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Indian shippers — already battling to secure vessel space — are going to be hit by more sailing disruptions on weekly Europe connections. CMA CGM has announced three sailing omissions for Indian ports this month on its premier EPIC2 [Europe-Pakistan-India-Consortium] Service, operated jointly with Hapag-Lloyd. The latter markets it as the Indian Ocean Service (IOS). […]
01
Apr
Apr
The Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has announced a container “land-to-water” service, covering the ports in the Yangshan area and Waigaoqiao area of Shanghai Port to related ports in the Yangtze River and Yangtze River Delta areas. The measure is taken in order to alleviate the pressure on road transportation caused by the impacts of […]
01
Apr
Apr
The Israeli box carrier ZIM has announced a new charter transaction with a group of investors initiated by MPC Capital AG, according to which ZIM will charter a total of up to six 5,500 TEU wide beam newbuild vessels. The chartering period will be seven years and the total charter hire consideration is approximately US$600 […]
18
Feb
Feb
The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has registered the busiest January in its 115-year history by processing 865,595 TEU, which is a new milestone for a Western Hemisphere port. This performance also translates to a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, according to the Port of Los Angeles data. Meanwhile, loaded imports reached 427,208 TEU, reflecting a […]
11
Feb
Feb
Maersk has launched a winter schedule for its North Europe to North America routes from the end of 2021 due to the severity of the weather across the Atlantic, in an effort to minimise disruptions and enhance reliability. The European-American services, TA1, TA2 and TA3 services, were expected to end in the beginning of February, […]
11
Feb
Feb
ZIM will charter 13 container ships from Navios Maritime Partners L.P. for a total of approximately US$870 million, according to a new agreement. The charter deal includes five secondhand vessels, ranging from 3,500 to 4,360 TEU, which are expected to be delivered to the Israeli shipping line in the first and second quarters of the […]
07
Jan
Jan
Ningbo-Zhoushan, China’s second busiest container port is still open for business as the country battles another wave of Covid-19 infections, but the drive to keep out the disease has slowed trucking logistics. Bunkering sources told Container News that, “Only Zhenhai and Beilun (districts in Ningbo) have been locked down. The port itself is still functioning, but people […]
07
Jan
Jan
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has finally surpassed Maersk as the largest container shipping company in the world in terms of TEU capacity, according to the latest Alphaliner’s figures. MSC had significantly closed the gap from its Danish rival in the latest months and with the acquisition of the 4,992 TEU Mexico, which was until recently on […]
04
Dec
Dec
The 14,000TEU APL Esplanade has made its first call at Yokohama port, becoming the CMA CGM Group’s largest container ship to visit the Japanese port. Destined next for South Korea, the boxship arrived at the Honmoku D4 terminal with 35% more capacity than the smaller vessels deployed previously on the Asia Central South America 1 […]
27
Oct
Oct
The DUUS terminal in Port of Hamburg welcomed on 25 October the first container block train of the new service linking Hamburg with China. The ‘Shanghai Express’ which is operated by Shanghai Orient Silkroad Intermodal Co. Ltd, commenced from Shanghai, traversed Alashankou in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Małaszewicze in Poland, and finally arrived in Hamburg on […]
