Containers
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Korea Line reveals transpac routes
Korea Line Corporation (KLC), which became a surprise new entrant on the transpacific box trades last month, has revealed details…
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El Faro audio transcripts capture haunting final moments
Transcripts of audio from the bridge of the sunken cargo ship El Faro were released on Tuesday, revealing a growing…
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HMM paying ‘heavy price’ for 2M deal
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will pay a “heavy price” for access to the 2M services offered by Maersk and MSC,…
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Seaspan commits panamax volte-face
Having earlier this year hit the headlines for sending youthful panamax boxships for scrap, Gerry Wang’s Seaspan has changed tack,…
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CMA CGM ditches US Lines brand
France’s CMA CGM has dropped the US Lines (USL) brand used on the group’s transpacific and North America – Oceania…
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Skou wants Maersk to become like FedEx
Søren Skou, group CEO of AP Møller Mærsk, outlined his vision for the future of the company’s transport and logistics…
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Sydney container terminal in Nova Scotia planning for ultra-large ships
The Port of Sydney in Nova Scotia, Canada, could become the first in North America with a terminal able to…
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KMTC takes Hanjin quartet
Creditors are having some success at selling off Hanjin Shipping ships – even unfavoured panamax boxships have found buyers. South…
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Hanjin liquidation one step closer
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is recommending Hanjin Shipping be liquidated, likely marking the end of what was once South Korea’s largest…
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Yang Ming dismisses merger speculation
Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp has quashed speculation that it is up next in container shipping’s greatest year of…
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Rickmers Trust admits seven-year-old ship has been sold
Embattled Rickmers Trust Management has entered into a deed of consent with the Singapore branch of Commerzbank to settle some…
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HMM boss puts brave face on 2M decision
Putting a brave face on the disappointment of not getting full membership to a key container alliance, the head of…
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HMM jilted at the altar by Maersk and MSC
Not for the first time the world’s two largest containerlines have jilted a box peer at the alter. MSC and…
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Liner merger fever
Splash’s Opinion writers led the site this week, providing readers with unique insights into container shipping’s greatest 12 months of…
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Under pressure Yang Ming sells Taipei office
Shipping lines selling property tends to be a sure sign of a crisis. Yang Ming, the world’s ninth largest line…
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Shippers in the US urge FMC to make changes to the Shipping Act
The National Retail Federation and a coalition representing retailers, manufacturers, truckers, transportation intermediaries and other business groups in the US…
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Marine Transport International: ‘VGM is regulatory-driven enabler for the digitalisation of our industry’
Marine Transport International, a company founded by ex Maersk Line and Kuehne+Nagel trade manager Jody Cleworth, has launched a software…
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The liner revolution eats its children
What do you call a multi-billion-dollar global business in which the boards of directors of almost every large company in…
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MSC and HMM in pole for Hanjin’s Long Beach terminal stake
SM Group, which owns Korea Line Corp, has pulled out of the running to take a terminal stake owned by…
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IRISL at Hyundai Heavy for slew of boxships and tankers
Greek brokers Intermodal are reporting that Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines’ (IRISL) much telegraphed newbuild spree is underway. The…
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