Container Shipping

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
New Generation ‘Megaships’ Worsening Overcapacity – Kemp
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New Generation ‘Megaships’ Worsening Overcapacity – Kemp

  By John Kemp LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Container shipping lines are poised to take delivery of a new generation of “megaships” over

September 22, 2015
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Industry Fears Law on Container Weight Verification Could Bring Cargo Chaos
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Industry Fears Law on Container Weight Verification Could Bring Cargo Chaos

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

September 17, 2015
Total Views: 98

Wednesday, September 16, 2015
COSCO, China Shipping Admit Possible ‘Asset Restructuring’
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COSCO, China Shipping Admit Possible ‘Asset Restructuring’

  SHANGHAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group, two of the country’s largest shipping

September 16, 2015
Total Views: 33

Monday, September 14, 2015
Industry Has Mind Made Up on Ultra-Large Containerships, Drewry Says
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Industry Has Mind Made Up on Ultra-Large Containerships, Drewry Says

  Global shipping consultancy Drewry says a recent order from China COSCO for 11 ultra-large containerships (ULCVs) underscores the industry’s

September 14, 2015
Total Views: 36

Evergreen Orders Ten More Boxships for Intra-Asia Trade
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Evergreen Orders Ten More Boxships for Intra-Asia Trade

  Evergreen Group has confirmed another an order with Japanese shipbuilder Imabari calling for ten 2,800 TEU containerships on the heels of its previous

September 14, 2015
Total Views: 42

Friday, September 11, 2015
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Asia-Europe Container Freight Rates Fall 23% After Weeks of Gains

COPENHAGEN, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from Asia to Northern Europe fell 23 percent to $588 per 20-foot

September 11, 2015
Total Views: 19

Wednesday, September 9, 2015
China COSCO Orders Ultra-Large Containerships for $1.5 Billion to Cut Costs
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China COSCO Orders Ultra-Large Containerships for $1.5 Billion to Cut Costs

  By Joshua Fellman (Bloomberg) — China COSCO Holdings Co., one of the nation’s biggest shipping companies, agreed to have 11 new container

September 9, 2015
Total Views: 44

Friday, September 4, 2015
WATCH: Containership NYK Hyperion Calls at DCT Gdansk in HD
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WATCH: Containership NYK Hyperion Calls at DCT Gdansk in HD

The 13,000 TEU NYK Hyperion calls at Poland’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk), marking the fourth ship to call at the port under the G6

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 29

CMA CGM Bourgainville
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French Flag’s Largest Ship Enters Service

French shipping company CMA CGM has put into service the 400-meter-long CMA CGM Bourgainville, the world’s largest containership sailing under the French

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 66

Thursday, September 3, 2015
MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’
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MOL Testing New Containership ‘Windshield’

  Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has started testing a new containership ‘windshield’ technology that it hopes will help cut wind resistance,

September 3, 2015
Total Views: 205

Monday, August 31, 2015
Amazing 4K Time-Lapse Onboard Maersk Containership
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Amazing 4K Time-Lapse Onboard Maersk Containership

Amazing video shows cargo operations onboard the containership Maersk Gunhilde during a voyage from Ho-Chi Minh, Vitenam to Ningbo, China in September

August 31, 2015
Total Views: 81

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Ship Photo of the Day – TOTE 2 Readied at NASSCO
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Ship Photo of the Day – TOTE 2 Readied at NASSCO

Here is TOTE 2, aka Hull 496, as it is readied for its launch this Saturday at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.  TOTE 2 is the

August 25, 2015
Total Views: 35

Friday, August 21, 2015
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Asia-Europe Container Freight Rates Have Fallen Off a Cliff

  COPENHAGEN, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe fell by 26.7 percent to

August 21, 2015
Total Views: 134

Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Hapag-Lloyd Shooting for September IPO – Sources

  FRANKFURT, Aug 20 (Reuters) – German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd aims to launch preparations for a stock market flotation in September,

August 20, 2015
Total Views: 18

Tuesday, August 18, 2015
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Maersk Line Plans Huge Freight Rate Hike on Key Asia-Europe Route

  COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, plans to raise spot freight rates sharply on

August 18, 2015
Total Views: 35

Monday, August 17, 2015
Drewry: COSCO, CSCL Merger Could Cause Chain Reaction in China
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Drewry: COSCO, CSCL Merger Could Cause Chain Reaction in China

  By Drewry Shipping Consultants Having blocked the P3 Alliance on competition grounds, China could now merge China Cosco and CSCL and, as a result, cause

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 36

Friday, August 14, 2015
Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record
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Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record

  Cargo container volumes surged through the Port of Long Beach in July with an 18.4 percent increase over the same month in 2014, making it a record

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 29

Thursday, August 13, 2015
Maersk Line Gunning to Defend Top Market Share
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Maersk Line Gunning to Defend Top Market Share

  By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to take action to defend and potentially expand its leading position in

August 13, 2015
Total Views: 67

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Maersk Defying Market Headwinds as Profit Beats Estimates

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — Shares in A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S soared the most since February after the owner of the world’s largest

August 13, 2015
Total Views: 33

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
COSCO and China Shipping Group In Merger Talks, Sources Say
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COSCO and China Shipping Group In Merger Talks, Sources Say

  By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group are in talks over a possible

August 11, 2015
Total Views: 49