Long-haul container shipping capacity grows at expense of regional lanes
Intra-Europe, intra-Asia and container services to Africa have taken a beating as liner operators diverted vessels to the more lucrative Asia-Europe and Transpacific lanes...
P&O Maritime Logistics announces new container service across Red Sea
In partnership with Unifeeder, P&O Maritime Logistics aims to increase connectivity across the Red Sea between the port of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and port...
Transit times from China to US are improving slowly
Container lines servicing the US trades have been able to improve transit times in the last three months with notable improvements in particular on...
New rail service launches between Greece and Serbia
Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has launched a new regular service with block trains between Thessaloniki, Greece) and Nis, Serbia. The first block train carrying containers...
ONE adds Mombasa port call to MIM service
The Singaporean container line Ocean Network Express (ONE) has introduced a Mombasa (Kenya) port call to its MIM service. ONE said this additional call will...
Maersk launches first Rijeka-Czech Republic direct cargo rail service
A regular rail link between Rijeka, Croatia and Paskov, Czech Republic via the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) commenced for the first time, according...
London Medway reports signficant growth in trade as congestion issues plague South East ports
London Medway, part of the Peel Ports Group, has reported a significant increase in unaccompanied freight trade in recent weeks, between the United Kingdom...
VSC expands service network to South Korea, Vietnam, and China
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), part of the Global Ports Group, located in the port of Vostochny in Primorsky Krai, Russia, has announced the launch...
MSC commences new West Africa regional service
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a new service to Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau, on the coast of West...
Yang Ming names new 11,000 TEU vessel
Yang Ming will add another new 11,000 TEU container ship to its fleet, named 'YM Throne'. The vessel is chartered by Shoei Kisen Kaisha and...
SM Line ups capacity on North American west coast service
Gwangyang, South Korea’s second-busiest container port, is anticipating greater export flows to the North American west coast after SM Line decided to deploy larger...
Maersk’s CRX service connects DP World Southampton with Central America
Maersk's Costa Rica Express (CRX) service will make its first call at DP World Southampton, giving Central American fruit suppliers access to the UK...
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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...
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...
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...
