Containership sailing to scarpyard runs aground in Vietnam

THE 2002-built 1,118 TEU feedermax containership CMA CGM Jakarta ran aground on the east coast of Vietnam after encountering heavy weather and sea...

Global container ship companies cash in on higher rates: Fitch

NEW York-headquartered ratings agency Fitch Ratings says the recent increase in spot container freight rates, driven by shipping companies'...

CMA CGM revises West Africa Express service

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has introduced call changes to its West Africa Express (WAX) service, which operates on the Asia-West Africa trade

CMA CGM's online systems control back in service after cyberattack

FRANCE's CMA CGM Group has confirmed it has restored all the applications and main functionalities of its e-commerce websites, such as bookings,...

Singapore welcomes world's largest LNG powered containership

THE world's largest LNG-powered containership - the 23,000 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saade - made its maiden call in Singapore early this week

Halifax clears container pile-up from Covid and Montreal dock strike

CANADA's Port of Halifax has been working to clear a backlog of containers that have been accumulating at its terminals because of a rebound in...

CMA CGM names IT chief after cyber attack as IMO recovers

CMA CGM's eBusiness website remain down one week on from a ransomware attack while the website of the UN's International Maritime...

World's biggest LNG-powered ship docks at Shanghai port

THE world's largest liquefied natural gas-powered containership was put into operation at Shanghai's Yangshan Port, loading 1,900 containers...

CMA CGM buys stake in French airline group, expanding air cargo logistics

MARSEILLE-HEADQUARTERED container liner CMA CGM expanded its reach into air cargo logistics with the recent acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in a...

CEVA Logistics opens new offices in Ecuador and Uruguay

SWITZERLAND's CEVA Logistics, a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM, has officially opened its own offices in Ecuador and Uruguay as part...

Zim ploughs ahead with Asia-Australia service despite Sydney port's woes

ISRAELI carrier Zim is going ahead with its plan to enter the Asia-Australia trade despite the high levels of container congestion being witnessed at...

Port of Savannah records best-ever August for container throughput

THE Port of Savannah handled 441,600 TEU in August, marking not only the best August on record, but the best overall month on record in the history...

CMA CGM imposes US$150/TEU congestion charge on Felixstowe

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM is to levy a US$150 per TEU port congestion surcharge from October 1 on all Asian containers imported or exported...

CMA CGM's first of nine LNG-powered 23,000 TEU box ships enters service

THE world's largest LNG-powered ship, the 23,000 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saade, has entered into service plying the carrier's French Asia Line...

Hyundai delivers world's first LNG-powered box ship, the CMA CGM Tenere

SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has delivered the world's first very large containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Halifax PSA docks biggest containership to call at Canadian port

THE Port of Halifax claims to have docked the biggest containership ever to call at a Canadian port, the 15,072-TEU CMA CGM Brazil, reports the...

E-commerce growth leads to rise in shipping and investments: CMA CGM chief

THE head of French shipping giant CMA CGM says the future of the world's fourth-largest container line will increasingly be built on e-commerce

Carriers impose congestion surcharges as strikes roll across Australian ports

LOBBY group Shipping Australia has backed DP World Australia's application to the Fair Work Commission to terminate industrial action at...

CMA CGM's stake sale of Mundra port to China Merchants under scrutiny

WITH the widespread anti-China sentiment throughout India the government is examining a proposal to transfer part-ownership of a container terminal...

Sydney's container congestion sparks anger all round Down Under

SYDNEY's pile up of empties, sorely needed in China ports if liners would only take them there, are causing massive congestion in Botany Bay,...