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Friday, March 4, 2016
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US Exporters Exempt From SOLAS, says USCG

  By Alex Lennane, TheLoadStar – The US Coast Guard (USCG), which this week added further confusion to the soon-to-be enforced SOLAS

March 4, 2016
Total Views: 27

CMA CGM Moves Mega-Ships to Transpacific Trade as Asia-Europe Rates Keep Tumbling
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CMA CGM Moves Mega-Ships to Transpacific Trade as Asia-Europe Rates Keep Tumbling

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

March 4, 2016
Total Views: 7

Monday, February 29, 2016
More Pain Before Gain for Asia-North Europe Container Carriers
Maritime News

More Pain Before Gain for Asia-North Europe Container Carriers

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,

February 29, 2016
Total Views: 15

Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Canals Feel Ripples of Container Shipping Crisis as Vessels Go the Long Way Round
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Canals Feel Ripples of Container Shipping Crisis as Vessels Go the Long Way Round

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

February 23, 2016
Total Views: 429

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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Maritime News

Container Shipping Shake-Up as CMA CGM, China Cosco, OOCL and Evergreen Plan New Alliance

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

February 17, 2016
Total Views: 72

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Felixstowe, London Gateway and Southampton First UK Ports to Offer Container Weighing Service
Maritime News

Felixstowe, London Gateway and Southampton First UK Ports to Offer Container Weighing Service

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

February 16, 2016
Total Views: 89

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
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Maritime News

Low Bunker Prices Offer Relief for Containership Operators, But Slow-Steaming Benefits Lost

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

February 9, 2016
Total Views: 102

Sunday, February 7, 2016
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Maritime News

Maersk Launches New Container Weighing Campaign

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

February 7, 2016
Total Views: 52

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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Maritime News

Cheaper Bunkers Could Both Hinder and Help Container Lines, Says BIMCO

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

January 27, 2016
Total Views: 7

Monday, January 25, 2016
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Maritime News

Maersk Diverts Second Ship to London Gateway Amid Felixstowe Congestion

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

January 25, 2016
Total Views: 4

Thursday, January 21, 2016
‘Zombie Ships’ Mask Parlous State of Container Shipping Industry
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‘Zombie Ships’ Mask Parlous State of Container Shipping Industry

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

January 21, 2016
Total Views: 66

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Consigning ‘Teenagers’ to the Scrap Yards May Help Solve Chronic Boxship Overcapacity
Maritime News

Consigning ‘Teenagers’ to the Scrap Yards May Help Solve Chronic Boxship Overcapacity

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

January 12, 2016
Total Views: 8

Friday, January 8, 2016
More Big Ship Deliveries Set to Boost Overcapacity
Maritime News

More Big Ship Deliveries Set to Boost Overcapacity

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

January 8, 2016
Total Views: 32

Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Are U.S. West Coast Ports ‘Big Ship-Ready’?
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Are U.S. West Coast Ports ‘Big Ship-Ready’?

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

January 5, 2016
Total Views: 13

Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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Maritime News

Container Shipping In 2015 – Year In Review

“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

December 23, 2015
Total Views: 355

Tuesday, December 22, 2015
New Deepwater Port to Transorm Gdansk Into Eastern Europe Mega-Hub
Maritime News

New Deepwater Port to Transorm Gdansk Into Eastern Europe Mega-Hub

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

December 22, 2015
Total Views: 76

Tuesday, December 15, 2015
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AstraZeneca – Drug Shipments Shift From Air To Ocean

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

December 15, 2015
Total Views: 100

NOL/APL… a missed opportunity for Maersk?
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NOL/APL… a missed opportunity for Maersk?

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

December 15, 2015
Total Views: 18

Monday, December 14, 2015
Merger with COSCO Would Mean Container Shipping Exit for CSCL
Maritime News

Merger with COSCO Would Mean Container Shipping Exit for CSCL

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

December 14, 2015
Total Views: 50

Thursday, December 10, 2015
CMA CGM Chiefs Eye ‘Significant’ Operational Synergies in Plan for Integrating APL
Maritime News

CMA CGM Chiefs Eye ‘Significant’ Operational Synergies in Plan for Integrating APL

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

December 10, 2015
Total Views: 23
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