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By Mike Wackett, (The Loadstar) – CMA CGM has confirmed that from the end of May it will redeploy its flagship fleet of 18,000 teu ships on the “most

By Mike Wackett, Ocean carriers cancelled some 230 sailings in 2015 between Asia and North Europe to boost vessel utilisation levels, and, according to Drewry,

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The Panama and Suez canals could be the next institutions to be affected by the ongoing crisis in the container

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Newly-merged Chinese ocean carriers Cosco and CSCL, together with Evergreen, OOCL and CMA CGM are set to form a new

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – DP World’s two UK container terminals at London Gateway and Southampton are to offer shippers container weighing

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The jury is out as to whether the dramatic fall in oil prices in the past two years has produced a net benefit

By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) Maersk Line is preparing an awareness campaign to alert shippers to container weighing regulations that come

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Lower bunker costs are “very welcome in an industry struggling to make a profit”, says shipping industry association

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk Line is switching a second Asia-North Europe loop vessel to London Gateway this week after concerns over ship and

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Analysts agree there is no recovery in sight for the beleaguered containership charter market, which is facing its

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – According to shipbroker Braemar ACM, as at the beginning of this week six container vessels, equating to 14,000 teu, had

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The seemingly never-ending quest by ocean carriers to operate bigger ships was a significant spur for orders for 60

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — Christmas saw the 17,859 teu CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin become the largest container vessel ever to call at a US port

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” This seems to aptly sum up the two halves of 2015 for container lines, which began the year with

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — Poland’s Port of Gdansk Authority is to tender for a new container and general cargo deepwater port able to

By Martin Roebuck (TheLoadstar) AstraZeneca has said it will be using ocean freight for 70% of its international shipments within the next 12-18 months. Julian

By Alessandro Pasetti (TheLoadstar) This month, Singapore container shipping line Neptune Orient Lines finally agreed to be acquired by France’s CMA CGM in a

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) — Cosco and China Shipping have released details of their forthcoming merger, which is likely to see the latter quit

By Mike Wackett,  (The Loadstar) On the assumption that CMA CGM’s acquisition of NOL receives the approval of anti-trust authorities next year,

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadStar) Since the launch of its vessel upgrade programme in 2011, with the conversion of 17 of its S Class 8,200 teu ships to 9,600