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Middle East trade surges, leading box lines to launch new services

With Far East-Middle East container volumes seeing double-digit growth year-on-year, several liner operators have added more services to this lane. Japan's joint venture Ocean Network...

CMA CGM-operated ship targeted by Houthis for second time

UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in an incident report that on 30 August, around 17:00 UTC, two missiles exploded near the 2002-built 2,500...

Wan Hai: Newbuildings not aimed at surpassing any peer

Wan Hai Lines has countered speculation that its recent newbuilding orders are aimed at breaking into the world's 10 largest liner operators and displacing...

Chinese ports exceed 190 million TEUs in 2024 so far

Chinese ports handled 190.9 million TEUs from January to July, marking an 8.3% year-on-year increase. In July, Shanghai Port recorded a container throughput of 4.84...

Stakeholder coalition joins Port of Portland to maintain container service at Terminal 6

The Port of Portland, supported by a coalition committed to marine container shipping in Oregon, presented Oregon Governor Tina Kotek with a detailed business...

COSCO constructs twelve 14,000 TEU methanol-fuelled vessels

On 29 August 2024, COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry and COSCO SHIPPING Container Lines signed a contract in Shanghai for the construction of twelve 14,000...

Panama Canal introduces new long-term slot allocation method

The Panama Canal announced that the new Long Term Slot Allocation (LoTSA) methodology will be implemented starting 1 October 2024, for all market segments...

Rates are on 12-month slippery slope, says Linerlytica

Freight rates will fall by 70% in the coming year according to Linerlytica, but Xeneta claim that for such a decrease to occur it would...

Tanker still on fire days after Houthi onslaught

An oil tanker is still burning six days after being attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea. The 2006-built Suezmax tanker, Sounion, has become...

Yang Ming buys more chartered ships

Taiwanese liner operator Yang Ming Marine Transport continues to expand its owned fleet by prematurely ending the charters of two 12,000 TEU ships. The company...

Floods cripple export-import in Bangladesh as main highway swamps

Movement of export-import cargo-laden trucks and other vehicles through the Dhaka-Chittagong highway was disrupted severely as a devastating flood in Bangladesh has inundated roads,...

HD Hyundai offloads all its HMM shares

HD Hyundai, which heads South Korea’s largest shipbuilding group, has sold all its shares in compatriot flagship carrier HMM, dispelling any notions that it could...

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