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By Gavin van Marle, (The Loadstar) – The largest bankruptcy ever to take place in container shipping now appears inevitable after the board of Hanjin

By Mike Wacket (TheLoadstar) It might not be easy for one of the new mega east-west vessel-sharing alliances to appease the regulators. The

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hanjin Shipping today submitted a “financial improvement plan” to its creditor banks in a final attempt to avoid

(TheLoadstar) One of the world’s largest boxships is being inspected for any damages following a brief grounding incident in the UK yesterday. The

By Alessandro Pasetti (TheLoadstar) The interim results of Hapag-Lloyd were uninspiring, to say the least. Not only is the world’s

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) DP World has reported robust first-half results from its global portfolio of container terminals, saying despite the challenging

  By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) The number of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) of 14,000-19,000 teu calling at the port of

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadStar) Container lines are enduring a “severe revenue contraction”, said Drewry, after the first six-month turnover figures reported

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadstar) Maersk Line plunged $151m into the red in the second quarter dragging down its half-year results to a net loss of $114m,

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk Line is upgrading its eight E-class 15,550 teu vessels to load a further 1,300 teu. Raising the accommodation

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) — As ocean carriers reel from a disastrous first half this year, they seem to have lost lost their appetite for ordering

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Japanese classification society ClassNK is claiming a “world-first” breakthrough finding in the required crack

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Following the inauguration of the Panama Canal’s new lock system at the end of last month, the waterway is already

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shipper representatives have claimed that some freight forwarders and carriers have looked to use the recently

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) Declining asset costs and a variety of external factors are driving the container shipping industry into increasing use of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The debate on the reasoning behind the potential alliance grouping of the 2M’s Maersk Line and MSC and the financially

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ahead of the official opening of the $5.25bn expanded Panama Canal this Sunday, the insurance industry is preparing

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The continuing cost-per-slot supremacy of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) was called into question by speakers

By Mike Wackett (TheLoadStar) Ship scrapping appears set to hit record levels this year, according to shipbroker and services firm Clarksons. In its

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The first post-panamax containerships are on their way from Asia to the US east coast on enhanced services going via the