The Loadstar

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers constantly reassess network coverage to cope with the impact of demand fluctuations but, post-pandemic,

By Charlie Bartlett (The Loadstar) – June is bearing few surprises for container shipping, with demand continuing its inexorable downward correction. In

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The prospect of a traditional peak season is slipping away with each week that passes and ocean carriers are as yet

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is to further reduce the maximum draft allowed for vessels transiting the waterway

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – MSC’s phenomenal growth over the past two years has largely been driven by acquisition of second-hand containerships,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Next month, 2M partners MSC and Maersk will deploy nine extra vessels on their Asia-Europe services, an injection of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – THE Alliance and Ocean Alliance vessel-sharing partners are taking full advantage of the 2M’s potentially messy

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The transpacific mid-April GRIs (General Rate Increase) imposed by carriers, ahead of the finalisation of annual

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond, which last week filed for bankruptcy protection, has filed a claim of $37.65m

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Weak demand in the three major ocean trades, coupled with the expected flood of new tonnage, will feed declining

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Any recovery in the container shipping market will be overwhelmed by the flood of new vessels entering the market,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The downturn on the transpacific, compared with the pandemic-driven boom of the past two years, is palpable as ocean

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Led by MSC and CMA CGM, ocean carriers are again scouring the charter and sales and purchase markets for tonnage to

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – There are “bright skies ahead” at the port of Los Angeles, according to its executive director, Gene Seroka, given

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The first evidence of the depth of the liner shipping freight rate correction comes with the Q1 operational numbers

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – More optimistic demand forecasts and the prospect of a better peak season this year are driving a containership charter

By Ian Putzger, Americas Correspondent (The Loadstar) – While US ports and container terminals still resist a regulatory drive to curtail detention and

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Shipping, forwarding and environmental groups have welcomed the world’s first law requiring ships to use sustainable

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – French container carrier CMA CGM, already spreading its wings by entering the air cargo and logistics markets, is

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The ‘jury is out’ on whether container spot rates have bottomed-out, but on the key transpacific and Asia to Europe