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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

Genoa container terminal orders retrofit package for Konecranes Noell RTGs

"Bettolo S.r.l. has ordered a new automation system, gantry anti-collision, a new diesel engine and...

by Port Technology

HAROPA Port reports contrasting cargo flows in half-year results

"HAROPA Port has presented half-year results that improve overall on the first half of 2021. Contain...

by Port Technology

K-sure to insure funding for MSC’s LNG-fueled ships at Hyundai Samho

"Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure) said on 21 July that it will provide credit insurance of...

by Container News

Major box carriers to raise peak-season levy for India-US trades

"After a brief gap that has seen some signs of freight rate softening and corrections, container lin...

by Container News

CMA CGM exec Nicolas Sartini joins MSC to lead Bolloré acquisition

"Nicolas Sartini, who left CMA CGM in November 2020 to join Yilport Holdings as co-CEO, has joined S...

by The Loadstar

Vessel skips for Indian ports continue amid sailing disruptions

"India’s West Coast ports of Nhava Sheva/JNPT and Mundra have suffered several void calls from major...

by Container News

MSC puts its faith in Le Havre as a hub port and takes over two terminals

"MSC subsidiary Terminal Investment Ltd (TiL) has taken full ownership of two of the three container...

by The Loadstar

MSC Launches New Feeder Service Targeting Myanmar Shipments

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

MSC is pleased t...

by MSC

Mwani Qatar enjoys surge in traffic

"Mwani Qatar ports have recorded an increase in the number of vessels arriving during the past month...

by Port Technology

MSC set to build super port in Vietnam, despite 'poor economic justification'

"The world’s biggest shipping line, MSC, wants to build a new transhipment “super port” in south Vie...

by The Loadstar

MSC launches more solo services after 'meteoric' capacity increase

"MSC has launched yet another standalone service on the transatlantic, bringing its market share on...

by The Loadstar

Brazil–US freight rates spike amid tight capacity, port congestion

“Continued strength in US imports from South America is keeping pressure on northbound capacity and...

by JOC

MSC Revamps Its Transpacific Network, Connecting Asia and US

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

As part of our cont...

by MSC

Indian forwarders brace for major peak season rate hike and PSS surge

“Indian exporters and freight brokers, now savouring a temporary slide in sky-high rate levels, are bracing for a peak season surcharge (PSS) shock.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

by The Loadstar

Large carriers see decline in Asia–US market share

“The combined market share for the six largest ocean carriers in the eastbound trans-Pacific slipped...

by JOC

MSC stretches newbuilding pipeline with 20-ship haul at New Times

“Chinese shipyard New Times Shipbuilding has won 20 dual-fuelled boxship orders from MSC, which continues to expand its market-leading orderbook.” See the original story at Container News. Source: Container News (JK

by Container News

Qingdao Sunrui bags FGSS order for six MSC boxships

“CSSC Qingdao SunRui Marine Environment Engineering Company has obtained order from Dalian Shipbuild...

by Seatrade Maritime News

Spot rates set to spike as strikes and congestion hit N Europe

“Despite a softening in demand, container spot rates from Asia to North Europe could be set to spike...

by The Loadstar

Economic growth triggers strong demand for intra-Asian box trades

“Asia Pacific economic growth and supply chain diversification is spurring strong demand for intra-Asia container trades, with a flurry of new services launched in June.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

by The Loadstar

Boxship newbuild prices break records

“Japanese owners are paying record sums for the latest megamax containerships, further evidence of t...

by Splash247

New Direct Port of Call on Trade Asia to NWC- Lion and Shogun Services

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

MSC will be extending i...

by MSC