Steel goes flat on the floor

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Hapag-Lloyd has been experimenting with steel-floored containers and now has around 1,000 units in service. Steel floors in dry boxes have b...

Happy times for Hapag-Lloyd

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Hapag-Lloyd is now the world’s fifth largest container carrier in terms of fleet capacity, which has rocketed from 225,000 to 412,886 TEU ...

TUI in for CP Ships

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As this issue was going to press, TUI AG, parent company of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, announced that it has agreed to acquire CP Ships Ltd...

TUI wins contest for CP Ships

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In the latest round of consolidation in the liner shipping industry, TUI AG, parent company of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, has announced tha...

Daikin Industries forging ahead

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Japanese reefer machinery manufacturer Daikin Industries is continuing to make major inroads in the market with its LXE10E scroll compressor...

LA crush causes carrier crisis

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What has become endemic congestion at Los Angeles has proven intolerable for members of the Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) operating between...

CP Ships bags Italia

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CP Ships has reached agreement with Amico Societa di Navigazione SpA to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Italian container shipp...

Atlantic cutbacks

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CP Ships and the members of the Grand Alliance have reached agreement with Cosco, K Line and Yang Ming to form the Atlantic Space Charter Ag...

Drive to bigger containerships

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How fast is fast enough? Will new propulsions systems make it easier to introduce still bigger ships? And what is the scope for "fast ships"...

Cars going better

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A partnership between an Australia car manufacturer and CP Ships' subsidiary ANZDL on the Trans Tasman trade lane is claimed to have resulte...

FastShip deal for CP

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In a surprise move, CP Ships has signed an agreement with FastShip Inc to assume commercial and marketing management for the latter's planne...