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Friday, November 25, 2016
Rickmers Maritime Denies Reports It Sold 7-Year-Old Containership for Scrap
Maritime News

Rickmers Maritime Denies Reports It Sold 7-Year-Old Containership for Scrap

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Troubled non-operating container shipowner Rickmers Maritime Trust today denied it had scrapped a seven-year-old

November 25, 2016
Total Views: 51

Wednesday, November 23, 2016
hmm containership
Maritime News

HMM Must Settle for Slot Exchanges Over Full Membership in 2M Alliance

By Mike Wackett  (The Loadstar) – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) may have to settle for a slot exchange agreement with 2M partners Maersk Line and

November 23, 2016
Total Views: 16

Monday, November 21, 2016
CMA CGM Containership. Photo credit: CMA CGM
Maritime News

CMA CGM Stays Positive Despite Third-Quarter Loss

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – CMA CGM reported a $268m net loss in the third quarter, despite efforts to focus on higher-paying cargo, bringing the

November 21, 2016
Total Views: 4

Friday, November 18, 2016
shipping containers
Maritime News

Empty Container Repositioning Costs Shipping Industry Up to $20 Billion Per Year

By Alexander Whiteman in Rotterdam (The Loadstar) – Repositioning empty containers costs the shipping industry $15-$20bn a year – up to 8% of a

November 18, 2016
Total Views: 168

Monday, November 14, 2016
Wärtsilä Fires Back: LNG Bunker Fuel is Greener Than Oil
Maritime News

Wärtsilä Fires Back: LNG Bunker Fuel is Greener Than Oil

By Alex Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Leading engine manufacturer Wärtsilä has disputed claims that using LNG (liquefied natural gas) would result in zero

November 14, 2016
Total Views: 15

Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Maersk’s Second Generation Triple-E’s Could Carry 20,000 TEU
Interesting

Maersk’s Second Generation Triple-E’s Could Carry 20,000 TEU

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk Line’s 11 second generation Triple-E class vessels, due to be delivered from April next year through to May

November 9, 2016
Total Views: 307

Tuesday, November 8, 2016
A hapag-lloyd ship at dock
Maritime News

THE Alliance Container Grouping Unveils Service Lineup

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar). – THE Alliance – Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, MOL, NYK and Yang Ming – have announced their pro-forma east-west tradelane

November 8, 2016
Total Views: 11

Thursday, November 3, 2016
oocl beijing
Maritime News

Ocean Alliance Toe Hits Water with Early Publication of Service Network

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The Ocean Alliance, which next April will be the biggest of the three vessel-sharing alliances, has published its

November 3, 2016
Total Views: 6

Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Maersk Line Sees Smoother Sailing Ahead Despite Red Ink
Maritime News

Maersk Line Sees Smoother Sailing Ahead Despite Red Ink

By Mike Wackett, (The Loadstar) – Maersk Line remained in the red in the third quarter, today reporting a net loss of $116m on the back of a 16%

November 2, 2016
Total Views: 5

Saturday, October 29, 2016
Ships at anchor off Singapore.
Maritime News

Container Shipping: Will New Alliance Structures Help Stabilize The Market?

By Sam Whelan (TheLoadstar) After the supply chain havoc caused by Hanjin Shipping’s collapse, and with an alliance reshuffle on the horizon, should

October 29, 2016
Total Views: 22

Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Hanjin Alliance Partners Lose Out with Transpacific Market Share Up for Grabs
Maritime News

Hanjin Alliance Partners Lose Out with Transpacific Market Share Up for Grabs

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The four remaining members of the CKYHE alliance are the biggest losers in the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy, in terms of

October 19, 2016
Total Views: 12

Monday, October 3, 2016
ZIM Shipping Says ‘We Can Hope’ as Losses Mount
Maritime News

ZIM Shipping Says ‘We Can Hope’ as Losses Mount

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Zim Integrated Shipping Services recorded a $74m net loss in the second quarter of the year. This compares with a $23m

October 3, 2016
Total Views: 10

Friday, September 30, 2016
IMO Ends ‘Light Touch’ on Container Weight Verification
Maritime News

IMO Ends ‘Light Touch’ on Container Weight Verification

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Tomorrow the IMO’s three-month so-called “light touch” enforcement of the SOLAS revision that all packed

September 30, 2016
Total Views: 51

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
shipbreaking
Interesting

10-Year-Old Panamax Becomes Youngest Containership Ever Sold for Scrap

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The 4,546 teu 2006-built Viktoria Wulff (ex MSC Firenze) has become the youngest containership to be sold for scrap as

September 20, 2016
Total Views: 308

Monday, September 19, 2016
Hanjin Collapse Has Turned Container Shipping ‘On Its Head’
Maritime News

Hanjin Collapse Has Turned Container Shipping ‘On Its Head’

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The container market has been “turned on its head” by the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, according to Oslo-based ocean

September 19, 2016
Total Views: 12

Monday, September 12, 2016
hanjin ship
Finance

Exactly Where Is the Hanjin Fleet?

By Gavin van Marle (TheLoadstar) Unloading operations have begun on some Hanjin vessels after the line finally began to update shippers and forwarders on

September 12, 2016
Total Views: 88

Friday, September 9, 2016
Writing on the Wall: A Timeline of Hanjin’s Collapse
Maritime News

Writing on the Wall: A Timeline of Hanjin’s Collapse

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Perhaps what is most striking about this timeline is that news of Hanjin’s financial troubles publicly surfaced in

September 9, 2016
Total Views: 26

Thursday, September 8, 2016
hanjin-ships-in-port
Finance

Airlines Will Miss The Boat If Hanjin Ships Discharge Cargo

Alex Lennane (TheLoadstar) The air freight industry appears to have missed a boost to business from the collapse of container line Hanjin, after

September 8, 2016
Total Views: 12

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Hanjin Shipping's container terminal is seen at the Busan New Port in Busan
Ports

Shippers Demand Terminals Free Hanjin Boxes

By Gavin van Marle (TheLoadstar) Shipper organizations have called for terminals to begin releasing Hanjin containers detained by terminal

September 6, 2016
Total Views: 53

Monday, September 5, 2016
Port of Calais Migrant "Jungle"
News

French Truck Drivers Blockade Port Of Calais To Protest Migrant Crisis

  By Gavin van Marle (TheLoadstar) Cross-Channel operations between Dover and Calais were set to descend into chaos today as French truck

September 5, 2016
Total Views: 23
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