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Grace period needed after new year IMO 2020 deadline, call

“Growing safety concerns around the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap on marine fuels has led to talk of a peri...

by The Loadstar

Worker Dies while Breaking Evergreen Marine Ship at Chittagong Yard

“One worker lost his life in an incident at a shipbreaking yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, while scr...

by World Maritime News

More trans-Pacific blank sailings announced

“The Ocean Alliance announced it will cancel three sailings to the US West Coast in July after blank...

by JOC

Reports: Hapag-Lloyd & Evergreen Pursue Megaship Fleets

“Hapag-Lloyd, the fifth biggest container shipping line in the world and Taiwanese carrier Evergreen...

by Port Technology

Port of Baltimore Welcomes Largest Container Ship Ever

“The 14,000 TEU Evergreen Triton arrived Friday at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, setti...

by The Maritime Executive

Panama Canal Hosts Its Biggest Containership to-Date

“The containership Triton has completed a trial transit in the Panama Canal, marking a new record in...

by World Maritime News

20-row Evergreen boxship set to make landmark Panama Canal transit

Evergreen Chartered Boxship, Triton, is set to make a landmark transit through the panama canal. The...

by Splash 24/7

Evergreen supersizes its L-class ships

Evergreen is supersizing the L-Class boxship from the original capacity of 8,452 TEUs to 9,466 TEUs....

by Splash 24/7

Ocean Alliance Gets Extended until 2027

” Members of the OCEAN Alliance, CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping Lines, OOCL and Evergreen, have signed docu...

by World Maritime News

Ocean Alliance: CMA CGM unveils its new unmatched service offer, Ocean Alliance Day 3 Product

The following release was published by CMA CGM:

The CMA CGM Group, a worldwide leading shipping g...

by CMA CGM

Synergy Takes Evergreen’s 20,000+TEU Duo under Its Wing

” Singapore-based ship manager Synergy Group is taking two 20,000+ TEU containerships under technica...

by World Maritime News

Container lines prepare for new capacity via new ULCVs and ‘ship-jumboisation’

” MSC is set to receive some 330,000 teu of newbuild tonnage this year and will close the gap on its...

by The Loadstar

Industry questions new box ship blockchain network

” Yesterday’s announcement that five shipping lines and four terminal operators are to form a consor...

by The Loadstar

Nissen Kaiun Contracts Four Boxships at Tsuneishi Zhoushan

Japan-based company, Nissen Kaiun has signed four orders of 1,900 Teu boxships from Chinese shipyard Tsuneishi Zhoushan which was scheduled for completion in 2020. To learn more, see the original story at Splash 24/7. Source: Splash 24/7 (JB)

by Splash 24/7

Evergreen Line Expands Adriatic-Israel Service

The following customer advisory was published by Evergreen Line:

Evergreen Line is to partner wit...

by Evergreen Line

Evergreen denies rumor about CMA CGM purchase

“Evergreen Marine Corp. (EMC) has denied a report that appeared in Taiwan’s Commercial Times on Tues...

by American Shipper

Analysis: CMA CGM is ‘looking for opportunities’ – Zim or Evergreen?

” Having been recently rejected as a possible merger partner by Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM is th...

by The Loadstar

ICTSI Basra builds up Umm Qasr capacity

The following release was published by ICTSI:

**The ability of the Port of Umm Qasr in Iraq to re...

by ICTSI

Evergreen: Launching New Taiwan-Philipines-Malaysia Service (TPM)

“Evergreen has announced the launch of an all-new service called “Taiwan-Philipines-Malaysia Service...

by Ocean Insights

Evergreen tenders for 36 more boxships

Evergreen seeks to add 36 new vessels in its pipeline to charter under long-term contracts. The carr...

by Splash 24/7

Taiwan’ Top Lines plan feeder frenzy

Construction of up to 50 feeder vessels are in the process of contracting by the 3 largest container...

by Splash 24/7

HMM launches China-Australia Express Service

HMM announced that it is launching a new premium China-Australia express service, under the name ‘A1...

by HMM

Costamare Busy as a Bee

“Greek containership owner Costamare wrapped up a busy quarter, having refinanced a huge portion of...

by World Maritime News

New service to directly connect Brazil, Colombia to Asia

“Although Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd last month heralded the start of a new Asia to west coast of S...

by Journal of Commerce

MDS: Top Ten Carriers Control Almost 90 Pct of Deep Sea Market

“More than 87 pct of the global fleet capacity is controlled by only ten out of 67 shipping lines op...

by World Maritime News

Evergreen Charters Twelve 11,000 TEU Containerships

February 12, 2018 – Evergreen Marine Corp. (EMC) entered into an agreement with Shoei Kisen Kaisha t...

by Evergreen

Samsung Heavy Industries Bags Order for Eight Boxships from Evergreen

“South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), one of the country’s Big Three shipbuilder...

by World Maritime News

TSA Shutting Down After Almost Three Decades

“The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA), which has been a strong voice of the ocean carriers...

by World Maritime News

Evergreen to expand fleet by twenty

Splash 24/7 reports that Evergreen plans to acquire twenty box ships, each at 11,000 TEU. Eight sh...

by Splash 24/7

Ocean Alliance faces major network shake-up as new ULCVs arrive to ‘rock the boat’

“The Ocean Alliance is facing a profound network shake-up as its members prepare to welcome a large tranche of ultra-large containership (ULCV) capacity next year.” For more, see the original article on The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (LF)

by The Loadstar

Poland becoming critical link in European supply chains

“The 21,413 TEU mega-ships, the world’s largest, that call at the DCT Gdansk terminal on their Asia-...

by Journal of Commerce

Evergreen exits third consecutive profitable quarter

“Evergreen delivered a profit of USD 124 million in the third quarter of the year, which is the thir...

by ShippingWatch

Yang Ming Said to Be Set to Order Mega-Containerships

“Less than a week after Taiwanese container line Yang Ming reported its first net profit in 10 quart...

by gCaptain

50,000 TEU… the Future or Not?

“In a recent report from the McKinsey Consulting Group there was a fascinating article about imagini...

by Maritime Executive

OOCL tops ocean carrier reliability chart, with Yang Ming taking wooden spoon

“Hong Kong container shipping line OOCL has been named as the most reliable carrier by SeaIntel today.” For more, see the original article at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (LF) Another article on this topic can be found at World Maritime News.

by World Maritime News

YM Provides North Europe-East Med Express

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.(YM) has announced to provide a new North Europe-East Med Express (l...

by Yang Ming

Lack of ULCVs could cost THE Alliance members $500 per teu on Asia-Europe

“THE Alliance could find itself on the wrong side of a $500 per teu cost differential on the key Asi...

by The LoadStar

Maersk Line’s Schedule Reliability Takes a Nosedive in July

World Maritime News reports that Maersk Line has fallen to the bottom of SeaIntel’s global schedule reliability ranking in July, with OOCL topping the list. For more, see the original article at World Maritime News Source: World Maritime News (LF)

by World Maritime News

SeaIntel: Each Alliance Should Close a Service to Cut Asia-Europe Capacity Influx

**Each container carrier alliance will need to close one service in the Asia-Europe trade line so as...

by World Maritime News

Evergreen reports Q2 profits

Seatrade Maritime reports that Evergreen Marine’s profits for the first half of 2017 come to US$103.46m. For more of the announced figures, see the original article at Seatrade Maritime. Source: Seatrade Maritime (LF)

by Seatrade Maritime

Hong Kong Issues Block Exemption for Liner VSAs

**Hong Kong has granted a block exemption order (BEO) for vessel sharing agreements (VSAs) in the li...

by American Shipper

Top Carriers More Reliable in Q2

**Global schedule reliability improved 2.3 percentage points to 74.6% in the second quarter of 2017,...

by World Maritime News

COSCO expects $272m profit for first half 2017

**“State-run Chinese conglomerate COSCO Shipping Holdings is projecting a net income for the first h...

by American Shipper

Qatar Crisis Hits Stalemate

**The economic and political sanctions imposed on Qatar earlier this month could protract indefinite...

by World Maritime News

Number of Ships Berthing in Oman Soars after Qatar Crisis

**Oman seems to have benefited considerably on the back of the Qatar-Gulf Crisis as it has seen the...

by Splash 24/7

Port of Los Angeles Reaches 9 Million TEU Milestone

[![[Port of Los Angeles presents Evergreen Line with a commemorative plaque]](https://app.eesea.com/...

by World Maritime News

Evergreen rolls out sea freight services for Alibaba.com members

**Evergreen Line has teamed up with Alibaba.com to provide members of the wholesale marketplace plat...

by Container Management

Gulftainer handles largest ship ever at Saudi terminal

**Gulftainer has marked the maiden call of Evergreen Marine Corporation’s 366m long Tampa Triumph co...

by Arabian Supply Chain