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Industry calls on IMO to bridge fuel price gap

News24 Sep 2024

Shipping companies, cargo owners, NGOs and industry bodies call for a level playing field and practical solutions from the IMO's mid-term GH...

Container ship contracting boom

News29 Aug 2024

BIMCO says that the contracting spree for the container segment has seen a total of 1.59m TEU capacity contracted so far in 2024, the third ...

BIMCO: Container ship fleet sees fastest growth in 15 years

News25 Jul 2024

BIMCO: Record deliveries of 264 new ships in the first half of 2024 have driven the container ship fleet growth to its fastest rate in 15 ye...

Container shipping market continues to depend on Red Sea reroutings, BIMCO says

News28 Jun 2024

BIMCO now predicts that normal shipping routes through the Red Sea and Suez Canal will not resume until 2025....

New records achieved in container ship deliveries

News9 May 2024

In 2023, 2.3M TEU of new container ship capacity surpassed the previous high by 37%, with an additional 1M TEU delivered in the first 4 mont...

IBIA and BIMCO partner on fuel and maritime challenges

News23 Apr 2024

IBIA and BIMCO partner to address bunkering challenges, foster clean energy solutions, and advance sustainable shipping practices....

COVID-19 caused drop of 24.6M TEU in container market growth, BIMCO says

News18 Apr 2024

The global container market grew by 1.5% to 173.5 million TEU in 2023, but without COVID-19, it would have reached 198.1 million TEU....

Upcoming elections could cause further uncertainty in supply chains

News10 Apr 2024

The impact of elections in India, Mexico, the European Parliament, and the United States, could introduce further uncertainty to supply chai...

BIMCO: Average containership set to surpass 5,000 TEU in 2025

News14 Mar 2024

Neo Panamax and Post Panamax ships are projected to command nearly 70% of capacity growth shaping the future of global shipping....

Cargo volumes decline 21% in Red Sea region

News29 Feb 2024

In February, the number of ships passing through the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal plummeted by 50% and 37% compared to the previous year....

FIT Alliance pushes for industry to commit to eBLs

News5 Sep 2023

The FIT Alliance wants to see the shipping industry and its customers to commit to using electronic bills of lading (eBLs) by 2030....

ShipNEXT digital platform launched

News2 Oct 2017

An entrepreneur behind Odessa-based shipping company Varamar Group has launched ShipNEXT, touted as the "first independent online platform f...

Fourth industrial revolution means slower trade growth

News18 May 2017

Peter Sand, chief analyst of BIMCO, the shipowners association, tells Hamburg liner conference container shipping is vulnerable to changes i...

Boxship scrappage at "all-time high"

News12 Nov 2016

Scrappage, however, is not keeping pace with entry of new tonnage, so oversupply is set to continue...

Scrapping at record levels

News1 Nov 2016

Figures recently published by Bimco, show that the demolition of container ships has reached a record level, with more than 0.5M TEU scrappe...

Container weighing: a process challenge

News1 Sep 2012

Can verifying the weight of containers before they are loaded be achieved without unduly disrupting terminal operations?...

Industry calls on IMO to bridge fuel price gap

Container ship contracting boom

BIMCO: Container ship fleet sees fastest growth in 15 years

Container shipping market continues to depend on Red Sea reroutings, BIMCO says

New records achieved in container ship deliveries

IBIA and BIMCO partner on fuel and maritime challenges

COVID-19 caused drop of 24.6M TEU in container market growth, BIMCO says

Upcoming elections could cause further uncertainty in supply chains

BIMCO: Average containership set to surpass 5,000 TEU in 2025

Cargo volumes decline 21% in Red Sea region

FIT Alliance pushes for industry to commit to eBLs

ShipNEXT digital platform launched

Fourth industrial revolution means slower trade growth

Boxship scrappage at "all-time high"

Scrapping at record levels

Container weighing: a process challenge

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Mixed results for CSX

Westports launches Westports 2 terminal expansion

People on the Move: Port Houston appoints CEO, Port of LA names Deputy Executive Director, changes at Maersk

ESPO, FEPORT push for mandatory OPS tax exemption

Florida ports halt vessel traffic amid Hurricane Helene

Industry calls on IMO to bridge fuel price gap

Container ship contracting boom

BIMCO: Container ship fleet sees fastest growth in 15 years

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Mixed results for CSX

Westports launches Westports 2 terminal expansion

People on the Move: Port Houston appoints CEO, Port of LA names Deputy Executive Director, changes at Maersk

ESPO, FEPORT push for mandatory OPS tax exemption

Florida ports halt vessel traffic amid Hurricane Helene

SAMSA: Smoke onboard Maersk ship, update on pharma material cleanup

USMX calls the ILA to the table

CMA CGM to acquire 48% stake in Santos Brasil

FMC urges industry to follow rules ahead of potential strikes

JAXPORT wins US$ 23m for crane upgrades