The Loadstar

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Two hundred and one containerships and just under 700,000 container slots have been scrapped this year. According to

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Six months after the implementation of verified gross mass (VGM) requirements, traditional anxieties in the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – News that their cargo may be loaded onto Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) vessels has angered customers of the 2M Alliance.

By Alex Lennane (The Loadstar) – Cyber crime is likely to delay the introduction of autonomous ships for several years – and it could pose a

By Alex Lennane in Dubai (The Loadstar) – The next big losers in the shipping industry crisis are likely to be ports and terminals, leading to a decline

By Mike Wackett  (The Loadstar) – Three months after the collapse of Hanjin Shipping, hundreds of shippers have still not received their cargo, even

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – In the wake of the Hanjin bankruptcy, THE Alliance has devised a “catastrophic instrument” funding mechanism, to be

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) Dockworkers are planning a “noisy and active” protest outside the Aarhus headquarters of Europe’s largest

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Shipping circles in Hamburg are abuzz with speculation that the Oetker family will announce this week that it intends to

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) The Asia-Mediterranean trade is still “over-tonnaged”, with headhaul ship utilisation below other major east–west markets,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

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