The Loadstar

By Gavin van Marle in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – The risk posed by Donald Trump’s appetite for a trade war with China could derail what promises to be

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – As shippers and carriers on the transpacific prepare for the annual contract negotiating season – which kicks

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hyundai Merchant Marine’s long-term aspiration to become a “leading global carrier” with a market share of 5% is a

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Already facing higher fuel costs, ocean carriers could now be hit by a rise in charter hire rates. Container

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) slumped to a KRW1.2trn ($1.1bn) net loss in 2017. And this follows a KRW484bn loss the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A new report estimates that over the past 21 years the container industry has “destroyed” about $110bn of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Alphaliner’s analysis of Ocean Network Express’s Day ONE service network from April 1 – outside THE Alliance

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container lines are estimated to have made an accumulated profit of $7bn last year and, according to Drewry, should

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Container shipping could see the first widespread use of a cryptocurrency this week. Hong Kong-based blockchain

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) The new CMA CGM Antoine De Saint Exupery, delivered on Friday, will burn up to 25% less fuel due to its

By Gavin van Marle (TheLoadstar) Container shipping lines could lose around 5m teu of cargo a year following the recent import ban on a variety of

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The world’s second largest container shipping line, MSC, has announced plans to enter the scheduled deepsea roll-on

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Ethical and moral standards notwithstanding, companies boasting mixed boards can boast higher profits. Sadly,

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The 2M alliance of Maersk and MSC is to leave the UK port of Southampton. It has announced it will drop the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The number of containerships in lay-up has dipped below 100, according to Alphaliner. Its latest survey reveals strong

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Escalating fuel prices are posing a renewed risk to carrier profitability, adding to the twin threats of new

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Where contracts allow, ocean carriers are starting to postpone deliveries of new ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs)

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The containership charter market has entered 2018 in a much healthier state than it was a year ago, but shipowners

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – K Line, MOL and NYK are banking their future group profitability on the success of the Ocean Network Express (ONE)

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – There will be a 5.6% growth in container fleet capacity this year, according to scheduled newbuild deliveries of 1.49m