California’s congestion leads billions of dollars worth of cargo waiting outside USWC ports racking up millions in interest
A report conducted by the provider of supply chain visibility platform for shippers and logistics firms, Project 44, has shown that the worth of...
New rail services lead Maersk India to significant growth in container rail movements
Maersk has recorded 43% growth in the exports rail movement of containerised cargo and 23% growth in imports and exports combined in 2021, mainly...
Maersk confirms methanol-powered vessels order at Hyundai Heavy Industries
A Maersk representative has confirmed to Container News that the Danish shipping company has declared its options with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for four...
ONE’s New Panamax vessel suffers container collapse in the North Atlantic
The 13,900 TEU container ship Madrid Bridge has suffered a container collapse in the North Atlantic Ocean on 7 January, according to the vessel...
Tianjin port tests all workers as partial lockdown imposed
Nearly 11,000 nucleic acid samples from port workers have been collected by Tianjin Port Group as a growing Covid-19 outbreak placed the port city...
Ningbo port remains open, but land transportation becomes tricky
Ningbo-Zhoushan, China’s second busiest container port is still open for business as the country battles another wave of Covid-19 infections, but the drive to...
Nigerian authorities confirm US$3.6 million drug seizure, tramadol capsules found in Maersk container
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has intercepted some items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed in adult diapers in a Maersk...
Maersk partners with Pakistan’s chemical manufacturer
Karachi-based chemical manufacturer, Tufail Chemical Industries and Maersk Pakistan have signed a partnership earlier this week wherein Maersk would provide ‘Maersk Flow’, a digital...
“Please don’t keep comparing bonuses,” says Yang Ming boss
Yang Ming's chairman has asked employees not to compare their bonuses with the 40-month bonuses that some staff of compatriot rival Evergreen Marine Corporation...
MSC officially dethrones Maersk from the top of the container rankings
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has finally surpassed Maersk as the largest container shipping company in the world in terms of TEU capacity, according to...
Hapag-Lloyd and ONE remove three port calls from intra-Europe service
Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE), which cooperate on the North Sea Poland Express (NPX) service, will withdraw three port calls from the service. Effective...
MSC to push up Oceania – Europe rates
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the implementation of new Freight All Kinds (FAK) rate increases that will be applied from Oceania to Europe. In...
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Singaporean state investment firm Temasek mum on PIL bailout
The Singapore government’s investment company Temasek Holdings is remaining tight-lipped on market talk that it may take a stake in embattled liner operator Pacific...
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...
