The Loadstar

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Another ultra-large container vessel has run aground in North Europe, again raising questions about the ability of

By Sam Whelan, Asia Correspondent (The Loadstar) – The Hong Kong Competition Commission has issued a five-year block exemption order for liner shipping

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) Yesterday’s partnership agreement between 14 South Korean shipping lines falls far short of the consolidation needed to bring

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – OOCL was too small to compete with mega-carriers and needed access to a large capital base to succeed, its chairman said

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – CMA CGM’s potential order of up to nine 22,000 teu ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) is sending a message to

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – With CMA CGM reportedly ready to sign a letter-of-intent for nine ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) of 22,000 teu,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The spectre of overcapacity is clouding recent analyst optimism that ocean carriers could be heading for a period of

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Shippers say they feel powerless over the barge congestion crisis in northern Europe – one believing there may

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Cosco Shipping Holdings resumed trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) today, more than two months after its

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container exports from North Europe to North America increased 5.7%, year-on-year, in the first five months of the year,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A storm is brewing in the city of Hamburg over the port authority awarding the development of the 42ha Steinwerder South

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) being phased onto the Asia-Mediterranean container trade are likely to put freight

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk Line continues to struggle to regain its cargo volumes after the ransomware cyber attack two weeks ago. In its

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Unsecured creditors of bankrupt panamax containership owner Rickmers Maritime Trust (RMT) will each receive just

By Alex Lennane (TheLoadstar) The shipping industry must learn from last week’s cyber attack on Maersk, say analysts, and the

By Gavin van Marle in Amsterdam (The Loadstar) – The cyber attack on Maersk has the potential to throw global container supply chains into chaos,

By Gavin van Marle in Amsterdam (The Loadstar) – Major container ports could be facing an investment crisis that will dwarf the problems seen in liner

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Environmental lobbyists have derided “ambitious” CO2 reduction plans announced by four international shipping

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The South African Competition Commission has rejected the merger of the container divisions of NYK, MOL and K

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – There is a “high likelihood” of a new wave of M&A activity involving medium-size ocean carriers, as the gap