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“No solution to overcapacity”

News12 Oct 2023

That was the message of Stefan Verberckmoes, senior analyst at Alphaliner, in a keynote address delivered at the Intermodal Europe 2023 show...

News12 Dec 2020

Antwerp-based shipowner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has placed an order for 8 x 6,000 TEU container vessels with Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuil...

News7 Nov 2018

That is how Stefan Verberckmoes, shipping analyst and editor for North Europe at research group Alphaliner, views the current state of the l...

News1 May 2018

Almost two years after the opening of the new locks on the expanded Panama Canal, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that larger...

News1 Oct 2017

Alphaliner and Drewry Maritime Research are among analysts raising their growth forecasts for 2017. Based on trading performances to the lat...

News1 May 2017

In a recent webinar, London-based Drewy Maritime Advisors pointed to a stronger 2017 for liner shipping companies with volumes and freight r...

News26 Apr 2017

In his keynote address at the TOC Container Supply Chain Asia conference in Singapore this week, Tan Hua-Joo, executive consultant at Alphal...

News28 Mar 2017

Hapag-Lloyd's CEO Rolf Habben Jansen says that perhaps only five to seven global liner companies will survive and Hapag-Lloyd itself is work...

News8 Mar 2017

Global container shipping consortium THE Alliance has announced that all of its mainline UK calls will be handled by DP World London Gateway...

News1 Aug 2016

The peak shipping season ought still to be in full swing on many trade lanes, but generally poor cargo volumes and low rates have resulted i...

News11 Jan 2012

Paris-based liner shipping consultancy Alphaliner is forecasting that net growth of the cellular containership fleet will reach 1.28M TEU (+...

News1 Aug 2011

Paris-based liner shipping consultancy Alphaliner has warned that the container shipping industry is heading toward a prolonged slump that c...

News4 May 2011

A survey by Paris-based liner shipping consultancy Alphaliner has found that the number of idle containerships is back to pre-global financi...

News1 May 2011

A survey by Paris-based liner shipping consultancy Alphaliner has found that the number of idle containerships is back to pre-global financi...

News13 Apr 2011

Global container handling volumes reached an estimated 560M TEU in 2010, a record increase of 14.5% compared to the year before, according t...