The Loadstar

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

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – MSC is preparing contingency plans for customers’ cargo, should the three containerships it has on charter from

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers have this year shown themselves to be “well-skilled” in the art of capacity management, according to

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Hapag-Lloyd has become the latest container shipping line to introduce a cancellation/no-show fee, as carriers appear

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Despite a near doubling of the number of 13,000 teu-or-above vessels deployed on the transpacific Asia-US west coast

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The container businesses of K Line, MOL and NYK will operate under the tradename Ocean Network Express (ONE) from 1

  By Gavin van Marle (TheLoadStar) A dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of recently acquired APL helped French carrier CMA CGM offset a slight

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Economists have warned that trade is likely to come to a halt if the UK fails to negotiate a deal in leaving

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Container shipping lines may be finally getting the vessel overcapacity crisis under control. It was revealed today

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has calmed the waters that led it to the brink of bankruptcy with first-quarter

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Container shipping lines yesterday shrugged off accusations that bigger ships and alliances would lead to less choice

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk Line is wasting no time in putting its blue stamp on the executive board of soon-to-be acquired Hamburg Süd, but

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has rejected the merger of the container businesses of K Line, MOL and NYK on