Containers
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APL master appears in HK court over controversial armoured vehicles shipment
The Chinese master of an APL ship at the centre of a controversial shipment of armoured vehicles from Taiwan to…
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Hong Kong looking to press charges against APL over illegal armoured vehicles shipment
Containerline APL and one of its masters are in hot water for failing to have the right licence to transport…
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Freight forwarder claims new container alliances will frustrate shippers
With just over a week to go until container shipping’s big alliance shuffle an online freight forwarder has hit out…
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Essar pushes forward fleet rejuvenation scheme
Shipbrokers will be knocking at the doors of one of India’s top private lines following today’s board meeting at Essar…
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Diana Containerships raising $150m with Kalani Investments deal
Diana Containerships is the latest Greek shipowner to raise money by issuing new shares to little-known Kalani Investments. Diana said…
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FBI raids Box Club meeting
The FBI busted into a meeting of the Box Club in San Francisco last week and issued a number of…
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New carrier aims to put Djibouti on the map
Djibouti Shipping Lines (DSL), a new carrier based out of the Horn of Africa, plans to launch in April a…
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Ultrapetrol set to emerge from Chapter 11
Argentina’s Ultrapetrol has had its second amended prepackaged plan of reorganisation approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The plan will…
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Zhonggu Shipping to terminate NEEQ listing
Chinese domestic container shipping company Zhonggu Shipping has announced a plan to terminate its listing on National Equities Exchange and…
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Crowley Maritime signs contract with Penn Terminals for Puerto Rico container service
Jacksonville, Florida-based Crowley Maritime Corp has signed a stevedoring and terminal services contract with Penn Terminals. The multi-year contract, effective…
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HSH Nordbank sets April 15 as deadline for Rickmers Maritime
Rickmers Maritime, the Singapore-based shipping trust, now has until April 15 to show lead creditor HSH Nordbank an acceptable, revised…
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CMA CGM and Sinokor in for Conti boxships
With German banks finally getting around to clearing out the nation’s ailing lines a trio of Conti ships have gone…
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SM Group eyes more takeovers at home and abroad
South Korea’s Samra Midas Group (SM Group) is looking to acquire more shipping assets to further expand its business, Korean…
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Hapag-Lloyd’s merger with UASC delayed by two months
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd is pushing back completing its merger with fellow containerline United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) by two months, pending…
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Better to burn out than to rust
“It’s better to burn out than to rust.” So wrote Neil Young back in the late 1970s in his great…
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Blockchain: a transitional and transformational technology for shipping
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang follows up on the recent news that Maersk and IBM are collaborating to bring blockchain technology…
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World gets a glimpse of the largest boxship ever built
The world got a glimpse of the world’s largest containership yesterday at the naming cermomy of the 20,150 teu .…
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PIL turns 50, nears 500,000 slot mark
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Singapore liner firm Pacific International Lines (PIL), its managing…
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HMM signs up with 2M
Yesterday, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) officially signed up to a strategic cooperation deal with the members of 2M, MSC and…
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OOCL in huge chartering outlay ahead of joining the Ocean Alliance
Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has been bulking up ahead of joining the Ocean Alliance on April 1.…
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