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Arkas Line enhances its West Africa service

"Arkas Line has announced that it will enhance its West Africa operations by exclusively using its o...

by Port Technology

Unifeeder launches new service in the Greater Antilles

"Aimed towards improving transit times between Panama, Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico, Unifeeder w...

by Unifeeder

PIL expands coverage of West Coast Central and South America Service 6

The following release was published by PIL:

PIL has enhanced our West Coast Central and South A...

by PIL

Wan Hai Lines to launch Tamil Nadu – Thailand Express “TTX” Service

The following release was published by Wan Hai:

Wan Hai Lines is pleased to announce the launch...

by Wan Hai

LA/LB and Tanjung Pelepas celebrate as 2024 port 'winners and losers' revealed

"Last year’s port throughput “winners and losers” have been revealed, with Chinese ports still domin...

by The Loadstar

Signs of imminent suspension for Maersk Line's AC1 South America string

eeSea analysts have gathered sufficient evidence to suggest that Maersk Line's [AC1](https://app.ees...

by Destine Ozuygur

Transpacific sees first major MSC blanks as rates fall and volumes falter

"Following nine weeks of consecutive declines in spot freight rates on the transpacific, carriers ar...

by The Loadstar

The Network of the Future becomes the Maersk East-West network

The following advisory was published by Maersk:

Our Network of the Future and the Gemini Cooper...

by Maersk

Opposition builds for final hearing on US plan to tax Chinese box ship calls

"US importers and shippers await the outcome of the final hearing on the new administration’s propos...

by The Loadstar

Good start for Gemini, liner schedule reliability data reveals

"New data from liner analysts at Sea-Intelligence Consulting has confirmed early schedule reliabilit...

by The Loadstar

'Be prepared' is key to avoiding problems on return to Suez transits

"BCOs are not sufficiently prepared for the likely influx of detention and demurrage (D&D) charges a...

by The Loadstar

Evergreen adds Vietnam Thailand Malaysia service (VTS) featuring direct Batam link

"Evergreen will launch a new Vietnam Thailand Malaysia service (VTS) calling at Shekou, Nansha, Siha...

by Linerlytica

HMM takes delivery of its first methanol-powered containership

The following release was published by HMM:

HMM takes delivery of ‘HMM GREEN’, a 9,000 TEU meth...

by HMM

CULines Launches Red Sea Feeder Service JPS to Strengthen Regional Transhipment

The following release was published by CULines:

To expand its Red Sea service network and enhan...

by CULines

MSC ship loses containers in storm off Portugal

"An MSC-operated containership lost some of its cargo in a storm while underway in the Atlantic Ocea...

by Splash 247

ServiPort Marine Line launches new Honduras-South Florida service

"A new Central America carrier, ServiPort Marine Line has launched a Honduras-South Florida service...

by Linerlytica

$3.5m: How much this COSCO ship might be charged when calling at a US port

"Public comments continue to fly into the US Trade Representative (USTR) ahead of Monday’s hearing i...

by Splash247

US port call fees would force ACL to exit transatlantic trade, says CEO

"Niche transatlantic carrier Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has warned it would have to exit the trad...

by The Loadstar

CMA CGM’s newbuild becomes ‘the very first’ LNG-powered boxship to call Australian ports

"CMA CGM Baalbeck, an 8,000 TEU containership owned by French shipping major CMA CGM, has become “th...

by Offshore Energy

Bengal Tiger Line expands to the Mediterranean

"Singapore’s Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) has expanded its network to the Mediterranean with the introduc...

by Splash247

Red Sea crisis forces Maersk to increase capacity over strategy limit

"Maersk Line appears to have temporarily abandoned its strategy of maintaining capacity at no more t...

by The Loadstar

CMA CGM quietly drops Rotterdam from Transatlantic Unity Bridge, is reduced reliability the cause?

eeSea analysts have recently confirmed that Rotterdam has been dropped from long-term vessel schedul...

by Destine Ozuygur

Ocean Alliance splits ANP service into two to ease Vancouver delays

"Chronic bottlenecks at Canada’s Vancouver Port have seen the Ocean Alliance split its Pacific North...

by The Loadstar

COSCO bolsters MEX6 service to Abu Dhabi with additional vessel

COSCO [announced](https://en.coscoshipping.com/col/col6923/art/2025/art_d6dbcf829f4142f080fa7c611081...

by Destine Ozuygur

SAFRAN & SIRIUS services - Change of terminal in Santos, Brazil

The following release was published by CMA CGM:

We inform you about an upcoming change of termi...

by CMA CGM

SITC launches China Philippines Express 4 (CPX4) service

"SITC has introduced a new China-Philippines Express 4 (CPX4) service connecting Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya...

by Linerlytica

7 new Asian carriers team up for China-Mexico service

"A partnership involving 7 Asian carriers have teamed up to launch a new Asia-Mexico Express (AMX) s...

by Linerlytica

SeaLead launches FIX3 in latest example of favorable Indian market growth

SeaLead launched their first iteration of the 'FIX' Asia-India express service series back in August...

by Destine Ozuygur

Port of Gdańsk finishes 2024 with a record financial result

The following release was published by Port of Gdansk:

Strong ports mean a strong maritime econ...

by Port of Gdansk

Will China-upgraded Hapag-Lloyd ships run foul of Trump?

"Hapag-Lloyd is taking its Copiapo-class vessels to China’s Cosco Zhoushan Shipyard to be ‘jumbo-ise...

by The Loadstar

Turkish carriers launch VSA with joint service wooing Red Sea volumes

"Turkish container carriers Turkon Line and Arkas Line seem to have scooped up significant India-Med...

by The Loadstar

Hanseatic Global Terminals acquires majority stake in terminal operator in Le Havre

  • Acquisition of 60% of the shares in CNMP LH successfully completed
  • Expansion of terminal portf...
by Hapag-Lloyd

CMA's WAX Service trades trans-shipment giant Singapore for Vung Tau

While we are yet to see a formal announcement from either carrier, eeSea analysts have confirmed thr...

by Destine Ozuygur

CNC adds Singapore-Philippines 8 (SP8) service

"CNC, the intra-Asia arm of CMA CGM, has added a new Singapore Philippines 8 (SP8) connecting Singap...

by Linerlytica

DP World and Mawani Inaugurate $800 Million State-Of-The-Art Terminal in Jeddah

The following release was published by DP World:

Modernisation and expansion programme has incr...

by DP World

Houthis warn attacks on merchant ships could resume tomorrow

"The Houthis in Yemen issued an ultimatum to Israel on Friday, repeating it yesterday. Unless Israel...

by Splash247

Box ship in collision with tanker off UK coast

"An oil tanker in the North Sea burst into flames this morning after being involved in a collision w...

by The Loadstar

eeSea North America update - March 2025

Our February update was dedicated to a detailed two-part analysis of how the [Far East - West Coast]...

by Destine Ozuygur

Gemini carriers making good on schedule reliability promise, so far

"The Gemini partners are making good on their promise of 90% schedule reliability, 'miles ahead' of...

by The Loadstar

Korean Boxship Crossing North Pacific Reports Lost and Damaged Containers

"South Korea’s SM Line issued a customer alter on March 5 reporting that one of its vessels has expe...

by The Maritime Executive

Trump's latest tariffs against Chinese built ships could reshape the Transpacific trade

Of more than 6.6K container vessels on the map, 1,397 of the currently active fleet were built by Ch...

by Destine Ozuygur

Maiden call of CMA CGM IRON in Singapore: first delivery of a South Korean-built series of 12 new generation dual-fuel methanol 13,000 TEU vessel

  • Twelve cutting-edge 13,000 TEUs containerships to be delivered by Hyunday Samho Heavy Industries i...
by CMA CGM

CMA CGM introduces SEAS 3, connecting the Far East to South America East Coast

The following release was published by CMA CGM:

We are pleased to announce the launch of our ne...

by CMA CGM

Port Houston sees biggest January on record

The following release was published by Port of Houston:

Port Houston kicked off the year handli...

by Port of Houston

US Chinese ship penalties will hit transatlantic trade hardest – Soren Toft

"The transatlantic container trade could be the most severely impacted if the US goes ahead with the...

by The Loadstar

MSC pivots capacity to Mediterranean & West African trades

Mustang suspended

MSC revealed a major [update](https://app.eesea.com/news/msc-revises-its-as...

by Destine Ozuygur

ONE boxship collides with Maersk vessel in Hong Kong

"On Saturday evening the 364 m long ONE Columba allided with the 6,600 teu Clifford Maersk in Hong K...

by Splash247

Russian Missile Attack Damages MSC Boxship at Port of Odesa

"On Saturday, a Russian ballistic missile strike damaged a foreign-flag boxship at the port of Odesa...

by The Maritime Executive