Containers
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‘If MSC ends up having more capacity than we do, that’s not the end of the world’: Skou talks up profitability over market share
Next month will mark five years since Søren Skou took the helm at Maersk. Yesterday he gave investors and reporters…
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Ocean Network Express debuts digital booking platform
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the Japanese containerline, is trialling a digital freight booking platform created by Descartes Systems, becoming the…
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Four out of 10 boxes rolled over, schedule reliability at an all-time low
In the space of a year the box rollover ratio at CMA CGM Australian subsidiary ANL leapt by 30%. At…
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Shipping investor Hayfin invests across the main sectors
Last year Hayfin Capital Management expanded with a new Singapore office but had zero ship deals to its name. This…
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Maersk snaps up Leonhardt & Blumberg boxship
Denmark’s Maersk Line has been identified by brokers as the buyer of the 2014-built 3,646 teu geared boxship from Germany’s…
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Liner contract rates set new records
Contract rates in container shipping are soaring to record levels. The contract rates published on the China Containerised Freight Index…
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Suez Canal Authority slashes Ever Given compensation claims by $300m
The Suez Canal Authority has slashed its compensation claims by nearly a third. The Egyptian body is now seeking $600m…
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FMC commissioner to examine China’s role in container shortage
The United States is beginning to question whether China is to blame for the box shortages plaguing global supply chains…
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ClarkSea Index hits 2021 high sitting at twice the ten-year trend
The cross-sector ClarkSea Index, a weighted average of tanker, bulk carrier, containership and gas carrier earnings managed by Clarkson Research…
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Three finalists in the running to take over Shipping Corp of India
Three bidders have been finalised for the sale of the government’s 63.75% stake in Shipping Corporation of India (SCI). The…
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Euroseas boxship gets huge payrise
Nasdaq-listed Greek containership owner Euroseas has sealed a new time charter for 2005-built 1,740 teu boxship . The vessel has…
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Spot the mistakes
Nick Coverdale from Agreefreight.com on where carriers are getting it wrong in their spot offerings. Years ago I was asked…
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MOL to set up hydrogen-ready gear at Kobe terminal
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Mitsui E&S Machinery have agreed to commence a joint study to introduce hydrogen-fueled cargo…
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Caution urged as boxship charter bonanza rolls on
There’s no let-up in the booming boxship charter scene with vessels breaking further records not just in prices paid, but…
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Logistics giant DSV charters 1,800 teu boxship to move cargoes on frenzied Asia-Europe tradelane
The incredible tightness of available slots on almost all tradelanes has forced one of the world’s largest logistics operators to…
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Share prices of global liners leap 400% during the pandemic
Investors have piled into the red-hot container shipping market, sending share prices for top liners skywards. Alphaliner has run the…
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Egyptian court blocks Ever Given’s departure
An Egyptian court ruled yesterday that the 20,388 teu containership which blocked the Suez Canal in March will continue to…
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SM Line acquires classic panamax boxship from Borealis
South Korean shipping firm SM Line is expanding its fleet with the acquisition of 2009-built 4,228 teu boxship from UK-based…
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Samskip establishes air freight division
Samskip, best known for its European shortsea box offerings, has launched an air cargo division based at Schiphol Airport in…
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Sweden maps details of new box facility
Nordic construction and engineering company Peab has secured a SEK249m ($29.5m) contract from SCA Logistics to build a new container…
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