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Boxship fleet upgrades stir debate

"The CMA CGM Arctic, a giant 15,264 teu containership, only made its maiden voyage out of the docks...

Middle East to Europe Services - Service Enhancement Announcement: 405 – ME2

The following release was published by Maersk:

We are excited to announce enhancements to our M...

Panama Canal Authority warns restrictions will remain in place throughout 2024

"The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has claimed that the tide has turned in its ongoing battle to get...

Transpacific container contracts ‘substantially below’ initial asking rates

"The first batch of transpacific contracts are concluding for the May 2024-April 2025 period with an...

Arkas Line breaks newbuilding hiatus with four-ship order in China

"Turkish box carrier Arkas Line has ordered four 4,300 TEU container ships at China's CSSC Huangpu W...

APM Terminals Gijon welcomes largest container vessel in port’s history

The following release was published by APM Terminals:

This month, APM Terminals Gijón efficient...

Container volume at Ningbo-Zhoushan port up over 11% in Q1

"Ningbo-Zhoushan port posted a container volume of 9.14 million teu in the first quarter of this yea...

Hambantota port starts container handling with MSC calls

"Hambantota International Port (HIP) in Sri Lanka has started container operations with a call by MS...

Evergreen would temporarily stop calling at Port-au-Prince, Haiti

The following release was published by Evergeen:

Given the worsening security situation prevail...

Aggressive fleet builders HMM and Zim overtake Yang Ming in liner ranking

"Yang Ming’s conservative containership fleet expansion has seen the Taiwanese operator slip down th...

BICT welcomes enhancement to MSC’s Batumi – Gioia Tauro service

The following release was published by ICTSI:

Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), I...

King Abdul Aziz Port Bolsters the Kingdom's Leadership by Handling 289,787 TEUs in March

The following release was published by Mawani:

Situated on the Arabian Gulf coast, King Abdul A...

Baltimore disruption could be compounded by US East Coast labour dispute

"Potential labour disputes on the US East Coast later this year could cause more disruption for ship...

Another Boxship Loses Propulsion Near an Iconic East Coast Bridge

"The container ship APL Qingdao experienced a temporary loss of propulsion as she approached the Ver...

Batam opens first direct container shipping link with China

"The Indonesian resort island of Batam has opened its first container shipping link with China, a mo...

Containers offloaded from stricken boxship in Baltimore

"Salvage crews on Sunday began removing containers from the deck of the containership that crashed i...

APM Terminals lodges case to block ICTSI’s Durban port contract

"APM Terminals has lodged a case at the Durban High Court in an attempt to block an Asian port opera...

MSC faces financial penalty of over US$63 million relating to reefer overcharges

"Mediterranean Shipping Company is facing a fine of at least US$63 million after the US Federal Mari...

Major Danish shipping lane shut due to missile risk

"A failed missile launch has forced the closure of a major shipping lane and surrounding airspace of...

Box logjams at Canadian ports as import surge meets rail shortages

"A surge of imports meeting strained rail capacity has pushed up container dwell times at North Amer...

Carriers unveil new FAK hikes in bid to halt Asia-Europe rates slide

"Container spot freight rates on the main deepsea east-west trades continued their gentle descent ov...

Container line reliability improves as Red Sea rerouting becomes the norm

"Carrier schedule reliability improved in February as the situation with rerouting from the Red Sea...

Port of Davisville likely to see 25% increase in auto imports

"The Quonset Development Corporation anticipates that auto imports at the Port of Davisville will in...

Folk Maritime marks the inaugural voyage of the Folk Maritime fleet

The following release was published by Folk Maritime:

The vessel M.V. SunSet X was received by...

Houthis claim to have attacked ship in the Indian Ocean

"The Houthis claimed over the weekend to have widened their area of operations, saying in a televise...

Maersk - OC1 Service Improvement Returning to Panama Canal Transit

The following release was published by Maersk:

As we approach the rainy season, the Panama Cana...

ONE Enhances Its Scan Baltic Feeder Services

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce some further service updates in the Scan Baltic R...

ONE launches Irish Sea Express Service (IRX)

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce the launch of the Irish Sea Express Service (IRX)...

Black Sea feeder delivers first containers to Ukraine in two years

"A vessel chartered by a Turkish freight forwarder delivered the first boxes to Ukraine’s Black Sea...

Port of New York and New Jersey reaches 1.3 million TEUs in first two months of 2024

"In February 2024, the Port of New York and New Jersey saw notable growth across various metrics, in...

USACE Wants to Open a Deep-Draft Channel to Baltimore by End of April

"After a week of careful analysis and surveying, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has determ...

Relief as Finnish port strikes are set to cease in bid to start talks

"Finland’s supply chains look set for a reprieve after the country’s trade unions issued a temporary...

Baltimore: liners rerouting, but automotive supply chains will be hardest hit

"MSC, Maersk and Zim are the three carriers most exposed to the supply chain disruption stemming fro...

X-Press Feeders Signs MOU with Six European Ports for Green Shipping Corridors

The following release was published by X-Press Feeders:

X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest in...

Liner Cape diversions equivalent to a trip to the Moon every week

"Putting some perspective on just how enormous the rerouting of global trade has been in the wake of...

Port Everglades Marks Commissioning of New Container Cranes

The following release was published by Port Everglades:

Snip went the red ribbon and up went t...

ONE Updates Its Adriatic Feeder Service (AIB)

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce a service update to its Adriatic Feeder Service (...

Panama Canal will need rest of year to recover from drought

"The Panama Canal will need at least the rest of this year to fully recover from the 2023 drought th...

Ship recycling hits 20-year lows

"Ship recycling of bulkers, tankers, and container ships has dropped to the lowest level in 20 years...

Newcomers Sea Legend and Safetrans to link South Korea with Red Sea

"Sea Legend Shipping, a start-up running opportunistic Red Sea-China services, is linking its networ...

Baltimore Port Closure Could Cost RoRo Carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen $10M

"Wallenius Wilhelmsen, which calls itself a market leader in RoRo shipping and vehicle logistics, is...

Major electrification investment for new Croatian terminal

The following release was published by Maersk:

  • Electrification of container handling equipmen...

Maersk names second vessel of its large methanol-enabled fleet “Astrid Mærsk” in Yokohama, Japan

The following release was published by Maersk:

In a ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan today, the...

CMA CGM earmarks 100 ships for upgrades

"French liner giant CMA CGM has tapped Damen Shipyards Group to modify around 100 of its ships." See...

CNC And COSCO Sign Vessel Sharing Agreement for CP8 Service

The following release was published by CNC:

CNC and COSCO have entered into a vessel sharing ag...

Hapag-Lloyd / Update for Transpacific Services

The following release was published by Hapag-Lloyd:

Our East Coast 4 (EC4) service, which was o...

TS Lines boosts capacity on China-India services with larger newbuilds

"Taiwanese regional carrier TS Lines has deployed its largest containerships on its China-India serv...

Euroseas secures new time charter for 4,250 TEU boxship

"Greek vessel owner Euroseas announced a time charter contract for its 4,250 TEU intermediate contai...

Wan Hai Lines Holds Naming Ceremony for 13,100teu Newbuilding “WAN HAI A15”

The following release was published by Wan Hai:

Wan Hai Lines held ship naming ceremony for WAN...

SSA Terminals (Seattle Terminals), LLC and The Northwest Seaport Alliance Unveil Phase 2 of Terminal 5 Modernization in Seattle

The following release was published by NWSA:

SSA Terminals (Seattle Terminals), LLC (SSAT/ST),...