Container Shipping

Container shipping rates and congestion reports – carrier alliance moves, blank sailings, schedule reliability, and TEU volumes on major trade lanes.

Monday, December 22, 2014
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Interesting

Maersk Containership Recovers Team Vestas Wind From Indian Ocean Reef

Team Vestas Wind’s Volvo 65 is in one piece, sitting on the deck of a Maersk container ship today yet badly damaged and missing a few appendages after

December 22, 2014
Total Views: 143

Friday, December 19, 2014
MSC Containership to Edge Out CSCL Globe as World’s Biggest Boxship
Shipping News

MSC Containership to Edge Out CSCL Globe as World’s Biggest Boxship

The battle over the title of world's biggest boxship continues with Mediterranean Shipping Company announcing the upcoming delivery of the MSC Oscar, a 19,224

December 19, 2014
Total Views: 109

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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Shipping News

Maersk Line Says Rate Hike Under Pressure on Low Demand

Container shipping firm Maersk Line said a fresh attempt made on Monday to raise freight rates on main routes from ports in Asia to those in northern Europe

December 17, 2014
Total Views: 61

Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Containership Captain, Officer Detained After Deadly Collision in Gulf of Suez
News

Containership Captain, Officer Detained After Deadly Collision in Gulf of Suez

The captain and first officer of a Kuwaiti container ship have been detained for four days after their ship collided with a fishing vessel in the Red Sea,

December 16, 2014
Total Views: 36

Sunday, December 14, 2014
At Least 13 Killed in Collision Involving Containership and Egyptian Fishing Vessel
Interesting

At Least 13 Killed in Collision Involving Containership and Egyptian Fishing Vessel

At least 11 fishermen have drowned and as many as 23 were missing after a containership collided with an Egyptian fishing boat in the Gulf of Suez early Sunday

December 14, 2014
Total Views: 30

Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Fun Times Aboard NYK Delphinus
News

Fun Times Aboard NYK Delphinus

Captain Jonathan Flores shared a few images taken with his trusty GoPro camara of a recent Thanksgiving/Welcome Aboard pool party aboard his ship, NYK

December 9, 2014
Total Views: 121

Thursday, December 4, 2014
Watch: The Best Triple-E Lego Kit Construction Time-Lapse On the Internet
News

Watch: The Best Triple-E Lego Kit Construction Time-Lapse On the Internet

Check out this awesome time-lapse showing the construction of a Triple-E (lego kit) at the LSME shipyard (that would be Lego Shipbuilding & Marine

December 4, 2014
Total Views: 184

Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Done Deal: Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV Complete Merger, Become World’s Fourth Largest Liner Shipping Company
News

Done Deal: Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV Complete Merger, Become World’s Fourth Largest Liner Shipping Company

The merged company will have around 200 vessels with a total capacity of approximately one million TEU, transporting some 7.5 million TEU every

December 2, 2014
Total Views: 87

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News

Regulators Clear Way for Merger of Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV

Germany's Hapag-Lloyd said on Tuesday it had received the last outstanding regulatory approvals for its planned merger with Chilean shipper Compania

December 2, 2014
Total Views: 88

Monday, November 24, 2014
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News

Egypt Aims to Renegotiate Suez Canal Container Port Deal

Egypt is trying to renegotiate an extension of an agreement worth $1.5 billion with Suez Canal Container Terminal which has a concession to run a port near the

November 24, 2014
Total Views: 48

Thursday, November 20, 2014
World’s Largest Containership Also Sets Record for Largest Engine Ever
Interesting

World’s Largest Containership Also Sets Record for Largest Engine Ever

With a capacity to carry 19,000 TEUs, the recently named MV CSCL Globe is the world’s largest containership by cargo capacity. But that’s not all

November 20, 2014
Total Views: 3381

APM Terminals Announces $1B Investment Plan into Ghana’s Tema Port
News

APM Terminals Announces $1B Investment Plan into Ghana’s Tema Port

APM Terminals signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with the Government of Ghana, representing a private investment in excess of USD $1 billion for

November 20, 2014
Total Views: 135

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: 1450

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: 123

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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: 33

Thursday, November 13, 2014
IMB Uncovers Unusual Container Weight Fraud
Ports

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: 54

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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: 49

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Final Shipment of Gates for Expanded Panama Canal Delivered
Shipping 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: 47

Nils S. Andersen maersk
Shipping 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: 30

Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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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: 27