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Appeal launched over fears for crews embroiled in Red Sea shipping crisis
Sailors’ Society has launched an urgent crisis appeal following mounting concern over attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The…
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CMA CGM ramps up UK logistics push with Wincanton takeover bid
French carrier CMA CGM has moved to buy UK logistics firm Wincanton for about $719m in cash. The offer has…
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Biden: Air strikes are not deterring Houthis
The president of the world’s most powerful nation has conceded his nation’s military efforts to make navigation safe again in…
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THE Alliance members left with few options in wake of Hapag-Lloyd’s departure
The dramatic consolidation among container shipping’s global carriers over the past decade leaves the remaining liners of THE Alliance with…
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AI imagines what the world’s most famous artists would have made of container shipping
The year 1956 is widely considered the moment when container shipping was born. On April 26 that year, American trucking…
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Number of ships waiting for Panama transit slashed in half
The queue of ships waiting at both ends of the Panama Canal stands at just half the historical average since…
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Exclusive data reveals Suez diversions by shipping segment
A US-listed bulk carrier was hit yesterday by the Houthis in the Gulf of Aden with the American military replying…
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HMM, ONE and Yang Ming urgently seek to fill Hapag-Lloyd void
Reliability is king was the message coming from both Hamburg and Copenhagen yesterday as new liner partners, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk,…
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Global liner structures up in the air as Maersk forms the Gemini Cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd
The global liner alliance structures are being torn up with news today Maersk has tapped German peer Hapag-Lloyd to form…
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Red Sea exodus in full flow
The Red Sea exodus is gaining traction in multiple sectors with Egypt coming to terms with the fact that it…
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ONE makes debut methanol order
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) has finally come clean on its next fleet expansion, confirming orders in China that…
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Tailwind takes on more tonnage to avoid Suez disruption
Tailwind Shipping Lines, the containerline created two years ago by the parent of the German Lidl supermarket chain, is expanding…
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Portland seeks emergency funding
The troubled port of Portland has requested state funding from the Oregon legislature of $10m to cover losses. The port’s…
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Captain found to be nearly four times over alcohol limit at UK port
A 65-year-old captain of containership will be sentenced at Crown Court after admitting to being in charge of his ship…
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CMA CGM ends cargo alliance with Air France-KLM
French carrier CMA CGM and Air France-KLM have agreed to cease their air cargo partnership, citing regulatory restrictions. The partnership…
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Eagle Bulk attack highlights how Houthis are widening their targets
More shipping companies are shunning the Suez Canal as fears grow that the Houthis are widening their targets. , a…
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Houthis defiant despite repeated strikes on Yemeni bases
The Middle East remains a dangerous, red-hot cauldron for merchant shipping with many actors from various shorelines impinging on the…
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Alex Saverys outlines plans for 120 low-carbon ships
The new-look Euronav is drawing up plans for 120 low-carbon ship orders. At a capital markets day on Friday, Alexander…
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Vietnam’s liner shipping connectivity leaps
Vietnam’s emergence as a manufacturing powerhouse is showing up in ever greater detail on the global container map. The Southeast…
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RCL orders boxship quartet in China
Multiple broking reports note Thai liner Regional Container Lines (RCL) has gone to southern China to order a quartet of…
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