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Containers
MSC orders six 16,000 teu ships at Dalian
Clarkson Research Services has confirmed that Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is behind a series of LNG-powered boxship orders in northern…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC joins Lufthansa in bidding for Italy’s flagship airline
Airplanes are increasingly the must-have bolt on for cash-rich containerlines, the billionaires of the transport sector, making more money than…
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Containers
MSC’s secondhand charge continues with Danaos acquisitions
MSC continues to snap up secondhand tonnage, with brokers linking the line to the acquisition of a pair of 6,178…
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Ports and Logistics
Drug cartels force MSC to suspend intermodal operations in Brazil with Santos labelled cocaine’s ‘world trade center’
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has put some land operations on hold in Brazil, fearful of drug…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC makes $6.4bn bid for Bolloré’s African logistics business
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has made a $6.4bn bid to buy out Bolloré Group’s African logistics business, a notable departure…
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Containers
MSC linked to another five boxship buys
Having added around 60 secondhand vessels over the last 10 months, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) shows no sign of slowing…
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Containers
Søren Toft lays out MSC’s position on path to decarbonisation
Nearly seven months into the job and Søren Toft is getting his views across this week. The CEO of Mediterranean…
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Containers
MSC’s secondhand splurge over the past 10 months hits record 60 ships
Mediterranean Shipping Co’s stunning secondhand splurge has hit another milestone. The Soren Toft-led company has paid Eastern Pacific Shipping $42.5m…
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Containers
MSC’s pipeline of new tonnage approaches 1m teu with first LNG-ready ships
Alphaliner has confirmed widely reported news that Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has become the latest carrier to commit to LNG-fuelled…
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Europe
HSH Nordbank swoops for Hanjin ships and charters them to 2M
German bank HSH Nordbank has swooped for nine neopanamax Hanjin Shipping boxships and is leasing them to the partners of…
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Europe
Maersk and MSC add transpacific services in wake of Hanjin bankruptcy
Maersk Line and MSC, who make up the 2M network, have moved to snaffle up business that was previously controlled…
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Containers
MSC under fire over state aid allegations
A few weeks after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation questioning whether the Italian government propped up Italian shipyard…
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Asia
Maersk, MSC & HMM: accident waiting to happen?
If you believe executives of the three parties to the MoU, this is the deal that will have the major…
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Containers
Vessel’s master involved in cocaine smuggling
Some 83kg of cocaine have been found inside a container onboard the 5,050 teu MSC-owned containership , which has been arrested at…
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Asia
HMM joins Maersk and MSC in 2M
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has signed on to join the 2M alliance from April next year. HMM will join Maersk…
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Asia
Container lines have not breached competition law, says EC investigation
The European Commission (EC) has closed its formal investigation into leading container shipping lines, concluding there is no evidence the…
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Africa
MSC fined $50,000 for oil spill in Ghana
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has been fined $50,000 by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authourity (GPHA) after heavy fuel oil leaked…
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Containers
EC and carriers agree to ‘transparency’, general rate increases scrapped
Following its anti-trust probe, the European Commission (EC) has received commitments from 15 international container shipping lines to increase transparency…
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