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HMM CEO quits
CK Yoo is resigning as president and CEO at HMM, South Korea’s flagship carrier. In an internal note sent to…
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CMA CGM’s latest newbuilds split between LNG and scrubbers
Brokers have confirmed a sizeable boxship order from France’s CMA CGM, first reported on Splash a month ago. Norwegian broker…
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Weekly Broker: Brazen opportunists lowball bulker bids
The shock plunge in the dry bulk market has tempered somewhat in recent days with sub-cape sized ships seeing some…
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Block exemption regulation: Shippers ought to be careful what they wish for
Following on from yesterday’s Splash article citing the growing masses pressurising the EU not to extend the block exemption regulation…
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Hapag-Lloyd shuffles fleet to handle broken down ship
Hapag-Lloyd has dispatched the 1,700 teu Nordviolet to Venice to take over shipments on the line’s Adria Express (ADX). The…
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Pressure grows on Brussels to repeal liner block exemption regulation
A host of transport-related associations have joined forces to urge the European Commission to repeal the EU consortia block exemption…
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PIL’s 15-year presence on the Asia-Europe trades comes to an end
Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) will exit the Asia – North Europe tradelane in April, Alphaliner reports. Best known for…
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Liners more digitally mature than their aviation peers
Maritime is often lambasted for being behind the digital curve but a new benchmarking study shows liners are far ahead…
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Wan Hai gives up options on four boxships
Taiwanese shipping line Wan Hai Lines has announced that it has decided not to exercise options to construct four additional…
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Maersk blanks Europe service citing seasonal market demand reductions
Citing “seasonal market demand reductions” Maersk announced yesterday it was blanking another Asia-Europe service, pulling the from a planned departure…
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Chopped up Maersk Honam in transit
Maersk has issued photos of the chopped up which is now bound from Dubai to be rebuilt at Hyundai Heavy…
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Weekly Broker: Dry bulk market spooked into inaction
The Chinese New Year holidays together with the already negative sentiment prevailing across the market resulted in further pressure for…
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Pengteng adds its seventeenth boxship
Fast growing Chinese owner Qingdao Pengteng International Ship Management Co has added another boxship, taking the fleet of the 2016-founded…
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HMM racks up $720m annual loss
South Korean flagship carrier HMM has revealed a net loss of KRW808bn ($720m) for the full financial year, marking it…
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X-Press Feeders takes over defunct Team contracts
X-Press Feeders has entered into an agreement to continue some of the existing feeder contracts between Hamburg-based Team Lines and…
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Maersk acquires US customs broker
Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk has completed its first acquisition this year by acquiring New Jersey-based customs broker Vandegrift to…
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CMA CGM launches takeover offer for CEVA Logistics
CMA CGM’s planned takeover of CEVA Logistics has moved a step closer today after the French line announced a public…
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Maersk in landmark Ganges shipment
India is easing its cabotage rules to help develop connections across the giant country and with its neighbours. Today Denmark’s…
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Hapag-Lloyd touts new steel floor boxes as the future of containers
Hapag-Lloyd has created a new steel floor container, which it claims can carry heavier cargoes than existing wood-floored boxes. “The…
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MSC eyes significant expansion in Italy
Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is significantly expanding its business in Italy with a brand new logistics and intermodal company…
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