Container Shipping

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released an update to its 2011 survey and estimate of containers lost at sea.

On June 27, 2013, the MOL Comfort’s stern section sank in the middle of the Indian Ocean with some 1,700 containers and 1,500 metric tons of fuel oil.

China’s veto of a three-way alliance between the world’s biggest shipping lines is good for the logistics industry as it preserves competition among

The engine to power the first of TOTE’s new “Marlin-class” dual fuel containerships is currently underway to the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San

In the view of transport consultant Drewry, the Chinese regulators’ veto of the P3 Network last week is likely to hamper the much-needed stabilisation of the

China rejected a global shipping alliance to protect companies navigating a choppy market. The decision will probably hurt cargo firms’ earnings, including

Danish photographer Casper Tybjerg recently joined the MV Marie Maersk, one of Maersk Line’s new 18,000 TEU Triple-E class, to document everyday life for the

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S said it is working on alternative plans to cut costs and address overcapacity in the freighter market after Chinese regulators

China's scuppering of a planned alliance of the world's top three container shipping lines signals its protectionist stance on key industries and is a reminder

Latest video from the elusive "Meow Man" shows the MV Ever Develop inbound for Port Elizabeth, New

Germany's second biggest container shipper Hamburg-Sued is seeking options for the business after merger talks with bigger rival Hapag-Lloyd failed last

In preparation for its container business merging into a “new” Hapag-Lloyd this year, troubled Chilean carrier CSAV is restructuring its liner business,

China blocked the formation of a global alliance by the world’s three biggest shipping lines in a surprise move that ignored Western approval of the plan and

Following today’s decision by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) to not approve the P3 Network, a proposed vessel sharing alliance between the

The extent of the decline in containership time charter hire rates in the past 10 years has been highlighted again with the sub-let of a trio of surplus

By Kyunghee Park and Chris Cooper June 9 (Bloomberg) — Hyundai Group, the South Korean conglomerate planning to raise 3.3 trillion won ($3.2 billion)

At the Posidonia conference being held this week in Athens, Greece, Capital Ship Management Corporation announced a new Joint Development Project with

European Union antitrust regulators have approved an alliance planned by world No. 1 container shipping company AP Moller-Maersk and another that includes

Following the loss of over 500 containers this February from the containership Svendborg Maersk during a storm in the Bay of Biscay, French maritime

By Foo Yun Chee (Reuters) – The world’s two biggest container shipping companies, AP Moller-Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company, are seeking