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Maersk CEO: Global trade will never reach pre-crisis heights

|Date: January 27, 2015

Maersk CEO: Global trade will never reach pre-crisis heights

A.P. Moller–Maersk Group’s chief executive has warned that global trade will never return to pre-crisis g ...

A.P. Moller–Maersk Group’s chief executive has warned that global trade will never return to pre-crisis growth levels, citing western companies manufacturing goods nearer home as a significant factor. ...

January 27, 2015
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Drewry: reliability in decline as 2014 drew to a close

|Date: January 16, 2015

Drewry: reliability in decline as 2014 drew to a close

Containership reliability declined for the second month in a row in December, according to Drewry’s lates ...

Containership reliability declined for the second month in a row in December, according to Drewry’s latest Carrier Performance Insight report. The latest data shows that the aggregate on-time performa ...

January 16, 2015
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US West Coast delays hurting reliability

|Date: December 30, 2014

US West Coast delays hurting reliability

Congestion issues at US west coast ports contributed to lower on-time containership reliability in Novemb ...

Congestion issues at US west coast ports contributed to lower on-time containership reliability in November, according to Drewry’s new Carrier Performance Insight report. With waiting times at anchor ...

December 30, 2014
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Hamburg Süd enters East-West trade through UASC co-operation

|Date: December 29, 2014

Hamburg Süd enters East-West trade through UASC co-operation

German shipping company Hamburg Süd has entered the east-west trade through signing a “global co-operatio ...

German shipping company Hamburg Süd has entered the east-west trade through signing a “global co-operation agreement” with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC). The two shipping companies, the world’s ...

December 29, 2014
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Shipping lines – ‘We’re happy to pay for low-sulphur emissions, just make sure we all pay’

|Date: December 17, 2014

Shipping lines – ‘We’re happy to pay for low-sulphur emissions, just make sure we all pay’

New regulations which will restrict ships’ sulphur emissions to 0.1% in Northern Europe and North America ...

New regulations which will restrict ships’ sulphur emissions to 0.1% in Northern Europe and North America are only a few weeks away. These regulations will lead to a 50% increase in fuel costs which M ...

December 17, 2014
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Merger and acquisition activity on the rise

|Date: December 09, 2014

Merger and acquisition activity on the rise

Mergers and takeovers are increasing in the container shipping arena, according to industry consultant, D ...

Mergers and takeovers are increasing in the container shipping arena, according to industry consultant, Drewry. The company reports that following a turbulent few years that included a close shave wit ...

December 09, 2014
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Shippers switch to expensive air freight due to US port congestion

|Date: December 03, 2014

Shippers switch to expensive air freight due to US port congestion

Research into current US West Coast port congestion by maritime advisory company, Drewry, indicates that ...

Research into current US West Coast port congestion by maritime advisory company, Drewry, indicates that shippers are paying high prices to switch their transport from ocean to air for the holiday sea ...

December 03, 2014
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CMA CGM acquires OPDR

|Date: December 01, 2014

CMA CGM acquires OPDR

The French shipping line CMA CGM has announced the acquisition of the German short-sea shipping operator ...

The French shipping line CMA CGM has announced the acquisition of the German short-sea shipping operator Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR), owned by the Bernhard Schulte Group. The ...

December 01, 2014
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First of CSCL’s new 19,000 teu ships named

|Date: November 21, 2014

First of CSCL’s new 19,000 teu ships named

The first of China Shipping Container Lines’ (CSCL) five 19,000 teu capacity vessels, which will depose M ...

The first of China Shipping Container Lines’ (CSCL) five 19,000 teu capacity vessels, which will depose Maersk’s Triple-E class ships as the world’s largest, has been named at a ceremony held by build ...

November 21, 2014
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Larger vessels putting pressure on the container industry

|Date: November 19, 2014

Larger vessels putting pressure on the container industry

A presentation by maritime consultancy, Drewry, at Intermodal Europe in Rotterdam last week revealed the ...

A presentation by maritime consultancy, Drewry, at Intermodal Europe in Rotterdam last week revealed the increased financial and logistics pressures faced throughout the container shipping industry du ...

November 19, 2014
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Carrier unveils mobile cold storage solutions for COVID-19 vaccines

Environmental groups claim IMO fails to implement its own greenhouse gas reduction plan

Port of Rotterdam to explore possibilities of green hydrogen export from Iceland

DP World volumes up following easing of lockdowns

Port of Barcelona reduces its carbon footprint by 20%

TT Club highlights factors behind reefer cargo losses

Port of Tilbury backs HS2 development citing rail freight potential

Red Hook Terminals modernises operations with Octopi’s cloud-based TOS

Imports drive record month at Port of Long Beach

Port of Rotterdam suffers 9% drop in volumes for first three quarters of 2020

Maersk CEO: Global trade will never reach pre-crisis heights

Maersk CEO: Global trade will never reach pre-crisis heights

Drewry: reliability in decline as 2014 drew to a close

Drewry: reliability in decline as 2014 drew to a close

US West Coast delays hurting reliability

US West Coast delays hurting reliability

Hamburg Süd enters East-West trade through UASC co-operation

Hamburg Süd enters East-West trade through UASC co-operation

Shipping lines – ‘We’re happy to pay for low-sulphur emissions, just make sure we all pay’

Shipping lines – ‘We’re happy to pay for low-sulphur emissions, just make sure we all pay’

Merger and acquisition activity on the rise

Merger and acquisition activity on the rise

Shippers switch to expensive air freight due to US port congestion

Shippers switch to expensive air freight due to US port congestion

CMA CGM acquires OPDR

CMA CGM acquires OPDR

First of CSCL’s new 19,000 teu ships named

First of CSCL’s new 19,000 teu ships named

Larger vessels putting pressure on the container industry

Larger vessels putting pressure on the container industry