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WSC report: Reduction in containers lost at sea in 2022
In 2022, 661 containers were lost overboard, according to the annual report of World Shipping Council (WSC).This number represents less than one-thousandth of 1%...
World Shipping Council defends vessel-sharing arrangements
The World Shipping Council (WSC) released a statement supporting the use of vessel-sharing arrangements (VSAs), which are being phased out under a new US...
Lines and shippers clash over CBER extension
Αs the European Commission considers renewing the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) that enables current container shipping alliances to operate, liner operators and shippers...
Maersk leaves ICS for WSC over green values
Maersk left the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and joined the World Shipping Council (WSC) as the Danish shipping group decided that the ICS'...
PIL joins World Shipping Council
The Singaporean container shipping line Pacific International Lines (PIL) has become a new member of the World Shipping Council (WSC).PIL is currently ranked 12th...
WSC report shows spike in containers lost at sea
During the last two years, the container losses have significantly increased with the average losses for the two year period 2020-2021 reaching 3,113 compared...
Liner shipping defines its pathway to zero carbon shipping
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has identified six regulatory and economic pathways that can lead to zero-carbon shipping.
"We are committed to decarbonising shipping and...
Critical decade in battle against climate change
According to the United Nations (UN), the agreement reached by 196 nations at COP21 on 12 December 2015, which entered into force nearly a...
Container lines are manoeuvring ahead of EU ETS decision claims NGO
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An environmental NGO said that container lines calling for urgent action on market-based measures (MBM) from world leaders and the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
Box losses don’t stack up. Part Two
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In Part One of the container losses story the emphasis was on the commercial pressures on the shipping lines and how those pressures were...
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SITC International spends over US$100 million buying ships and containers from associate
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