Containers
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SFL seals charter deal for newly acquired boxship pair
John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation has sealed an agreement to acquire two 6,800 teu container vessels in combination with long-term charters…
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Home Depot charters in ship to battle supply chain pitfalls
The enormous strains felt by retailers in the US, struggling to get stock on their shelves, has taken an extraordinary…
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Records tumble for listed liners
Listed global carriers recorded a combined $16.2bn in operating profits in the first quarter this year, with seven of the…
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Two Chinese carriers launch transpacific services
With rates in record territory the size of a ship on the main east-west trade lanes is no longer a…
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Thailand dusts off national shipping line plans
Thailand is dusting off old plans to create a national flagship carrier. The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) will conduct…
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Sri Lanka lodges $40m claim against X-Press Feeders
Sri Lankan authorities said over the weekend they will seek $40m in damages from the operator of the , a…
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More than 300 liners waiting for berth space, container congestion mapped globally
From Shekou to Seattle, Amsterdam to Auckland, containerships are backing up like never before in the 65-year history of the…
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Chief mate gets seven years in jail for smuggling $1.3bn worth of cocaine on MSC ship
The chief mate, Bosko Markovic, on the when it was arrested in Philadelphia in 2019 with a record haul of…
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Pearl River Delta jammed
The principle goods highway to the world’s consumers is jammed. In the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak at Yantian Port…
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White House readies supply chain disruptions task force
A report issued this week by the White House, Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth,…
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Dutch partners to supply proton exchange membrane fuel cell system for FPS inland boxship
Dutch companies Koedood Marine and Nedstack have been chosen to supply a complete proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system…
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How the X-Press Pearl disaster could have been avoided
Shipping man and author, Carlos Luxul, questions why the X-Press Pearl was not allowed to offload a leaking box of…
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Global Ship Lease acquires 12 boxships from Borealis
London-headquartered containership owner Global Ship Lease (GSL) has sealed a deal with Borealis Finance to acquire 12 containerships for a…
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NYSHEX enters European markets
The New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) is expanding into Europe, tapping a former chairman of the digital platform to run…
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Wan Hai to launch new service to US east coast
Taiwan-based Wan Hai Lines, best known for its intra-Asia activities, is expanding its network by launching a new weekly service…
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Yantian box disruption surpasses March’s Suez crisis
The number of containers unable to move from south China because of a Covid-19 outbreak around Yantian Port has already…
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Prosectors probe deleted emails as X-Press Pearl court hearing gets underway
State prosecutors in Sri Lanka are accusing X-Press Feeders and its parent, Sea Consortium, of a cover-up as court proceedings…
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Asian ports refuse entry to Covid-hit Evergreen ship with dead captain onboard
Nearly two months since the death of an Italian captain onboard Evergreen’s 5,090 teu and his family are still unable…
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DP World given green light for feeder acquisition in India
DP World-controlled Unifeeder Group has secured a go-ahead from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire Avana Logistek, Transworld…
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Where’s the ceiling for box shipping?
Alan Murphy, CEO and founder of Danish container shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence, ponders how close we are to topping out in…
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