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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
OOCL Earnings Preview Container Market Correction
Shipping

OOCL Earnings Preview Container Market Correction

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

April 11, 2023
Total Views: 1319

Friday, April 7, 2023
containership
Shipping

Positive Sentiment Keeps Container Shipping’s Charter Market Afloat

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

April 7, 2023
Total Views: 1402

Wednesday, April 5, 2023
an overhead view of port of los angeles docks
Shipping

Ocean Carriers Backpedal on D&D Charges as New Rules Loom

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

April 5, 2023
Total Views: 2603

Thursday, March 23, 2023
Aerial top view of a containership underway
Environment

FuelEU Maritime Marks the ‘Beginning of the End’ for Dirty Fuels in Shipping

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

March 23, 2023
Total Views: 1882

Tuesday, March 21, 2023
cma cgm logo on a shipping container
Shipping

CMA CGM Eyes Booming Car Carrier Market

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

March 21, 2023
Total Views: 4051

Friday, March 17, 2023
Aerial top view of a containership at port
Shipping

Is Container Shipping’s Rate Erosion Over?

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

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 4964

Thursday, March 16, 2023
AFIF Hapag-Lloyd
Shipping

THE Alliance Ships End Backhaul Cape Diversions

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed that THE Alliance vessels deployed on the Asia-North Europe tradelane are no longer making a

March 16, 2023
Total Views: 2653

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Aerial top view of a containership underway
Shipping

More Bad News for Ocean Carriers as Rate Erosion Continues

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are writing-off the first six months of this year, banking on a restocking demand boost in H2 to

March 14, 2023
Total Views: 3321

Friday, March 10, 2023
Close Call in Panama Canal Locks Raises Safety Concerns
Shipping

Close Call in Panama Canal Locks Raises Safety Concerns

By Charlie Bartlett (The Loadstar) – OOCL Utah‘s near-collision on Sunday with a Panama Canal lock gate suggests a tragic and costly accident

March 10, 2023
Total Views: 28564

Monday, March 6, 2023
cma cgm containership
Shipping

Ocean Carriers Face Sharp Earnings Decline

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The outlook for ocean carriers is a sharp decline in earnings this year, as average freight rates fall and inflation

March 6, 2023
Total Views: 3747

Thursday, March 2, 2023
Transpacific Ocean Carriers Hope to Regain Trust of Shippers Burned During Pandemic Supercycle
Shipping

Transpacific Ocean Carriers Hope to Regain Trust of Shippers Burned During Pandemic Supercycle

By Mike Wackett in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers attending the S&P Global TPM conference in Long Beach this week are owning up to

March 2, 2023
Total Views: 1892

Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Container Shipping: Tables Have Turned at TPM 2023
Shipping

Container Shipping: Tables Have Turned at TPM 2023

By Mike Wackett in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – One year ago, there were more than 100 ships waiting outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,

February 28, 2023
Total Views: 6964

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
OOCL Spain
Shipping

Wave of Megaships About to Hit the Water as Container Shipping Demand Falters

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The timing couldn’t be worse: with consumer demand lethargic and inventory stocks stubbornly high, ocean carriers are

February 22, 2023
Total Views: 6468

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Startup Australian Shipping Line Goes Bust
Shipping

Startup Australian Shipping Line Goes Bust

By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) – Just three months after its launch, Australian start-up Focus Container Line has entered administration as the

February 21, 2023
Total Views: 12033

Friday, February 17, 2023
containership
Shipping

Bad News for Ocean Carriers as Contract Rates ‘Trending Towards Spot’

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk said last week this year’s contract rates for its liner services were “trending towards spot rates” and,

February 17, 2023
Total Views: 2144

Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Prolonged Labor Talks Raise Specter of Permanent Cargo Loss for West Coast Ports
Shipping

Prolonged Labor Talks Raise Specter of Permanent Cargo Loss for West Coast Ports

By Ian Putzger, Americas correspondent (The Loadstar) The contract negotiations between the 22,000 port workers in the International Longshore &

February 14, 2023
Total Views: 2549

Thursday, February 9, 2023
Maersk Lays Out Integrator Plan
Shipping

Maersk Lays Out Integrator Plan

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk has said that being a member of a vessel-sharing alliance (VSA) was “not compatible” with its global

February 9, 2023
Total Views: 3227

Tuesday, February 7, 2023
crane loading container
Shipping

Post-Boom Hangover Leaves Carriers with Massive Container Surplus

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The return to ‘supply chain normalisation’ has led to the container liner industry being hobbled by an

February 7, 2023
Total Views: 5181

Friday, February 3, 2023
containership
Shipping

Ultra-Competitive Freight Market Emerges for China’s Export

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A parallel freight market is emerging for exports from China that undercuts the lowest container spot rates. Asia-North

February 3, 2023
Total Views: 2580

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
CMA CGM mega-ship Marco Polo
Shipping

Cross-Alliance Cooperation on the Rise as Market Weakens

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are pulling capacity from Chinese export routes and redeploying the ships to more robust tradelanes with

February 1, 2023
Total Views: 1357
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