Another testing year for dry box builders
NewsDry freight container manufacturers have faced a difficult 2017, with the challenge of switching to waterborne paints coinciding with a shar...
Maersk cuts back on Chinese feeders
NewsMaersk Line is to revamp its feeder shipping network in China by slashing the number of ports it serves....
…as ports lose their shine
NewsSlower growth means ports are losing a lot of their shine as investments. In its Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Report 2016, Dre...
China – a market in transition
NewsChina’s economy and its trading/logistics environment are going through a period of change that looks set to continue....
Fourth spot for Cosco/CSG
NewsChina Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco) and China Shipping Group (CSG), which have estimated combined revenues of US$40B are to merge. Discussion...
Cosco and CSCL to merge?
NewsA merger between China’s two largest liner shipping companies, Cosco Container Lines (Coscon) and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL), n...
“Golden Age” over for Hong Kong
NewsA report from the Shanghai International Shipping Centre suggests the golden age of the Port of Hong Kong may be “history”...
BNCT welcomes Ocean 3
NewsChina Shipping makes its first call at BNCT in Busan as part of the Ocean 3 alliance....
Bigger ships for ECSA ports
NewsOn 9 October, Santos Brasil terminal in South America’s biggest container port, the port of Santos, received a call from the 9,600 TEU CAP...
…and signs deal with CSCL
NewsPIL has also signed an agreement with Shanghai-headquartered China Shipping Group (CSG), the country’s second-largest shipping conglomerat...
Feeders for Shanghai International Port Group
NewsSIPG has placed orders for four 1020 TEU container vessels...
Alternative flooring gains ground
NewsBamboo container flooring is gaining market share, but some believe the future is floorboards with a mass produced OSB core....
First of Maersk Line’s Triple-E class ships named
NewsThe first of Maersk Line’s 18,000 TEU capacity Triple-E class vessels has been named MAERSK Mc-KINNEY MOLLER at a ceremony held at the Okp...
China Shipping into Zeebrugge
NewsAPM Terminals is selling a 24% stake in its Zeebrugge terminal to China Shipping...
Huanghua adds boxes
NewsChina’s northern Huanghua port in Hebei province is building two container berths, which will be operational by the end of this year, acco...