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Maersk - Blanking Far East Asia to Med Services

The following release was published by Maersk:

Due to significant terminal congestions in Medit...

ONE redesigns its Egypt Lebanon Turkey Service (ELT)

The following release was published by ONE:

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is pleased to announce...

Bangladesh shippers fear rising freight rates will hit demand

"Bangladeshi shippers fear catastrophe from a 100% freight rate hike within just a month." See the o...

Port congestion disrupts almost half Asia-Europe sailings

"Nearly half of all Asia-Europe westbound sailings have failed to depart on time as congestion escal...

King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam Achieves Highest Monthly Throughput in its History

The following release was published by Mawani:

King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam continued its ope...

Malaysian container ports see record volumes in May

"The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) and Northport have both reported record monthly throughput bolste...

National Strike Shutters Nigeria's Seaports Indefinitely

"Nigeria's two largest labor unions have launched a nationwide strike, and port workers have joined...

Mandatory reporting ruling for containers lost at sea

"The World Shipping Council (WSC), the lobby group for liner shipping, has welcomed the recent adopt...

Maersk - Important information on TP20 service winddown

The following release was published by Maersk:

We have some important information to share abou...

How hubs will help the Gemini Cooperation achieve its 90%+ schedule reliability goal

The following release was published by Maersk:

With the Gemini Cooperation, Maersk is working t...

COSCO switches 16,000 TEU quartet to run on methanol

"COSCO Shipping Lines has announced that it will switch four 16,000 TEU newbuildings to be dually fu...

Maersk's new surcharge strategy raises eyebrows

"Maersk has announced a change in the way it will bill customers for fuel-related surcharges, with t...

Wan Hai boosts fleet with 7,000 teu pair from CULines

"Taiwanese liner operator Wan Hai Lines has bought two China United Lines 7,000 teu newbuildings at...

Adani Ports Signs 30-Year Concession To Operate Container Terminal 2 At Dar Es Salaam Port

The following release was published by Adani Ports:

  • Concession marks entry of Adani Ports int...

Onne Multipurpose Terminal handles its largest boxship

"Onne Multipurpose Terminal (OMT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) operati...

Hapag-Lloyd - Adriatic Sea Express (ADX) service update

The following release was published by Hapag-Lloyd:

If you are shipping with our Adriatic Sea E...

Indian shippers and retailers suffer in a wave of supply chain disruption

"Indian manufacturers and retailers are struggling against an onslaught of supply chain disruption s...

Maersk launches first deepsea container service into Ukraine since invasion

"Maersk has launched the first deepsea container service in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion led to t...

Getting containers in the right place at the right time is now 'impossible'

"Shippers and forwarders could find it “impossible” to position containers in the right place at the...

Liners are not hoarding capacity, assures Evergreen, as Q1 profits triple

"Evergreen general manager Wu Kuang Hui has hit back at speculation that liner operators are hoardin...

Box rates ease, but 'things may get worse for shippers before they get better'

"It appears increasingly likely that the main east-west container trades have now entered an early p...

Konecranes delivers eight straddle carriers to Copenhagen Malmö Port

"Konecranes has handed over eight hybrid Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers to Copenhagen Malmö Port...

Panama Canal Increases Maximum Draft Ahead of Schedule

"The Panama Canal Authority announced Thursday an increase in the maximum authorized draft of the Pa...

Black Sea states unite to clear maritime trade routes

"Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet will join forces with neighbours Romania and Türkiye to form a Black S...

Singapore brings shuttered terminals back online to battle severe box congestion

"To staunch the severe congestion building up at the world’s largest container transhipment hub, PSA...

The $10,000 shipping container is again the talk of global trade

"Companies transporting goods from Asia face costs of as much $10,000 for an urgent full-size shippi...

2M alliance changes California terminal on Transpacific service

"2M alliance has announced a terminal change on its TP 8/Orient service, a Transpacific service conn...

Yang Ming to join league of 24,000 TEU ships

"Yang Ming Marine Transport’s management has hinted that the company will enter the league of 24,000...

CMA CGM hit with US$2 million fine by FMC

"The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has entered into an agreement with French ocean...

Shippers should expect more Asia-Europe blanked sailings as rates rise

"It was just over a month ago that forwarders began to realise significant disruption was on the way...

Houthis Claim Attacks on Six Ships in Red, Arabian, and Mediterranean Seas

"Security and shipping sources confirmed the Houthis hit the Laax in a barrage of attacks on Tuesday...

Qatar expresses interest in troubled Larnaca port

"Preparations are underway to re-tender Larnaca port after Cyprus terminated the $1.3bn concession f...

LNG dual-fuel 13K TEU CMA CGM Sao Paulo delivered

"CMA CGM Sao Paulo, the fourth ship in the 13,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containe...

New container terminal slated for Delaware

"Enstructure, the company running the port of Wilmington, has teamed up with the state to develop a...

MSC presses on with Gram Car Carriers takeover

"Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has moved closer to taking over Norway’s Gram Car Carriers (GCC), w...

Ukraine gets plugged back into the global container trades

"Ukraine is being plugged back into the global container trades. After more than 800 days since Russ...

Ellerman Connects China, UK, and Europe

The following release was published by Ellerman City Liners:

Ellerman City Liners is excited to...

CNC - JPI Launch and NPF Revamp

The following release was published by CNC:

We are excited to announce the launch of a new mari...

Megamax fleet now forms half of global boxship fleet

"The number of ships of 18,000 TEUs and above has exceeded 4 million TEUs, due to substantial orders...

Volumes remain stable, but liner schedule reliability has continued to drop

The liner industry’s schedule reliability performance declined in the first quarter of this year, re...

Port operations in Bangladesh and India suspended as Cyclone Remal hits

"Services at Chittagong were suspended for 54 hours until noon today, while operations in West Benga...

Box ships omitting Singapore call as port congestion hits critical level

"Congestion in Singapore, the world’s second-busiest container port, has reached a critical level, c...

Antong to boost box fleet and enter car-carrying arena with double acquisition

"The Chinese state-owned Antong Holdings, parent of Quanzhou Ansheng Shipping, is to expand its cont...

Econship Bolsters Fleet with Acquisition of 1700 TEU Cellular Vessel

"Econship, a rapidly expanding Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) renowned for its advanced...

Hutchison, Beibu Gulf Port Group map out sea-rail intermodal channel

"Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) and Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Company L...

Iranian liner continues to call at EU ports despite sanctions

"An Iranian shipping company under sanctions by the US has been using several of its containerships...

Subic container terminal gets new China service

The following release was published by ICTSI:

Subic Bay International Terminals (SBITC), Intern...

Port congestion heightens container market troubles

"According to Linerlytica, a container shipping industry analyst conglomerate, increased port conges...

DP World and Mawani Break Ground on Logistics Park at Jeddah Islamic Port

The following release was published by DP World:

“Saudi Arabia has always been a deeply importa...

IMO calls for immediate end to attacks in Red Sea

"Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO have urged for an immediate stop to assault...