Container Shipping

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will investigate the loss of dozens of shipping containers overboard from the Yang Ming-operated cargo ship YM

By Scott Deveau (Bloomberg) — Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the investment firm run by Prem Watsa, is preparing to increase its investment in Seaspan

Maersk Line recently tapped classification society ABS to lead a workshop to identify and evaluate potential hazards posed on containerships from dangerous

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, May 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk missed first-quarter profit expectations on Thursday and warned that

By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI, May 7 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a 30-year concession agreement with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to

TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, May 2 (Reuters) – Turkmenistan on Wednesday opened a new $1.5 billion cargo and passenger seaport on the Caspian Sea aiming

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container lessors are enjoying a purple patch, as demand remains strong, driven by solid growth in global container

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) – London’s Baltic Exchange is developing a container shipping index with Hong Kong-headquartered group Freightos in

CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping company by TEU capacity, will acquire 25% stake in supply chain management company CEVA Logistics

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Globalization has brought the most advanced trading networks the world has seen, with the biggest, fastest

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has stopped any new trade with Russian entities targeted by U.S. sanctions, the

South Korea’s flagship container shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine has confirmed a long-rumored plan to order 20 eco-friendly mega containerships

By Chris Bryant (Bloomberg Gadfly) — It’s hard to imagine Soren Skou and President Donald Trump getting along terribly well. The softly-spoken boss

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates from Asia to Europe and from Asia to the US west coast are around 30% lower than 12 months

Authorities in China responded Wednesday to a dangerous chemical leak on board a containership docked at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China.

SHANGHAI, March 29 (Reuters) – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd said it expects further growth in container shipping demand thanks to a continued recovery

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Containership charter rates are at a 30-month high on the back of strong demand, and Alphaliner is predicting an

HAMBURG, March 28 (Reuters) – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd plans to give details within three to six months on compliance with tighter shipping

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Within two years it will be illegal to power a ship with fuel having more than 0.5% sulphur content, unless the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – With Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) about to launch an Asia-North Europe service deploying panamax-size vessels, maritime