Container Shipping

gCaptain’s full coverage of the global container shipping industry.


Monday, March 11, 2013
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Interesting

Maersk Line Ships Will No Longer Transit Panama Canal

(Bloomberg) — Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container shipping company, will stop plying through the Panama Canal to move goods from Asia to the

March 11, 2013
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Friday, March 8, 2013
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News

Hapag-Lloyd Co-Owner Eyes Merger Of Equals With Hamburg Süd

FRANKFURT, March 8 (Reuters) – Hapag-Lloyd co-owner Klaus-Michael Kuehne wants the container shipping group’s prospective merger partner

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 158

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Container Shippers May See Boost in 2013 as European Customers Fill More Asia-Bound Boxes

(Bloomberg) — Europe-to-Asia freight rates will defy a decline in the other direction this year as exports heading east grow faster than imports, helping

March 8, 2013
Total Views: 49

Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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Maersk Line CEO Provides Keynote Speech at TPM 2013 [VIDEO]

Maersk Line’s CEO Soren Skou kicks off TPM 2013 with the keynote speech. Watch it

March 6, 2013
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Maersk Line Beefing Up Singapore-Flagged Fleet

By Kyunghee Park March 6 (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s biggest container-shipping company, plans to add more vessels

March 5, 2013
Total Views: 393

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
PIL Sentenced to Pay $2.2 Million for Environmental Crimes

PIL Sentenced to Pay $2.2 Million for Environmental Crimes

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. this week sentenced the Singapore-based container shipping company, Pacific International Lines (PIL), to pay $2.2 million

February 26, 2013
Total Views: 101

Monday, February 25, 2013
Emma Maersk Reaches Fincantieri Repair Yard in Palermo
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Emma Maersk Reaches Fincantieri Repair Yard in Palermo

The disabled Emma Maersk has been successfully delivered to a Fincantieri yard in Palermo, Sicily, where she will undergo repairs to fix a broken stern

February 25, 2013
Total Views: 131

Friday, February 22, 2013
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Maersk Tops Profit Hopes On Container Shipping Recovery

By Ritsuko Ando and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 22 (Reuters) – A.P. Moeller-Maersk beat annual profit forecasts and predicted its container shipping

February 22, 2013
Total Views: 85

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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News

Diana Containerships Reports Increased Revenues, Acquires 4,024 TEU Panamax

Athens-based shipowner Diana Containerships reported their Q4 earnings today along with news of their acquisition of the M/V Hanjin Malta, a 4,024 TEU Panamax

February 19, 2013
Total Views: 32

Monday, February 18, 2013
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Finance

CMA CGM Wins Support from Banks, Bonds Outpace Peers

CMA CGM SA’s bonds rallied seven times faster than peers in the past week after the third-biggest container line won support from banks to loosen debt

February 18, 2013
Total Views: 83

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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Emma Maersk Departs Egyptian Port Under Tow [IMAGES]

With initial repairs complete, the giant container ship Emma Maersk is now under tow from Port Said.  She is on her way to a European port where the ship

February 17, 2013
Total Views: 286

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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News

Global Container Shippers View Significant Growth Opportunity in Turkey

By Evrim Ergin ISTANBUL, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Top global shipping lines are looking to expand operations in Turkey to some of its fast-growing private

February 13, 2013
Total Views: 133

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Finance

Danaos Reports 2012 Financials, German Containership Owner Shoots Par

Danaos Corporation, a Athens-based containership owner announced their 2012 year end financial results today. It was a challenging year for the global

February 12, 2013
Total Views: 85

Friday, February 8, 2013
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News

Maersk Line’s Chief Commercial Officer Lucas Vos to Resign

Maersk Line’s Chief Commercial Officer Lucas Vos announced his intentions to resign today from the Copenhagen-based shipping giant. “Lucas Vos has

February 8, 2013
Total Views: 117

Thursday, February 7, 2013
Ship Photo of The Day – Triple-E Mega Blocks

Ship Photo of The Day – Triple-E Mega Blocks

Here is a good shot of cargo hold 4 & 3 of one of Maersk’s new Triple-E containerships currently under construction at DSME shipyard in South Korea.

February 7, 2013
Total Views: 327

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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Maersk Line: Emma Maersk Out for Months

Maersk Line’s Palle Laursen, Head of Ship Management for the Danish liner company, provides us with this latest update on the Emma Maersk, which suffered

February 5, 2013
Total Views: 281

Monday, February 4, 2013
CMA CGM Marco Polo Completes Maiden Voyage

CMA CGM Marco Polo Completes Maiden Voyage

French shipping group, CMA CGM, on Monday confirmed that on January 24, the CMA CGM Marco Polo arrived in Ningbo, China, marking the last stop in her maiden

February 4, 2013
Total Views: 81

Saturday, February 2, 2013
Emma Maersk Takes on Water Near Suez Canal, But is NOT in Danger of Sinking
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Emma Maersk Takes on Water Near Suez Canal, But is NOT in Danger of Sinking

UPDATE: Emma Maersk out for months, Maersk Line says. Original: The mighty Emma Maersk, once the world’s largest containership by TEU capacity, was

February 2, 2013
Total Views: 345

Friday, February 1, 2013
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Maersk Group CEO on Chinese Imports – Most Dynamic Trade Development in the World [INTERVIEW]

In an interview with CNN, Maersk Group CEO Nils Anderson discusses the ever-changing, and difficult world of global shipping and the newly evolving Chinese

February 1, 2013
Total Views: 42

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News

Suez Canal Seen Kept Open by Egyptian Army as Ship Agent Suspends Service

(Bloomberg) — Egypt’s army is maintaining shipping services through the Suez Canal, which handles about 8 percent of world trade, amid unrest

February 1, 2013
Total Views: 87