Smaller carriers find success through niche strategies and regional focus, despite MSC's dominance in the shipping industry.

CHIEF shipping analyst at BIMCO Peter Sand expects the trade in containerised imports in the US to shrink this year amid an ongoing shift by shipping lines to US east coast ports thanks to the expansion of the Suez Canal to accommodate mega ships

TAIWAN-BASED EVA Air and China Airlines reported year-on-year cargo declines, while China Southern and Air China reported mixed results in their traffic for the month of May

MAERSK remained the No 1 box carrier, in Alphaliner's annual capacity Fleet Review ranking of the top 20 container shipping carriers in the world.

FAULTY or malfunctioning reefer probes of fruit in transit, and a reluctance of carriers to reveal problems en route, cost fruit shippers needless expense, said one at last week's Hong Kong reefer fair.

OCEAN carriers are slowing down their ships and deploying extra tonnage on more robust routes as they aim to take surplus capacity, reports London's Loadstar

EVERGREEN has followed its fellow Taiwanese carriers, Yang Ming and Wan Hai, in beginning to renegotiate contract terms with shippers

THE combined market share for the six largest ocean carriers in the eastbound trans-Pacific slipped through the first four months of the year, a sign that smaller, niche players who came in to take advantage of the import surge grabbed more business compared with previous years

FOLLOIWNG the recent pallet fire at Hong Kong Airport, an increasing number of airlines are banning the shipment of China-made Vivo mobile phones, reports London's The Loadstar

A MARKED reduction in passenger flights to China means that belly-hold space is in tight supply following the outbreak of the respiratory coronavirus, which has continued to claim more lives and rapidly infect more victims

To further build on the common strengths in the value propositions of Maersk’s intra-regional brands, MCC, Sealand and Seago Line will go to market under one unified brand name, Sealand – A Maersk Company, Maersk says in its press release

DESPITE falling spot rates from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, carriers have announced a raft of rate increases to take effect this month and next.

With ship financing getting ever so difficult to procure during the past year or so, ship owners had to get creative in order to persuade banks and other financing firms to invest in them and their good judgement when it comes to choosing the best available deal. As a result, 2012 bore witness to several prominent shipping entities teaming up with powerful players from the financial scene in order...

The Drewry Hong Kong-Los Angeles container rate benchmark, published in the latest Container Freight Rate Insight report, increased by just 3% to US$2,452 per 40ft container this week, showing that the carriers’ announced US$500 rate increases have had limited effect on rates, so far.

South Korean yard secures deal for up to four 6,600 ceu vessels

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TEN out of 13 big container carriers posted losses in the second half of 2016, reported the Paris-based Alphaliner consultancy.

EUROPEAN air carriers achieved mixed results in June, mixed results, reflecting concerns over protectionist policies in global trade, reported New York's Air Cargo World

The 'Yangtze Harmony' was stopped from leaving Fremantle after it failed an inspection

THE world's major carriers are reducing EU-US transatlantic capacity to contend with a 0

FORWARDERS are testing air freight online rates and bookings on airline websites, but some say it leads to inefficiency, reports London's Loadstar

SHIPPERS and forwarders are united against carriers and marine terminal operators over the US Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) intention to ease demurrage and detention American ports

HALF of the 16 top carriers that posted operating profits last year, but others closed the year near bankruptcy, reported the Paris-based research house Alphaliner.

NEWS that China Shipping (CSCL) is planning to sell its stake in the two million TEU annual capacity Lianyungang New Oriental Container Terminal (LNOCT) is a reflection of an increasingly common problem facing today's carriers.

MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company (MSC) is due to take on board 334,550 TEU of newbuild tonnage this year, edging closer to 2M partner, Maersk Line, in the global capacity rankings

MAERSK Line and other ocean carriers have postponed planned Asia-Europe general rate increases that were due to take effect on April 15

The undeniable trend in the newbuilding markets so far in 2013 has been the continued shipowners' "appetite" for Capesize dry bulk carriers and various types of product tankers, mainly Medium-Range ones (MR). According to the latest report from shipbroker Clarkson Hellas, "this week has been somewhat quieter than

A CONSORTIUM of nine marine majors - carriers and terminal operators - have signed a letter of intent to establish a data sharing block chain system

TRANSPACIFIC ocean carriers are gambling on a good peak season and announcing some hefty rate increases - but they are being obliged to underpin these by voiding some headhaul voyages, The Loadstar of UK reported

THE fight for market share on the Asia-North America trade will not be limited to the three mega shipping alliances as with independent carriers unveil plans to join the busy trade lane, reports IHS Media.

THE world's leading shipping lines have been quick to fill the gap left by the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, with 70 per cent of the South Korean carrier's long-haul trade routes taken over by these carriers, according to South Korean lawmakers.

TOP container shipping lines and the Mexican Association of Shipping Agents will congregate at the October 11 - 13 TOC Americas Conference in Cancun to discuss how the expanded Panama Canal has ushered in a new era of 'big shipping" for the western hemisphere, and its effects on container trades.