Poseidon and Global Lease merge their fleets
NewsAthens-headquartered Poseidon Containers and New York-based Global Ship Lease, both of which own fleets of small to medium-sized container s...
COSCO to trial Liverpool with feeder call
NewsThe Port of Liverpool has announced it will receive a vessel call from COSCO on Wednesday, 17th October...
Caribbean Feeder Services changes hands
NewsGerman shipping company Harren & Partner has sold common feeder operator Caribbean Feeder Services, Inc to Spain’s PĂ©rez y CĂa...
VENTA MAERSK needed ice-breaker support
NewsVENTA MAERSK, the first container ship to transit the Northern Sea Route, will shortly complete her voyage from Vladivostock to St Petersbur...
Transinsular expands into West Africa
NewsTransinsular, part of Portugal’s GRUPO ETE, is now calling Gambia and Guinea-Conacry, following the recent implementation of a regular sou...
Paranaguá receives biggest containership to date
NewsHyundai Merchant Marine’s 11,000 TEU vessel HMM PROMISE establishes a new record for Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá...
Maersk is to test the Northern Sea Route
NewsMaersk plans its first container ship voyage through the Arctic, with VENTA MAERSK, one of its new ice-class ships, with an intake of 3,600 ...
Hapag-Lloyd books first half loss of almost €101M
NewsThe line points to significant increases in bunker prices and the fall in average freight rates...
DP World acquires Unifeeder
NewsDP World has announced the 100% acquisition of Aarhus, Denmark-based Unifeeder group, Europe’s biggest feeder operator and with a growing ...
Maersk to withdraw biggest vessels from Hamburg
NewsFollowing its announcement four weeks ago that it was reviewing its Asia-Europe network, Maersk has announced that its biggest container ves...
I-Motion is new shipping line for Belgium-UK lo-lo
NewsA new Ghent-based shipping company called I-Motion, will start operations with container services connecting Ghent with ABP Hull and London ...
TOTE Jones Act deal “postponed”
NewsTOTE has postponed a deal for the construction of two dual fuel 3,700 TEU container ships for the Hawaii-WCNA trade...
HMM’s independent approach on speed
NewsSeoul-based Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is breaking ranks, and will launch an independent and “back to normal speed” service in the A...
ULCVs from a different angle
NewsRecent analysis by DynaLiners has revealed some interesting trends concerning the world’s fleet of ultra large container vessels (ULCVs), ...
Latin shuffle for liner shipping
NewsLatin America’s main liner trades face an uncertain future, despite 12 months of generally improving cargo volumes....