Containers
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Polish master hangs himself on transatlantic voyage
A Polish captain hanged himself midway through a transatlantic voyage from New York to Tilbury in the UK, a British…
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Blockchain: Friend or foe?
Alysia Xirinachs from MTS Logistics adds to Splash’s growing debate about how this revolutionary technology could change shipping. Amid chaos…
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Lomar salvage progresses off New Caledonia
Preparations are progressing to commence the removal of fuel and lubricating oil from the containership , almost two weeks after…
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Fire ravaged MSC Daniela enters third month of repairs
The fire ravaged MSC Daniela has entered its third month of repairs in Shanghai, taking far longer to fix than…
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Filipino owner planning rapid expansion post-IPO
Filipino shipowner Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corporation (CLC) is embarking on an IPO with a view to extending its fleet size.…
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TS Lines eyes more orders
Taiwanese containership operator TS Lines is planning to expand its self-owned fleet further as part of its fleet reorganisation plan.…
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Philly Shipyard wins LOI to build up to four new containerships for Hawaii trade
Philadelphia-based Philly Shipyard says it has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unnamed US company to provide…
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Singapore Exchange approves Rickmers Maritime’s delisting
Rickmers Maritime, the failed boxship leasor of Bertam Rickmers, will be delisted from the Singapore Exchange (SGX), 10 years after…
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Shanghai Stock Exchange questions Cosco over OOCL takeover deal
Shanghai Stock Exchange has sent an inquiry letter to China Cosco Shipping Holdings, demanding more details on the company’s recent…
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Orient Express Lines takes on its largest ship
Intra-Asia operator Orient Express Lines (OEL), a Southeast Asian subsidiary of India’s Transworld Group, has bought the 14-year-old, 4,252 teu…
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Container cannibalisation or consolidation?
Michael Bentley, a partner at Revenue Analytics, argues that in the wake of the Cosco/OOCL deal the race to the…
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PIL tipped as next box consolidation target
Alphaliner is tipping Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) as the next candidate in container shipping’s current great wave of consolidation.…
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HMM slashes capacity by 28% in just three months
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has drastically slashed the operating capacity of its box fleet by more than a quarter in…
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Zim IPO talk resurfaces
Israeli carrier Zim could try once again for an IPO. The containerline, now with a new CEO, Eli Glickman, at…
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Wan Hai acquires two feeder boxships
Taiwanese owner Wan Hai Lines has announced the acquisition of two 1,805 teu containerships, Sao Paulo and Ho Chi Minh,…
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Maersk still not back to normal three weeks on from Petya attack
Three weeks on from the day Maersk was hit hard by the Petya ransomware and business is still not 100%…
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CMA CGM and Seatrade launch reefer cooperation
French shipping line CMA CGM has announced collaboration with reefer transport specialist Seatrade Group to create a new vessel shareing…
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SM Line pays $24m for 2006-built post-panamax
SM Line, the new South Korean carrier, continues its rapid fleet expansion. Founded by the Samra Midas Group last December,…
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Maersk containership towed to safety after losing power off Alaska
A Maersk containership that lost power was in danger of running aground on an Alaskan island before three tugs successfully…
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Ocean Network Express: ‘Large enough to survive, small enough to care’
In his first official interview since being anointed the boss of Ocean Network Express (ONE), Jeremy Nixon today tells Maritime…
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