More testing times for box lessors
NewsThe box leasing sector saw fleet growth stalled by weaker demand and record disposals in 2016, with the demise of Hanjin Shipping a further ...
Better times ahead in box leasing
NewsWhile 2016 was a year to forget, Textainer CEO Philip Brewer hinted the Hanjin crisis may have been the silver lining that forces the contai...
Hanjin’s TTIA stake to HMM?
NewsWhile the carve-up of Hanjin’s operations on the USWC is well under way (WorldCargo News, November 2016, p14), Hyundai Merchant Marine (HM...
Hanjin collapse hits Textainer and Triton
NewsTextainer booked a loss of US$52.3M in Q3, which included US$44M in impairments, increased bad debt expense and lost revenue from the collap...
Hanjin operations on the block
NewsThe past month has seen several of Hanjin Shipping Company’s vessels repossessed by creditors and put up for sale and/or re-chartered....
Textainer’s Hanjin number
NewsThis month, Textainer made an important disclosure regarding its potential liability in the fallout from Hanjin’s failure. “As of 2 Sept...
Hyundai joins 2M
NewsHyundai Merchant Marine has joined the 2M Alliance, avoiding receivership in the process....
Chinese fine container and car carriers
NewsThe Chinese Government has imposed fines on several of the world’s leading container and car carrying lines....
Hapag-Lloyd quits Portland
NewsICTSI Oregon reaffirms its commitment to Portland as Terminal 6 losses the second of its major shipping lines....
Portland dispute flares again
NewsThe ILWU and ICTSI have been unable to establish a constructive working relationship at Portland....
New Jersey automated terminal?
NewsThere is a whisper in the industry that the next container terminal in the US to feature a high level of automation will be the Global Conta...
Operations start at TTI Algeciras
NewsOperations commenced towards the end of April at Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTIA), Hanjin Shipping’s new automated container ...
HPH cuts back in Korea…
NewsHutchison Korea Terminals (HKT), subsidiary of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), will suspend operations at Hutchison Gamman Cont...
Transnet takes a unified approach
NewsOne of the most important features of Navis SPARCS N4 is that it was designed for multi-site single server functionality....
An open and shut case
NewsA new sliding open top container developed in South Korea promises to overcome drawbacks associated with earlier designs at a cost that repr...