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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Following the permission by the Canadian Coastguard, all the firefighters and seven members of the crew have now boarded the 4,253TEU ZIM Kingston, which on 22 October lost around 40 boxes at sea and suffered a fire incident off the Canadian coast. The Expert’s Master, in Victoria, Canada is coordinating with the firefighters on board […]
The 4,253TEU boxship, ZIM Kingston, which is chartered by ZIM and owned by Danaos Shipping, suffered a severe fire incident on Friday, 22 October, after two damaged containers caught fire on board the vessel near Canada. The Greek ship owner and operator, Danaos Shipping has reported that earlier on that day, the excessive listing due […]
Τaiwanese liner operator Yang Ming Marine Transport has agreed to charter one of its container ships to Maersk Line for a year at nearly US$63 million. Based on the average daily rate of around US$172,600, the vessel is likely to be a Panamax boxship. Yang Ming said that Maersk Broker had negotiated the transaction. No […]
Global supply chain issues are threatening Christmas deliveries to retailers, as we’ve seen sustained port congestion in the US, and now parts of the UK. It continues to disrupt shipping lines and the movement of goods worldwide. We have seen congestion ease in major Chinese container ports such as Ningbo, with the number of vessels […]
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