#Cargo
Hyundai Heavy unveils boxship design with no lashings
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed a containership design which requires no lashings. HHI removed the lashing bridge and hatch cover...
How supply chain disruptions are fueling technology innovation
For as long as humans have shipped goods across oceans, the global supply chain has been exposed to unexpected disruptions. Natural disasters, international tens...
Idled Boxship Fleet Sails Past 1 Million TEUs as Blankings Fail to Stop Freight Rate Erosion
The idled containership fleet has breached the 1m teu capacity milestone – and is set to jump significantly higher as carriers prepare to temporarily suspend s...
New Container Terminal Would Boost Capacity at Port of Baltimore
The Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest in the country for roll/on-roll/off cargo, is set for a big boost to its container handling capacity. A new private part...
Maersk Warns of ‘Dark Clouds on the Horizon’ for Container Shipping
Maersk delivered another record quarter in Q3 2022, but “dark clouds” are gathering on the horizon. A.P. Moller – Maersk on Wednesday repor...
New report warns hackers could create another Ever Given incident in the Suez
The Suez Canal is among the most secure waterways in the world, with thousands of soldiers and check-points covering the 193 km trade artery. However, despite the mi...
Shipping giant Maersk's ominous warning of 'dark clouds on horizon' indicates trade is slowing globally
Anyone worried that a global recession is looming will take no comfort from the trading update issued today by AP Moller-Maersk. The Danish company, the world'...
Maersk Gives Overstocked Retailers the Option to Slow Arrivals
Maersk says it is offering shippers the opportunity to slow cargo arrivals from Asia destined for European and US ports to help retailers manage bloated inventories....
Another of the world's largest container ships anchors off coast
An anchorage off the Suffolk coast is continuing to welcome some of the largest container ships in the world. Shipping watchers have another large container vesse...
Spectre of boxship lay-ups returns
With multiple capacity levers deemed insufficient to halt the severe decline in container freight rates, the spectre of ship lay-ups has been raised. Rates remain...
16,000 teu CMA CGM ship makes size record in Indonesia
With Southeast Asia increasingly forecast to take a greater slice of manufacturing away from China, liner trades are upgrading their service offerings. The larges...
Are US supply chain problems over?
Snarled supply chains that helped fuel red-hot inflation are slowly disentangling, offering hope for relief for cash-strapped consumers. But the U.S. face...
PIL introduces intermodal solutions
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has introduced the PIL Intermodal Services, which offers train, truck and barge services across the company's network in Intra-...
Carrier complaints stack up at the Federal Maritime Commission
The Federal Maritime Commission is keeping busy with an increasing intro of complaints from shippers. The latest two to emerge involve Israeli carrier ZIM and Med...
Maersk-operated 5,500 TEU vessel suffers power loss in Australia waters
The 5,500 TEU boxship Rio Madeira suffered an electrical power outage causing loss of propulsion on 20 October, while it was sailing to Sydney, Australia from the po...
06 Januari 2025
Hurricane Beryl trims cargo volumes in Houston and New Orleans
25 Januari 2025
Container freight rates tumble
08 Februari 2025