OCEAN carriers are bracing for muted demand during the usual peak shipping season heading into the fall, with supply chains still rattled by the...
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Cocaine and Two Stevedores Discovered in Container on Maersk BoxshipMexican authorities are reporting the seizure of more than $1 million worth of cocaine along with two individuals when the Maersk Line container...
- Ending the hurry-up-and-wait phenomenon in a quest to decarbonise
ENDING the hurry-up-and-wait phenomenon that bedevils world shipping is the quest of the Global Industry Alliance (GIA), dedicated to decarbonising...
- MSC charters 11 vessels at discounted rates
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company, MSC, was quick off the mark to take advantage of the depressed charter market, agreeing to snap up eleven 8,000-8,800...
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Seafarers still stranded at sea, and more test positive!Shipping groups and seafarer unions are desperately trying to convince governments to allow crew the right to transit after work contracts expire....
- Threat of US-Europe trade war sparks off more transatlantic blankings
2M partners Maersk and MSC have extended the suspension of their TA4/NEUATL4 transatlantic loop through to September
- 2M Asia-Europe 'inducement' loop starts loading as rates hold steady
2M partners Maersk and MSC started loading their inducement Asia-North Europe loop service in China last week, as bookings and freight rates remain...
- HMM's fleet of box ships increases, other top ocean carriers cut capacity
EVERY deepsea carrier has reduced its operated capacity this year, except South Korea's HMM, which is taking delivery of a series of the...
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HMM's fleet of box ships increases, other top ocean carriers cut capacityEVERY deepsea carrier has reduced its operated capacity this year, except South Korea's HMM, which is taking delivery of a series of the world's...
- LA's APM Terminals Pier 400 sets new world box-handling record
THE Port of Los Angeles' APM Terminals Pier 400 has handled a record-setting 18,465 container moves from the 23,656 TEU MSC Isabella, the largest...
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Maersk sets $500 misdeclaration fee for wrongly-sized out-of-gauge cargo!In a further effort to crack down on misdeclared cargo, Maersk Line will introduce a $500 fee for special and out-of-gauge cargo if the actual...
- Maersk expects improved second quarter as market demand grows
DANISH shipping giant Maersk, the world largest container carrier, said its second quarter results will be better than its first
- Cargo volumes up 15.9pc at Panama ports January - May
CARGO volumes in Panamanian ports grew 15
- MSC to increase Asia-Med, Asia-Far East rates on July 1
GENEVA based Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) will levy July 1 rate increase of US$500 per TEU and $529 per FEU on cargo from Asia to the...
- Port of Oakland names longtime shipping vet as maritime director
VETERAN shipping executive Bryan Brandes has been named maritime director at the Port of Oakland, replacing John Driscoll who left to manage the...
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Maersk explosion caused by 'severe' turbocharger breakdown!An engine room explosion on a Maersk boxship, which disabled the vessel south east of Newark late last week, was caused by a “severe”...
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Port of Salalah sees first quarter liftings up 28pc to 1.17 million TEUCONTAINER throughput at Oman's Port of Salalah surged 28 per cent to 1
- Man injured when 4,045-TEU Laura Maersk engine room explodes
THE 4,045-TEU Laura Maersk suffered an explosion in its engine room that injured one crewman and disabled the ship late on June 4 south east of New...
- CMA CGM targets 2050 to be carbon neutral
FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has said that it aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 and is targeting for 10 per cent of its energy supplies to be...
- Idle box shipping fleet hits record of 11.6pc of capacity
ANALYST Alphaliner says the inactive container shipping fleet has reached an all time high of 11