The Loadstar

  By Mike Wackett, The Loadstar The era of global slow-steaming by container lines could be about to end with the recent announcement of improved transit

  By Gavin van Marle, The Loadstar The second panamax containership to undergo innovative “widening” conversion is set to return to the water next

  By Mike Wackett, The Loadstar Some 90,000 teu of cellular capacity was consigned to lay-up in the past two weeks, taking redundant tonnage to its

  By Gavin van Marle, The Loadstar LNG-fuelled containerships could offer operators considerable cost savings when the price of traditional fuel rises

  By Gavin van Marle, The Loadstar Just how much money would container shipping lines be losing if it weren’t for the relentlessly steep decline in

  Shippers, forwarders, shipping lines and container terminals “urgently” need to begin discussions over the practicalities of implementing the

By Rainbow Nelson in Cartagena Nicaragua’s ambitious plans to build a rival to the Panama Canal are likely to cost almost double the estimated $40bn,

By Gavin van Marle CMA CGM has confirmed that it has signed a series of agreements to for the fourth major deepsea container shipping alliance, Ocean Three,

The scale of the challenge facing Hapag-Lloyd’s management team overseeing the integration of CSAV has been underlined by new research from Alphaliner which

The ill winds of the winter blew in favour of the new UK container port at London Gateway, when several ships were diverted from Felixstowe to the DP World

By Mike Wackett There were 27 newbuild containerships delivered in July – the highest monthly number since June 2013 and bringing the total so far this year

By Mike Wackett, UK-based containership owner Global Ship Lease (GSL) has revealed it has contracted revenue of $900m in long-term charters on 15 of its fleet

By Mike Wackett, With the usual aversion to publicity relating to its fleet, Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world’s second-biggest ocean carrier,

In the view of transport consultant Drewry, the Chinese regulators’ veto of the P3 Network last week is likely to hamper the much-needed stabilisation of the

In preparation for its container business merging into a “new” Hapag-Lloyd this year, troubled Chilean carrier CSAV is restructuring its liner business,

The extent of the decline in containership time charter hire rates in the past 10 years has been highlighted again with the sub-let of a trio of surplus

By Mike Wackett The number of laid-up containerships has fallen to a 30-month low, according to Alphaliner, which recorded just 146 ships of over 500teu idled

By Mike Wackett, Against the continued toxic mix of oversupply and weak demand, cash-strapped ocean carriers are being forced to consider every creative

By Mike Wackett Bigger and bigger ships operating at slower and slower speeds across the tradelanes of the world are testament to the single-minded desire of

By Gavin van Marle There is absolutely no sign that the overcapacity in container shipping is going to improve any time soon, according to a leading industry