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OOCL ship fire was actually malfunctioning blower

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) on 3 October clarified that a fire did not break out on one of its ships off the Japanese...

Sea-Intelligence reports major misalignments on ocean carrier carbon taxation

As we are around three months away from the implementation of carbon taxation (ETS) in the European Union (EU) and everyone agrees that this...

Maersk vessel faces fire incident in Greek waters

The 4,250 TEU container ship Luna Maersk faced a fire incident during an intra-Greek voyage from the port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki. According to Greek...

Declining box trades more attractive to car industry

Capacity and congestion in the car carrier sector have driven some freight forwarders and manufacturers to move cars in containers rather than delay exports...

MSC buys stake in Italian high-speed rail operator

MSC has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a stake of approximately 50% in Italo - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A (Italo) from Global...

Couple’s corpses found in Evergreen container in Bangkok

The decomposing remains of a man and a woman were found in an empty container in an inland container depot in Bangkok, Thailand on...

FMC dismisses complaint about MSC’s congestion surcharge

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has dismissed a shipper’s complaint that a US$1,000 congestion surcharge imposed by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was an...

OOCL vessel catches fire in Japan

Fire broke out in the engine room of one of Orient Overseas Container Lines’ (OOCL's) ships while it was underway in Japan on 1...

ILWU files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

US West Coast labour representative, International Longshore Warehouse Union (ILWU) has filed for bankruptcy protection following its dispute with ICTSI Oregon Inc., which has...

Barge with 12 boxes onboard sinks near Chittagong port

A barge having 12 TEUs of loaded containers onboard sunk near Chittagong port in Bangladesh on Thursday (28 September) night. The port authority, in a...

Box lines revise services in Europe

Aiming to optimise and improve their network, several container lines have announced changes in their European services. First of all, CMA CGM has decided to...

Chinese ports exceed 200 million TEUs in 2023 so far, Shanghai and Ningbo remain on top

Container volume at China ports rose by 4.8% in the January-August period, compared to the same months last year. The container throughput of Chinese ports...

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Container truck loses balance amid Typhoon Danas

A container truck driver escaped unhurt after his vehicle fell on its side amid strong winds resulting from Typhoon Danas today (7 July). ...

Sea-Intelligence reports increase in global schedule reliability

Sea-Intelligence has published issue 166 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including May 2025. As the 120-page...

HD Hyundai expands global tie-up with Cochin Shipyard

HD Hyundai, South Korea’s largest shipbuilding group, is teaming with India's largest state-owned shipbuilder, Cochin Shipyard, to enter the South Asian country’s nascent shipbuilding industry. ...

Cavotec secures €5 million MoorMaster deal

Cavotec has landed a €5 million contract to supply its cutting-edge MoorMaster® automated vacuum mooring system to a container terminal in Morocco. This is...

European Economies Record Mixed Q2 Results

In the second quarter of 2025, European countries showed mixed performance in the UNCTAD Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), which benchmarks global maritime connectivity. Several...
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