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ITF inspectors recovered US$37.6 million in unpaid wages for seafarers in 2021

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said last year, union ship inspectors recovered more than US$37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers. ITF noted...

POLB welcomes first boxship to refuel with LNG on US West Coast

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) on 17 August welcomed Pasha Hawaii’s George III, the first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

CN Photo Project: The Picture of the Week

Container News wants to thank you all for your participation in the CN Photo Project. Among all the very beautiful photos we have received, the Container News team has...

Bangladesh accident report: Ship collision | Container collapse | Fatal fishing trawler sinking

Turkish flag carrier hits lighter ship in Chittagong   Turkish flag carrier vessel Kiran Asya hit a lighter vessel at the Bay of Bengal near...

DP World achieves record half year profits

The global port and terminal operator DP World has announced strong financial results for the six months of 2022 with total revenue growing 60.4%,...

Yang Ming orders nearly 19,000 new containers

Yang Ming Marine Transport will order 18,600 containers from Dong Fang International Container (Hong Kong), expecting to spend US$95 million - US$105 million on...

OOCL’s first half profit doubles even as volumes dip

Orient Overseas Container Line's (OOCL’s) net profit for the first half of 2022 doubled from the same period of 2021 to US$5.66 billion, even...

Inland container barge hits bridge on Scheldt-Rhine Canal

An inland container barge collided with a bridge on the Scheldt-Rhine Canal near Rilland, the Netherlands on 17 August. According to the reports, there were...

Maersk announces new bio-methanol partnership with Debo

Following the announcement of six strategic green methanol partnerships earlier this year, A.P. Moller - Maersk adds a seventh methanol partnership with Chinese bioenergy...

ZIM Charleston suffers fire in Indian Ocean, hundreds of containers damaged

The 8,586 TEU container ship, ZIM Charleston suffered a fire in cargo hold no. 4, whilst navigating off Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 8 August,...

Yilport appoints new co-CEO with vision to become a top-10 container terminal operator

Global ports and container terminals operator Yilport Holding has announced the appointment of Boris Wenzel as its co-CEO (co-chief executive officer) and chief strategy...

ZIM’s profit exceeds US$3 billion in first half of the year

Israeli container carrier ZIM has announced total revenues of US$7.15 billion for the first half of 2022, increased by approximately US$3 billion from revenues...

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U.S. container imports down 6.4% in May

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