#Container
MSC Set to Overtake Maersk as the World's Largest Container Line
Taking into account MSC's new orders, as well as the company's active involvement in the secondhand tonnage market, it can be said that it is all set to over...
Hapag-Lloyd Places Huge Container Order to Combat Global Box Shortage
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for 150,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers amid the pandemic-fueled container crunch in Asia and around th...
‘Madness’ at the Port of Los Angeles as Cargo Surge Breaks March and Year-to-Date Records
The Port of Los Angeles processed 957,599 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) last month for a 113% leap compared to March 2020 when global trade slowed to a crawl a...
ASEAN share of US-bound container shipping reaches 20%
TOKYO -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is making its presence felt in the U.S.-bound marine transportation market. Total shipping volume originating in...
L.A.’s latest traffic jam: Dozens of container ships waiting to be unloaded
On a typical morning — before the pandemic — if you’d looked out across the Pacific from San Pedro, the southernmost part of Los Angeles, you might...
Ship Owners Lock In Charter Rates at 13-Year Highs
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Containership charter rates have hit 13-year highs and shipowners are locking these in with carriers on three- an...
Container Trade 'Madness' Driving More Asia Cargo to Other Modes
The “madness” of ex-Asia container rates is driving more un-boxing of containerised cargo. And the resulting bounceback for breakbulk is providing a boon...
An ‘aggressive’ fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%
SINGAPORE — A critical shortage of containers is driving up shipping costs and delays for goods purchased from China. The pandemic and uneven global economic r...
Carriers face load restrictions after new container spill, from Maersk Essen
There are calls for an urgent review of container lashing practices and stack height restrictions after another box ship lost a huge number of containers i...
Shippers and forwarders claim carriers breach contracts to demand higher rates
As Asia-Europe container spot rates continue to skyrocket, shippers and freight forwarders are accusing carriers of breaching short- and long-term contracts to &ldqu...
Freight forwarders feel the US$10k heat, in red-hot Asia/Europe market
Freight forwarders say that with Asia-Europe rates rising at least fivefold year-on-year, and total rates for some cargo having topped US$10,000/FEU, shippers are de...
Container freight rates from Asia surge to new highs – 'it's gone mad'
Container freight rates from Asia continued to surge this week, reaching highs far in excess of long-term sustainable levels. Today’s Shanghai Containerized...
World’s 1st zero-emission container vessel, Yara Birkeland, delivered
The long-awaited zero-emission container vessel Yara Birkeland has been delivered to its owner Yara International, Norway-based shipbuilder Vard informed. Upon de...
The Port of Halifax receives the largest container vessel to call at a Canadian port
Thursday morning, the largest containerized cargo vessel to call at a Canadian port arrived at the Port of Halifax. The CMA CGM Brazil, 366 metres length,...
Container shipping must Live the digital dream
Dealing with disruption to supply chains is made easier for those digitally savvy companies that took an early leap into the virtual world, says Ross Martin, Chief O...
01 September 2024
Container Prices Double, Leasing Rates Triple in China
04 September 2024
Maersk sets new bar with shipping’s first climate target validation
06 September 2024
Port of Los Angeles Reports Another Busy Month for Cargo Volumes
09 Agustus 2024