#Shipping Line
Everything You Need to Know Before Calculating Shipping Costs
When looking at the overall global shipping industry, the first rule is to know exactly how much you are going to pay for the shipping cost of your products. Regardl...
Hapag-Lloyd Preparing to Launch Real-Time Container Tracking Across Entire Fleet
German liner Hapag-Lloyd is starting to install real-time tracking devices on its entire fleet of approximately 3 million twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers....
Xeneta Says Long-Term Container Rates May Have Peaked
Oslo-based freight benchmarking and market intelligence platform Xeneta believes long-term container shipping rates may have finally peaked, although they...
Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Detention and Demurrage Disconnects
In the recently enacted Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022 or “The Shipping Act,” for short), there is a great deal of attention on t...
Ultra-Large Containership APL Vanda Loses Boxes Overboard in Indian Ocean
A CMA CGM-operated mega containership apparently lost an undisclosed number of containers overboard while underway in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Djibouti earl...
Record Container Ordering in 2021 Created Equipment Surplus, Drewry Says
Container lessors and ocean carriers ordered a record number of containers in 2021 as congestion across global supply chains kept equipment tied up for longer, accor...
Empty Container Boxes Stuck At Rotterdam May Stoke Asia Shortage
Empty container boxes crucial for Asia’s exporters are getting stuck in the port of Rotterdam as a growing backlog of undelivered goods at Europe&rsq...
Drewry: Beginning of the End for Container Shipping’s Bull Run
Container shipping’s pandemic-fueled boom cycle has undoubtedly taken a turn in recent months, but lingering congestion is likely to prevent a swift return to...
HMM to charter pair of 7,700 teu dual-fuel newbuildings from 2024
South Korean flagship carrier HMM is to charter two 7,700 teu containerships reportedly ordered from HJ Shipbuilding & Construction by Navios Maritime Partners ....
Shock for carriers as spot rates fall below long-term contract prices
Spot container freight rates on the main east-west deepsea headhaul trades continued to edge downwards this week, amid a softening of demand as western consumers gra...
Shipping organisations set out to tackle rising number of containers lost overboard
Following a spike in containers lost at sea, the World Shipping Council (WSC), the global liner association, has initiated a study to see how this scourge can be pre...
Port of Long Beach Reports Second-Busiest Month Ahead of Summertime Cargo Surge
The Port of Long Beach has reported its second busiest month on record in May as it looks ahead to a summer cargo surge that could follow China’s reopenin...
Shanghai port congestion nearly back to normal levels
As Shanghai springs back to life after two months of lockdown, congestion at the port is almost back to normal, according to data from VesselsValue. At the height...
Shippers fear higher freight costs due to carbon tax
Fear prevails in the Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the global business organisation which represents cargo owners exporting and importing to international supply chai...
CMA CGM Takes Delivery of Two Boeing Cargo Planes
CMA CGM has taken delivery of two Boeing cargo planes as the shipping giant looks to expand its end-to-end services beyond ocean freight. The two Boeing 777 aircr...
03 November 2024
‘It’s all happening again.’ The supply chain is under strain
08 November 2024
Global Freight Rises But Shows Signs of Weakness in U.S.
23 Oktober 2024
Arctic Shipping Route to See First-Ever Panamax Containership
18 Oktober 2024