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Cosco Shipping enters logistics arena with investment in 3PL affiliate

"Cosco Shipping Holdings officially launched its supply chain logistics division yesterday, joining...

by The Loadstar

Maersk-MSC Partnership Tests Terminal Expected to Be West African Hub

"Testing was recently completed at the Ivory Coast’s new container terminal which is due to open in...

by The Maritime Executive

Port of Abidjan readies ops with first test port call

"Côte d’Ivoire Terminal has successfully completed its first test call at the Port of Abidjan hostin...

by Port Technology

New $28.9 million container hub for Kazakhstan’s Aktau Port

"Kazakhstan will expand Aktau Port by building a new $28.9 million container hub by 2025. Deputy Hea...

by Port Technology

Service Changes - Merger of TP1 and TP9 as well as TPX and TP7

As we continuously strive to enhance our product offering, we are pleased to inform you about improv...

by Maersk Line

MSC revises overweight surcharges for Indian export cargo

"Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has announced a new scale of overweight surcharges for Indian cont...

by Container News

MSC 5,000-TEU container ship disabled, under tow off Spain

"The container ship "MSC Lorena", with a length of 275 meters, a beam of 32.5 meters and a capacity...

by COPE

MSC may be gearing up to be 'master of its own destiny', outside the 2M

"According to Alphaliner data, MSC’s orderbook now stands at an eye-watering 1.76m teu, equivalent t...

by The Loadstar

Abidjan, Hinterland West Africa Now Directly Connected with Far East

The following advisory was published by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC): MSC is pleased to anno...

by MSC

Congested European ports not enough to cushion falling volumes

"While unrelenting port congestion in Europe has made liner operators skip some calls, it has been i...

by Container News

MSC’s orderbook breaks multiple records

"With Yangzijiang Shipbuilding recently confirming Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has ordered a doz...

by Splash247

MSC containership stranded in Turkey waters

"MSC-flagged containership Malena has suffered an engine failure in front of Canakkale, in the Turki...

by Port Technology

MSC chief Toft warns of ‘some difficult quarters ahead’

"Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) boss Soren Toft has warned of some difficult times ahead for the c...

by Seatrade Maritime News

Maersk and MSC cull Asia-North Europe capacity as bookings founder

"Ocean carriers are suspending more headhaul services from Asia as global demand plummets. Maersk sa...

by The Loadstar

Blank sailings fail to prop up rates: 'we need capacity withdrawn permanently'

"China is back at work after its Golden Week holiday, but carrier-blanked sailings have been “ineffe...

by The Loadstar

Mundra Port gains Middle East regional connection amid growing volumes

"Mundra Port, India's top container gateway, continues to ramp up its ocean service network reach. D...

by Container News

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding bags 22 newbuild orders

"Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has sealed new shipbuilding contracts for 22 vessels w...

by Splash247

MSC Updates Noumea Express Service

The following release was published by *Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC):*

MSC is pleased...

by MSC

Tidal wave of new container ships: 2023-24 deliveries to break record

"Shipping adheres to a time-honored tradition: When shipowners make exceptionally high profits, they...

by Freight Wave

Ocean carriers cut trans-Pac services as blank sailings fail to stem rate slide

"Mediterranean Shipping Co. Maersk, and CMA CGM are cutting three trans-Pacific services in response...

by JOC

Now Maersk suspends Asia-USEC loop: 'when demand recovers, it will return'

"Maersk has suspended an Asia-US east coast loop, confirming that transpacific ocean carriers are se...

by The Loadstar

Service changes - Merger of TP3 and TP2 as well as TP20 and TP28

The following release was published by *A.P. Moller - Maersk:*During the past weeks, we have experie...

by Maersk Line

MSC continues spending spree, launches air cargo arm

"MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA (MSC) has started developing a new air cargo segment as a com...

by Port Technology

MSC Adds Port of Jeddah to Global Liner Service Network

The following release was released by *Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC):*

In response to m...

by MSC

Ship-buyers look for discounts as newbuild orderbook is squeezed hard

"The arrival of a bearish containership charter market could lead to delivery dates for newbuild ves...

by The Loadstar

Trans-Pacific demand to ease through Q4 2022: carriers

"Ocean carriers expect eastbound trans-Pacific demand to slacken — if not fall — through the rest of...

by JOC

MSC fires back in ongoing spat with Pennsylvania home decor firm

"Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, shows no sign of giving in on a...

by Splash247

India–US trade surges as sourcing slowly shifts away from China

"Rampant North American consumer goods demand and an acceleration in sourcing shifts away from China...

by JOC

Ocean carriers step up NY-NJ empty sweeps under threat of new fee

"Ocean carriers are ramping up efforts to sweep thousands of empty containers lingering in and aroun...

by JOC

MSC denied extension of deadline to provide documents in case brought by MCS Industries

"Erin M. Wirth, Chief Administrative Law Judge at the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), has issu...

by Splash247

MSC reroutes ships further south of Sri Lanka to protect blue whales

"Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is urging its peers to follow its lead and alter their routes...

by Splash247

MSC aims to minimise container losses through DNV’s Anti-Roll Assist system

"At the SMM trade fair in Hamburg, DNV and MSC signed a contract to apply the new DNV Anti-Roll Assi...

by Container News

MSC teams with Hutchison Ports for new terminal in Rotterdam

"Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the terminal investment company of Mediterranean Shipping Compan...

by Splash247

Rising transshipment flows power Mundra Port’s market share growth

"The Adani Group's flagship Mundra Port has been able to oust long-time market leader Nhava Sheva/JN...

by Container News

MSC slides sailings, citing North American port congestion

"Mediterranean Shipping Co. is telling customers that ship departures next month on a host of Asia s...

by JOC

Carriers ease rates ex-India as demand falls and capacity returns

"With export volumes slipping amid global demand growth woes, container lines serving Indian trades...

by The Loadstar

India–US shippers enjoy rate respite amid slowing export volumes

"A measure of relief has arrived for India-US cargo interests battered by two years of stratospheric...

by JOC

More blank sailings on the cards as ocean spot rates continue to tumble

"Container spot rates are falling fast on all export routes from China in what should normally be th...

by The Loadstar

Demand pressure cuts into carriers’ rate push on Indian trades

"Container carriers serving Indian trades appear somewhat wary about their ability to realize full r...

by Container News

MSC raises the bar with undocking of 24,116 TEU mega boxship

"Ultra-large containership with a capacity of 24,116 TEUs built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (...

by Offshore Energy

CMA CGM to levy surcharges for overweight India-US shipments

"French container line CMA CGM has implemented a hefty surcharge on overweight containerised shipmen...

by Container News

Port of Incheon loses Russian and African links as MSC, PIL pull services

"MSC has suspended its KAMC service, which connected South Korea’s Incheon port with Russia’s Kamcha...

by The Loadstar

MSC UK announces new rail service connecting Scotland with global trade routes

"MSC UK has announced a new rail service connecting Mossend in Scotland via Hams Hall, to Felixstowe...

by Port Technology

Indian shippers face new cost hike with heavyweight container surcharges

"Major container lines have revived the prospect of hefty surcharges on heavy containers shipped fro...

by The Loadstar

MSC presses ahead with glycerine-based biofuel trials

"Cyprus-based MSC Shipmanagement a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a f...

by Splash247

Port St. Petersburg traffic plummets as MSC, CMA CGM only carriers to call

"Global fleet capacity deployed to the Russian port of St. Petersburg has plummeted since the beginn...

by Port Technology

Port Everglades sets May, June cargo records

"Port Everglades exceeded its record May and June cargo volumes thanks to new ocean shipping service...

by Port Technology

Shipping lines begin to relax freight rules for Ukraine with 'trusted partners'

"Shipping lines handling Ukrainian cargo are beginning to loosen the terms on which freight can be t...

by The Loadstar