As the fall out from last years’ pandemic subsides and the disruption to supply chains caused by the blockage of the Suez Canal is ironed out the next major event is expected to be the standard peak season which is due to start in August and the LA Port complex must start planning now, warns […]

Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM have announced new rates from Europe to different destinations worldwide, effective from next month. Hapag-Lloyd will apply increased ocean tariff rates from North and South Europe to the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent for freight of all kinds (FAK) cargo in 20’ and 40’, including high cube, dry, reefer and special […]

CMA CGM has confirmed the reshuffling of two services in different markets, one in the China to India trade and the other a regional East Mediterranean service, in April and early May. The French carrier will reorganise its existing AS6 service connecting Central and South China with the Indian Subcontinent, effective from 29 April with […]

Lawyers acting for six dead fishermen and a further six missing crew following a collision with the APL Le Havre expect to reach a settlement tomorrow (28 April) with CMA CGM following compensation talks taking place in Mumbai. The owner of a fishing vessel rammed by the 10,136TEU APL Le Havre filed a law following […]

Maersk has announced the launch of its AE77 service, a weekly intermodal freight service from Asia to Southern Europe. The first containers coming from Asia on this new regular service arrived at the largest Russian port of Vostochny on Sealand vessels, according to Maersk’s announcement and on 22 April, the boxes were dispatched by train […]

French carrier CMA CGM said it has launched an “innovative financing offer” that enables shippers to access financing without a requirement for credit insurance. SHIPFIN bill of lading (B/L) will benefit shippers who need to access funds before their own customer has paid them, which will most likely mean small to medium sized enterprises. The […]

HMM has announced the launch of an Asia-Europe extra loader service to alleviate the bottleneck created by the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, and to ease the burden on South Korean exporters. South Korea’s largest liner operator said the 4,600TEU HMM Goodwill will set out from Busan on 26 April to […]

Japanese technology company Mitsui & Co has agreed to the secondment of specialist technicians to the Copenhagen-based JapanMærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, following the signing of a partnership agreement. Mitsui and the centre say they are “committing to a long-term strategic collaboration” to develop zero carbon technologies with other centre partners for […]

Security firm Dryad Global is reporting an ongoing incident involving the container ship Contship New which was reportedly boarded by pirates at around 10:30hrs UTC, crew members were reported mustered in the citadel. “This incident follows reports of two sightings of vessels suspected of involvement in piracy on the 21st April. One vessel was tracked […]

PortMiami’s South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT) has announced that it is close to completing its three-year modernisation project to prepare for future growth. The project focused on transforming the land into a more sustainable operation with new, electric rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and added cargo storage space using a densification model which allows 2.5 […]