Containers
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Asia accounts for 60% of seaborne trade and still growing: Stopford
Asia now accounts for a dominant 60% of seaborne trade, and has plenty of potential to grow, according to statistics…
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Diana Containerships offloads ageing panamax
Nasdaq-listed Diana Containerships has sold the 2002-built panamax containership to an unnamed buyer for $6.15m Delivery is scheduled by June…
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A2B-online buys its largest ship
The Anglo-Dutch intra-Europe short-sea operator A2B-online has bought its biggest ship. A2B-online has purchased the 658 teu and renamed it…
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Japan’s big three lines christen new merged container entity Ocean Network Express
Ocean Network Express is the name Japan’s three largest shipping companies have come up with for their new merged container…
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Alphaliner revises upwards its global boxport throughput growth projections
Good news for containership owners comes from the lead article in the latest weekly report from analysts at Alphaliner, who…
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SM Line adds two more boxships
The quickest build up from scratch of any containerline ever continues apace with news that South Korea’s SM Line has…
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Euroseas acquires secondhand feeder containership
Greek owner Euroseas has agreed to purchase the 2,788 teu containership from Euromar LLC, a joint venture the company has…
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Shipping in need of an urgent ‘global detox’: Nor-Shipping
Shipping is in urgent need of a “global detox” delgates attending the opening session of Nor-Shipping in Oslo were told…
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Global maritime stakeholders’ forum to be created tomorrow
Representatives of major stakeholders in the maritime supply chain will meet on Wednesday to create a global maritime stakeholders’ forum,…
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MOL’s windshield for boxships cuts CO2 emissions by 2%
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has carried out tests on a windshield it has developed for containerships and claims the…
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DP World-led consortium in talks for Fesco stake
Summa Group, the holding company of Russian billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov, is negotiating a minority stake sale in one of Russia’s…
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China port congestion continues to roil global supply chains
With congestion at Chinese ports continuing a leading shipper body has urged lines to speed their ships up to help…
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New market landscape to question commodity shipping
In a recent article on this site, a debate was initiated on whether shipping is a ‘commoditised’ business. We define…
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MSC Daniela likely to return to service next month
MSC anticipates its fire-struck ship, , will be back in service by as early as the middle of next month.…
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Key boxship time charter index loses ground for the first time this year
The influential New ConTex Index provided by the Hamburg Shipbrokers’ Association has lost ground for the first time this year,…
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The great commoditisation debate
Panos Patsadas from Target Maritime Transport shares his thoughts on our ongoing discussion about the commoditisation of shipping in what…
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Tribini Capital: New sectors on the horizon
Tribini Capital is on the hunt for more assets. The company, founded in Hong Kong 13 years ago, has conducted…
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Fire-struck MSC Daniela in China for repairs
, the giant boxship that caught fire eight weeks ago, is now in China for repairs. The 13,800 teu boxship…
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Rickmers Maritime completes initial sale of five vessels to Navios
Rickmers Maritime and Navios Maritime Partners have completed the sale of five containerships for a total of $59m as part…
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Diana Containerships fixes vessel to MOL at improved rate
Greek owner Diana Containerships has fixed 2006-built post-panamax containership on time charter to Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. The charter is…
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