Containers
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More new entrants ready for the booming transpacific
There’s another new entrant on the booming transpacific trades. Shanghai Jin Jiang Shipping (SJJ) will provide two 1,713 teu ships…
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Ningbo-Zhoushan terminal reopens
The Meishan terminal at Ningbo-Zhoushan port reopened today two weeks after its closure because of a single case of Covid-19…
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Maersk orders up to twelve methanol-fuelled 16,000 teu ships at Hyundai Heavy
Maersk is taking the next step on its methanol journey, revealing today it has signed with Hyundai Heavy Industries for…
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New analysis shows the fierce fight between alliances for market share on the main east-west trades
While competition authorities and shipper bodies allege collusion among carriers in today’s record, sky high freight rate environment, new analysis…
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Alibaba unit sets up China to South Korea ocean freight service
Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba, is setting up a direct sea freight route between China and South Korea,…
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Chinese boxport congestion grows in wake of Ningbo closure
Container port congestion has spread across China in the 12 days since a terminal in Ningbo-Zhoushan went offline following a…
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Value of the global merchant fleet hits a new all-time high
The total value of the global merchant fleet has hit a new all-time high on the back of this year’s…
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Ever Given heads to Qingdao for repairs
This year’s most famous ship, the , has now set course for Qingdao in northeast China where it will undergo…
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Maersk captain accused of dragging anchor and severely damaging subsea cable off Perth
The 59-year-old Ukrainian master of the 8,400 teu stands accused of damaging a subsea telecommunications cable off Perth after his…
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Port of Long Beach completes new all-electric container terminal
The Port of Long Beach on Friday announced the completion of the Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor. The…
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Ever Given returns to Suez Canal
The giant boxship is back in the Suez Canal a little more than a month after it departed Egyptian waters,…
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RCL moves beyond its feeder roots with acquisition of 12,000 teu boxship pair
Thailand’s Regional Container Lines (RCL) is transitioning from its feeder origins, having just snapped up its largest ships to date.…
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Walmart charters ships to help battle tricky peak season
Walmart has become the latest big American retail brand to take shipping matters into its own hands, chartering a number…
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Maersk fixes methanol supply for landmark boxship
A.P. Moller – Maersk has identified its partners to produce green fuel for its first vessel to operate on carbon…
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Maersk takes American NVOCC to court
Maersk, the world’s largest containerline, has filed a suit in New York against Oceanic Container Line, an American NVOCC. The…
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Fully automated container storage system makes first successful trial
DP World has completed testing of the Boxbay fully automated container storage system at its Jebel Ali terminal in Dubai,…
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Californian ports struggle to clear peak season boxes, brace for brutal September
The largest export out of America’s top container port is air, a stark reminder of the massively pressurised situation slamming…
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Deutsche Post DHL acquires ocean freight forwarder Hillebrand
Deutsche Post DHL Group has signed an agreement to acquire J.F. Hillebrand Group for around €1.5bn ($1.76bn). Hillebrand is a…
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Latvian freight forwarder enters the liner trades with new service to Poland
Fields, a Latvian freight forwarder, has debuted its first liner service. The Riga-headquartered firm is marketing its FDL1 service which…
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Contour and GSBN unite in bid to drive shipping towards a paperless future
Contour, a global trade finance network, has formed a partnership with blockchain platform the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) to…
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