#Shipping Line

Northern European container ports are on the edge of capacity

"The Russia-Ukraine situation continues to create uncertainty for the global economy as the conflict enters its fourth month. Concerns over food and energy supp...

Maersk Supply Service AHTS to Support Ocean Plastics Cleanup Effort for Another Year

Two anchor-handling tugs belonging to Maersk Supply Service will return to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch having extended their contract with The Ocean Cleanup for...

MSC and Investors Replace Chinese to Build Panama Container Terminal

Panama announced that it has entered into a new agreement with an investment group that is partnering with an affiliate of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to co...

Container orderbook breaks more records

The giant containership orderbook – equivalent to the extant fleets of Cosco, Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen and Ocean Network Express (ONE) combined – is settin...

DP World to build new multimodal terminal in Romania

DP World has announced the launch of the construction of its new multimodal logistics terminal in Aiud, Romania. The UAE-based port and terminal operator aims to...

FMC Announces New Reporting Requirements for Ocean Carrier Alliances

The three global ocean carrier alliances and each of their member companies will now be required to provide pricing and capacity information to the Federal Maritime...

NYK Orders Six LNG Carriers for Long-Term Charter to CNOOC

Japanese shipping company NYK has announced its first long-term time charters with China’s state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC, for s...

Maersk in talks with buyers for stake as quits Russia

Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) has found possible buyers for its stake in Global Ports Investments (GLPRq.L), which operates ports in Russia as it withdraws from...

Qatar Cargo provides future freighter insights

Qatar Airways provided customer insight that helped Boeing and Airbus to fine-tune the cargo specifications of the new B777-8 freighter and its Airbus challenger, th...

MSC outmuscles Maersk on the Asia-Europe tradelane

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has overtaken 2M partner Maersk as the largest carrier on the Asia-Europe tradelane in terms of tonnage deployed according to new ana...

COSCO Shipping Ports enjoys profit boom in 2022 first quarter

COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP) has achieved significant year-on-year increases in both revenues and profits during the first quarter of the year, reporting US$329.7 mill...

TT Club: Improper Shipping of Li-Ion Batteries Puts Vessels at Risk

The international insurer TT Club is calling for increased vigilance in shipments of lithium batteries to help curb a troubling increase in cargo fires. Recently,...

UWL and Swire Shipping partner on “fastest” service between Vietnam and US

The American-owned Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and provider of global 3PL services, UWL has contracted with Swire Shipping, a multi-purpose liner ser...

Feng Boming leaves Cosco Shipping Ports

Hong Kong-listed terminal operator Cosco Shipping Ports announced that Feng Boming has resigned as its executive director and chairman to take up the position of dep...

Swire Shipping buys Westwood Shipping Lines

SSPL US, an affiliate of Singapore-based Swire Shipping, is buying US-based Westwood Shipping Lines from J-WeSco, a subsidiary of The Sumitomo Warehouse Co. &ldqu...