Sale of HMM called off
NewsThe sale of South Korea’s largest liner shipping company to a consortium comprising the Harim Group, which owns Pan Ocean Shipping, and th...
Shift in Alliance membership will bring new order to liner shipping
NewsThe Ocean Alliance with its 40 services across the main east-west network would dominate in all trade lanes apart from the transatlantic....
THE Alliance allays fears
NewsMembers of THE Alliance have stressed to their customers and stakeholders that operations will “continue as normal throughout 2024”....
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd set up Gemini Cooperation
NewsMaersk Line is to join Hapag-Lloyd in a new cooperative venture for the main east-west trades....
ONE to start new India/USEC service
NewsSingapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) is the latest carrier planning to phase more tonnage into the Indian Sub-Continent market by lau...
Hapag-Lloyd buys into Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven
NewsAs previously speculated, Hapag-Lloyd will buy the 30% stake in CTW held by Maersk since the facility opened for business in 2013...
THE Alliance to switch Germany-North Atlantic calls to Hamburg from Bremerhaven
NewsThe AL1, AL2, AL3 and AL4 services connecting the NAEC and Gulf with Northern Europe are set to switch from Eurogate-link terminals in Breme...
Gearing up for a game of Trump
NewsIt looks like being a year of two halves for China’s economy and trading performance as new US tariffs start to bite...
Another 14,000 TEU vessel for K Line
NewsKawasaki Kisen Kaisha has announced the delivery of MILANO BRIDGE. Separately, Milaha has acquired its biggest container vessel to date, the...
Baltic ports in expansion mode
NewsWith cargo throughput volumes increasing, there are plenty of expansion plans across the Baltic Sea region....
Chinese ports on song
NewsChina’s leading 10 container ports handled 5.4% more cargo in the first four months of 2017 than they did in the corresponding period of 2...
Dealing with shipping’s four Cs
NewsConsolidation, commoditisation, cooperation and cascading were the main takeaways from the recent Global Liner Shipping Conference....