA…
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ONE too many?
When the three Japanese carriers announced to the world that their containerlines will be united under one brand, the world…
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Tanto Intim Line takes H Schepers boxship
Indonesia’s leading domestic container outfit, Tanto Intim Line, has added its third sub-panamax boxship, sources tell Splash. The family owned…
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Seoul to promote more liner mergers
The South Korean government has set out to promote more mergers among its hard-pressed liner companies. The country, which saw…
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Megamax interest cools
In an ongoing poll carried on this site, 61% of readers believe the ordering frenzy for ultra large container vessels…
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Discharging of boxes on burnt Yantian Express will take another five weeks
German containerline Hapag-Lloyd has advised clients that it will take until the middle of April to offload all the boxes…
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K Line braces for dire results, initiates sweeping reforms
K Line has once again been forced to make changes to financial forecasts, warning today that its net loss for…
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Weekly Broker: Panamaxes lead the revival
As sub-cape ship sizes claw back earnings on the dry bulk side owners have been more willing this week to…
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Global tank container fleet jumps 11% led by China
ITCO, the International Tank Container Organisation, has published its seventh annual tank container fleet survey. This year’s survey estimates that,…
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Helsinki Bridge suffers another mishap
A boxship operated by Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) hit severe weather yesterday morning in the Atlantic resulting in…
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Leonhardt & Blumberg: Box demand side worries
The container shipping market is still facing some uncertainties ahead, however the worry is coming more from the demand side…
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Maersk’s Skou bows out of box shipping’s arms race
The instigator of the so-called ‘arms race’ or supersizing of container shipping is downing weapons, claiming boxship sizes have plateaued…
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CMA CGM’s debt levels to soar above $15bn this year
Alphaliner has warned CMA CGM’s debt levels are set to soar this year while earnings dip. The world’s third largest…
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Berenberg boss under investigation over insider-trading linked to Hapag-Lloyd
The managing partner of Berenberg, Germany’s oldest bank, is under investigation over an insider-trading scandal that allegedly yielded more than…
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