Muted rate rise on the TransPac
NewsContainer freight rates on the key Asia to US West Coast trades do not look likely to increase as much as carriers had hoped....
CMA CGM to co-operate with Hamburg Sud and Seago in NE/EM link
NewsCMA CGM is expanding its operations in the northern Europe/eastern Mediterranean trade by agreeing a joint service arrangement with Seago Li...
CMA CGM adds new intra-Mediterranean loop
NewsCMA CGM has expanded its intra-Mediterranean liner service network by adding a direct link between ports in the Marmara and Aegean Sea areas...
Maersk moves for Hamburg Süd?
NewsThe Oetker family is reported to be in negotiations to sell Hamburg Süd, and Maersk is said to an interested buyer....
CMA CGM Middle East/East Africa service changes
NewsCMA CGM is to revamp its main service strings connecting the Middle East/India with East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) to improve service reli...
CMA CGM posts strong Q2 2015 result
NewsMarseilles-based CMA CGM has outshone many of its liner carrier peers and reported a firm set of results for Q2 2015....
Daikin for UASC
NewsUnited Arab Shipping Company has ordered 3,500 new reefer containers with reefer machines from Daikin....
Sines bucks the trend
NewsBucking the national Portuguese and wider European trend, Sines handled 11% more cargo last year than in 2011, with traffic reaching 28.6 Mt...
Reefer lessors still on an upward curve
NewsLeasing companies continued their aggressive purchase of reefer containers during 2012 despite experiencing weaker demand and renewed rate e...
APMT building on potential
NewsThe transition from port authority to private control of the Skandia container terminal in Gothenburg appears to have gone well so far. In J...
BNCT on target for 1M TEU
NewsBusan New Container Terminal (BNCT) in South Korea has made serious inroads into the highly competitive Busan terminal market in its first s...
Sines Phase IB on stream
NewsTerminal XXI, the PSA International and Tertir Group concession at the Portuguese port of Sines, has inaugurated its Phase IB development. T...
New Sogemar intermodal service
NewsSogemar, the inland transport arm of container terminal operator Contship Italia SpA, has launched a new intermodal rail service between Liv...
Cargo focus at IUMI conference
NewsT he official investigation into the beaching of the MSC NAPOLI off the UK south coast in January 2007 reported many discrepancies concernin...