Wan Hai introduces 10-ship South America service
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Wan Hai Lines is launching a new Asia-South America West Coast service in mid-May, and will assign ten 2,200TEU ships to this route. The AS1...
Neo-Panamax order surge continues into 2021
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February saw 100 container ships ordered, the highest monthly demand on record according to Shipbroker Braemar ACM, mainly in the neo-Panamax range, 10-14,000TEU, with...
Hapag vessel quarantined as crew test positive
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Hapag-Lloyd reported today that a number of crew on board its vessel, Valencia Express have tested positive for Covid-19, and the vessel has now...
CMA CGM agrees reduced compensation after APL Le Havre collision
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The lawyer acting on behalf of 12 fishermen who died following a collision with the 10,136TEU APL Le Havre says the families of the...
South Korea’s Gwangyang port seeks international connections
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Gwangyang, South Korea's second-busiest container port, has attracted seven new service routes in Q1 2021, raising hopes for a recovery in throughput. Affected by Covid-19,...
COSCO’s Q1 profit 26 times higher than 2020
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COSCO Ship Holdings (CSH), the container arm of the China COSCO group, said on 29 April that Q1 2021 net profit rose 26-fold, rising...
Gridlock approaches as US terminal congestion moves inland
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There are signs of a reduction in the backlog of ships waiting to get into major US ports, but chronic congestion is moving inland,...
MSC introduces new e-B/L system
MSC has launched a new digital solution for processing bills of lading online, which will be offered via an independent blockchain platform called Wave...
Capsized cargo ship spills cargo in Vietnam port
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The General cargo vessel Alica, a 2,470dwt vessel built in 1987, partially capsized while preparing to leave port after undergoing cargo operations at berth...
DSV Panalpina acquires Agility GIL
DSV Panalpina has announced the acquisition of one of the world’s top freight forwarding and contract logistics providers (3PL), Agility Global Integrated Logistics (GIL),...
Lawyers file for compensation after fishing boat collision with APL Le Havre
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Lawyers acting for six dead fishermen and a further six missing crew following a collision with the APL Le Havre expect to reach a...
2M Alliance continues Transpacific network updates
The 2M Alliance has been updating its Transpacific network to the US East Coast with the aim of better managing the current challenging market...
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Singaporean state investment firm Temasek mum on PIL bailout
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High speed and compromised manoeuvring caused Milano Bridge accident
The container ship Milano Bridge had failed to slow down as it attempted to berth in Busan New Port on 6 April 2020, causing...
Chinese shipyards win giant container ship order
Chinese shipyards will build six 24,232TEU containerships, the largest in the world as of today, that the Bank of Communications Financial Leasing (Bocomm Leasing)...
MSC Rosa M damages Mumbai crane
The 14,000TEU MSC Rosa M has hit and seriously damaged a crane at the DP World terminal in Nhava Sheva, NSIGT in Mumbai, while...
Taking the personal view for crew working on container shipping
Philip Eastell – Founder of Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers – describes the personal side of container operations at a time when crew, affected by...
