Containers
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Weekly Broker: Red-hot feeder boxship charter market spurs buying spree
The red-hot charter market for feeder boxships is seeing a number of box operators scramble to buy up tonnage as…
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Seaspan adds 18 boxships with $380m GCI deal
Canada’s Seaspan has acquired the remaining 89% equity interest of Greater China Intermodal Investments (GCI) from affiliates of The Carlyle…
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Ship Finance International snaps up 15 vintage boxships
John Fredriksen’s Ship Finance International (SFL) has agreed to acquire a fleet of 15 feedermax boxships, ranging from 1,100 teu…
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Simatech takes its largest ever ship on charter
Simatech has fixed the largest ship it has ever taken on charter. The Dubai line has taken the 8,814 teu…
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Navios Maritime Containers adds to fleet
Within days of raising $30m for new vessels, Angeliki Frangou’s Navios Maritime Containers has completed the acquisition of a 2010-built…
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Global food trends and advances in reefer technology
Ah Huat Goh from Daikin looks at the rise in superfoods and how free trade agreements are changing the reefer…
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Remains of three missing crew found onboard Maersk Honam
Salvors have found the human remains of three of the four missing crewmembers onboard the fire stricken 15,000 teu boxship.…
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Grounded Kea Trader pounded by two powerful cyclones
Two heavy cyclones within a month have caused a deterioration in the state of the grounded boxship, whilst sitting on…
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Positive if somewhat cautious: CC Tung’s final verdict on the box trades
In what is likely to be his final annual report comments as chairman of Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line…
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Maersk Honam chemical fire contained
The fire on containership was contained by the firefighting operations on Friday while the four missing crew still have not…
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Topouzoglou takes over as chairman of FSL Trust
The Greeks behind the takeover of Singapore’s FSL Trust have wasted little time stamping their authority. Eleven days ago Germany’s…
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Singapore company launches procurement platform claiming to be the maritime Amazon
Singapore-based Moscord today unveils a new procurement platform which connects buyers and suppliers in an online community, providing simplified purchasing…
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Navios Maritime Containers raises $30m for more ships
Navios Maritime Containers has raided $30m via a private placement of common shares, funds which it says it will use for…
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Fire continues to rage on Maersk Honam
Four crew remain missing in the Arabian Sea following Tuesday’s fire on the 15,000 teu boxship. While search and rescue…
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Why Cosco, not Maersk, may be the one to beat in door-to-door integrated logistics
When Maersk announced a major refocusing of its business and combined the maritime and logistics businesses under one roof, the…
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Maersk Line confirms crew death from Honam fire
One of the 23 crew members evacuated from , rocked by fire on Wednesday in the Arabian Sea, has been confirmed…
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Weekly Broker: Bulker binge back with a bang
Back with a bang was how brokers Intermodal described the sudden renewed appetite among owners for bulkers in the past…
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SHIP happens (twice)
Lars Jensen from Seaintelligence Consulting rifles through all the sudden raft of initial coin offerings. Last year saw an explosion…
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Serious fire rips through new Maersk 15,000 teu ship, four missing
A serious fire broke out on the 15,262 teu in the Arabian Sea yesterday afternoon. The fire erupted in one…
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Daiichi Chuo to reorganise
Japan’s Daiichi Chuo has announced that the company will implement a reform in operations from April 1, as part of…
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