Images just sent to us via an anonymous gCaptain contributor showing damage to the RHL Fidelitas containership after she allegedly collided with a bulk carrier a few weeks ago.
18 containers inside the vessel were damaged as a result of the collision and the ship is now getting patched up at Focus Marine Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore.
This is not the first time bad luck has befallen the RHL Fidelitas however. In 2011 she tore up a seawall and a pilot boat when her reverse throttle failed to engage at the Port of Odessa.
CMA CGM has postponed its $150 per TEU Low Water Surcharge on cargo moving from South America’s west coast through the Panama Canal, where more restrictions on draught and transits are expected.
Global container spot rates rose for a second straight week as tighter capacity and resilient demand pushed Transpacific prices sharply higher, according to Drewry. The Drewry World Container Index increased...
Forwarders have backed the objections of Brazilian authorities and Israeli legislators in questioning the looming Hapag-Lloyd acquisition of Zim – pushback against more consolidation within liner shipping.
August 19, 2026
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