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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
CSCL Globe – Introducing the New World’s Largest Containership
Interesting

CSCL Globe – Introducing the New World’s Largest Containership

Move over Triple-E's, there's a new big dog in

November 18, 2014
Total Views: 554

Friday, November 14, 2014
WATCH: Containers Topple Like Dominoes from Ship in Shanghai
Incidents

WATCH: Containers Topple Like Dominoes from Ship in Shanghai

A containership berthed at the port of Shanghai lost as many as 30 containers overboard after the stacks toppled over for apparently unknown reasons.

November 14, 2014
Total Views: 81

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Maritime News

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Record Biggest Weekly Decline Ever

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell 20.5 percent to $934 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

November 14, 2014
Total Views: 7

Thursday, November 13, 2014
IMB Uncovers Unusual Container Weight Fraud
Maritime News

IMB Uncovers Unusual Container Weight Fraud

The International Maritime Bureau has been alerted to a fraud involving a shipping container's weight and size that is atypical of what one might out of a

November 13, 2014
Total Views: 11

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Finance

Hapag-Lloyd Cuts 2014 Forecast on Low Peak Season Freight Rates

Hapag-Lloyd AG revised its full year forecast to a loss as Germany’s biggest container shipping line battles industry overcapacity and freight rates in the

November 13, 2014
Total Views: 4

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Final Shipment of Gates for Expanded Panama Canal Delivered
Maritime News

Final Shipment of Gates for Expanded Panama Canal Delivered

The expansion of the Panama Canal reached a significant milestone Wednesday with the arrival of the final shipment of gates for the new

November 12, 2014
Total Views: 5

Nils S. Andersen maersk
Maritime News

Oil at $80 a Great Price for Maersk CEO With Room to Cut

Nils Smedegaard Andersen, the chief executive officer of A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, says today’s oil price isn’t a problem for companies with the scope to

November 12, 2014
Total Views: 8

Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Edith Maersk
Maritime News

Maersk Profit Gains as Container Volumes Up While Costs Down

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, operator of the world’s biggest container line, said third-quarter profit increased as it cut costs and boosted box

November 11, 2014
Total Views: 3

Friday, November 7, 2014
Worker Slowdown at Nation’s Busiest Port Prompts Plea to Obama
Maritime News

Worker Slowdown at Nation’s Busiest Port Prompts Plea to Obama

U.S. retailers appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene in contract negotiations between West Coast dockworkers and maritime companies after a work

November 7, 2014
Total Views: 1

Thursday, November 6, 2014
MV Rena Abandonment Decision Heads to Environment Court With Council’s Approval
Accidents

MV Rena Abandonment Decision Heads to Environment Court With Council’s Approval

The decision to abandon the wreckage of the former MV Rena containership from New Zealand’s Astrolabe Reef will head to the country’s top

November 6, 2014
Total Views: 60

Thursday, October 30, 2014
CMA CGM to Fit 10 Ships With New Bulbous Bows
Maritime News

CMA CGM to Fit 10 Ships With New Bulbous Bows

French container shipping company CMA CGM Group says it will be retrofitting 10 additional vessels with new bulbous bows that are better suited for current

October 30, 2014
Total Views: 172

Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Video: Life Aboard One of the Biggest Container Ships in the World
Blog

Video: Life Aboard One of the Biggest Container Ships in the World

We saw a short clip of this video earlier this month along with a New York Times feature article, “Aboard a Cargo Colossus“, so consider this the

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 458

Containerships Catch Fire After Colliding at Malaysia’s Port Klang
Interesting

Containerships Catch Fire After Colliding at Malaysia’s Port Klang

Two large containerships collided Tuesday night at Malaysia’s Port Klang, sparking fires in the forward container stacks of both vessels. The

October 28, 2014
Total Views: 243

Monday, October 27, 2014
Los Angeles Delays Hit Sales as No. 1 U.S. Port Suffers
Maritime News

Los Angeles Delays Hit Sales as No. 1 U.S. Port Suffers

After years of ending the holiday shopping season with too much merchandise stacked in their warehouses, U.S. retailers face the opposite this year: They may

October 27, 2014
Total Views: 1510

Friday, October 24, 2014
UASC SCHUAIBA, containership
Maritime News

UASC Targets Expansion to Beat Container Market Blues

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is on a major expansion drive, investing more than $2 billion in bigger ships and forming alliances with peers to boost

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 12

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall
Maritime News

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe continued to fall for the sixth consecutive

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 1

Monday, October 20, 2014
MV Edith Maersk Becomes Largest Ship to Navigate the River Thames – Photos and Video
Maritime News

MV Edith Maersk Becomes Largest Ship to Navigate the River Thames – Photos and Video

The 15,500 TEU containership Edith Maersk became the largest ship to navigate up the River Thames this weekend during a call at DP World’s new London

October 20, 2014
Total Views: 73

Friday, October 17, 2014
Edith Maersk
Maritime News

Maersk Line to Raise Freight Rates by Over 100 Percent

Maersk Line plans to raise freight rates sharply on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern

October 17, 2014
Total Views: 27

Thursday, October 16, 2014
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Maritime News

Neptune Orient Considering Sale of APL Logistics

CJ Korea Express Co., the country’s biggest courier delivery company, is considering an acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.’s logistics

October 16, 2014
Total Views: 22

Friday, October 10, 2014
maersk container shipping
Maritime News

Asia-Europe Freight Rates Fall 10 Percent, Hit Year Low

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell 10.2 percent to $738 per 20-foot container (TEU) in the week

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 20
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