Containers
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Jinjiang Shipping to launch new Japanese service
Shanghai: Shanghai-based Jinjiang Shipping will launch a new service to Kyushu in Japan starting tomorrow. The low-profile Chinese container shipping…
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Guangzhou to set up local shipping line
Guangzhou: Guangzhou is planning to set up its own ocean-going fleet, with Guangzhou Port Group, Guangdong Province Navigation Group and Guangzhou…
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Global Shippers’ Alliance formed
Surabaya: Shippers of the world have united. The European Shippers’ Council (ESC), the Asian Shippers’ Association (ASA) and the American…
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Zhonggu Shipping adds two boxships, eyes more
Shanghai: Shanghai Zhonggu Shipping has announced that it has acquired two containerships, one each from Singapore and Germany, both expected…
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US west coast ports delays cost lines $150m in last quarter of 2014, says Drewry
San Francisco: Congestion at US west coast ports over the past nine months obviously impacted the business of container shipping…
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Maersk Line taps HP for key position
Copenhagen: Maersk Line has hired Frenchman Pierre Danet as the containerline’s new CFO. Danet also joins the management board. The…
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‘Business unusual’: PSA on challenges wrought by the mega boxship era
Singapore: Latest figures from Singapore terminal operator PSA show just how tricky the sector has become in the mega boxship…
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GSL adds 8,063 TEU container ship to its fleet
New York: Global Ship Lease (GSL) announced on Wednesday that it had taken delivery of an 8,063 TEU 2004-built container…
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Nan Tsing Container Lines: Nationwide reach
Dalian: The boss of Nan Tsing Container Lines is today’s Maritime CEO profile as well as the cover star of…
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Huge capacity boost for terminal at Canada’s Prince Rupert Port
Vancouver: Prince Rupert Port in northern British Columbia, announced on Tuesday a huge increase in capacity at its Fairview Container…
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To cut costs or to grow? The question of focus for container shipping
Another quarter, another year, and another painful reminder that the container shipping business is not for the fainthearted. The most…
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Shippers look for US west coast alternatives
San Francisco: The labour-management disputes that racked west coast ports in recent months could leave a permanent mark as shippers…
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Lysblink Seaways towed to dry dock for repair
London: The DFDS Seaways vessel that ran aground off the coast of Scotland has been towed to a dry dock…
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2015 looks bright for panamax container ships, says Box Ships CEO
Athens: 2015 looks to be a good year for panamax and post-panamax container vessels, based on the performance seen in…
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Maersk Group succeeding in rooting out corruption
Copenhagen: AP Moller Maersk Group unearthed a record-high of 13 different cases of corruption across the group in 2014. Not…
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Ports detains cargo from Hong Sheng Gang Tai ships
Shanghai: Following the disappearance of the entire management of Shanghai Hong Sheng Gang Tai Shipping (HSGT), leaving huge debts behind,…
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Lomar buys three second-hand containerships and orders four newbuildings
London: Lomar Shipping has bought three second-hand containerships and ordered up to four newbuildings from China’s Yangzijiang shipyard. The newbuildings…
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MOL confirms 20,000 teu sextet
Tokyo: The rapid escalation in boxship size has seen the 20,000 teu barrier broken officially for the first time. Japan’s…
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Maersk ship runs aground in Fremantle
Sydney: A boxship belonging to Maersk Line ran aground early this morning entering Fremantle. The Maersk Garonne (4,544 teu, built 2003)…
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Lybslink Seaways containership towed to safety
London: A containership that had been refloated after being stranded off the western coast of Scotland has been towed to…
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