Container Shipping

The legendary Singapore-based ABS surveyor Sean "Danger" McKay Holt draws similarities to the design of the Imperial AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars' Empire

By Mike Wackett The success of Maersk Line in cutting its unit cost by a massive $390 per 40ft unit in the third quarter was the silver bullet that

By Niklas Magnusson Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, said the shipping industry must

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S’s container- shipping line, the world’s largest, reported an 11 percent increase in third-quarter profit after cost cuts

Hapag-Lloyd AG said third-quarter profit plunged almost 64 percent as Europe’s fourth-largest container-shipping line confronted low busy-season prices

By Gavin van Marle Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen has denied that its fleet modernisation programme will significantly affect the overall supply can demand

On Saturday October 19th, the fourth Maersk Triple-E Class vessel MV Mary Maersk arrived at the Deurganckdock in the Port of Antwerp in

By Gavin van Marle, There have been few sectors of the liner shipping business that have done well over the past few years, but businesses leasing both

After the containership MOL Comfort cracked in half, partially sank, and then caught fire this past summer in spectacular fashion, Japanese classification

gCaptain contributor Vladimir Tonic sent us this image today of Maersk Triple-E containership number four, the Marie Maersk which has since departed the

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Shares in Westports Holdings Bhd, Malaysia’s busiest port operator, fell towards to their IPO price of 2.50

By Gavin van Marle, Apparently wary of igniting the wrath of skeptical shippers or prodding the regulatory bodies, the prospective partners in the P3 alliance

On Tuesday, Maersk Line Limited (MLL) President and CEO John F. Reinhart announced his plans to retire. “I have been blessed to be part of the A.P.

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Kuehne & Nagel International AG, the world’s biggest sea-freight forwarder, reported third-quarter profit that missed

gCaptain sources have told us that Matson (NYSE:MATX), the Hawaii-headquartered container shipping firm will be signing a very significant order for

By Gavin van Marle Maersk Line may lose its crown as the world’s largest container shipping line within three years as a result of its attempts to limit

An incorrect declaration of the contents – omitting that the contents were Dangerous Goods under the IMDG code - was a major contributing factor to a

Chilean shipper Compania Sud Americana de Vapores said on Tuesday it agreed with a consortium of banks to take on $347 million in loans to help pay for the

Danish shipper Maersk Line, part of oil and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to make another attempt in November to lift freight rates and make them

Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) announced Monday that it has exercised options for the construction of five 10,000 TEU class containerships at subsidiaries of