Vast tidal wave of new container ships about to strike
FRANCE : Here it comes. An unprecedented flood of new container ships is about to enter service. The pace of deliveries will pick up in earnest next month,
Maersk & CMA CGM decide changes in joint Europe – East Coast South America services
COPENHAGEN : Maersk and CMA CGM have decided to make some adjustments in their joint Samba/SAFRAN and BossaNova/SIRIUS services, which link Europe with the East Coast of South
PIL announces launch its intermodal service in Korea
SINGAPORE : Pacific International Lines is pleased to launch its intermodal service in Korea, making available its sustainable end-to-end transportation option to customers in the country. Rail and
Russia & India introduce direct Novorossiysk – Mumbai shipping route
MOSCOW : Russia’s Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) has begun a new direct shipping route between Novorossiysk on Russia’s Black Sea Coast and Mumbai on the West coast
KPI OceanConnect, Pacific International Lines and Bunker One successfully complete the first digital
LONDON : Leading global marine energy solutions provider and trader KPI OceanConnect, leading container shipping line Pacific International Lines (PIL) and physical marine fuel supplier Bunker One announced today the successful completion of their
ZIM and HATS announce new joint venture for shipping services in Vietnam
HAIFA : Israeli box carrier ZIM and Hai An Transport and Stevedoring Joint-stock Company (HATS) have launched Lotus Link, a new joint venture to operate domestic and regional
Container vessel catches fire in Gulf of Riga, crew abandons the ship
RIGA : A fire broke out in the engine room of the Dutch-flagged container ship Escape, while it was sailing in the Gulf of Riga in Latvia on
Top 11 liner operators to receive 89 large vessels in 2023
FRANCE : As a result of frenzied newbuilding orders in 2020 and 2021, the world’s 11 largest container carriers are scheduled to receive 89 large container ships in
World’s largest LNG bunkering vessel-‘Hai Yang Shi You 301’ completes 1st ship-to-shi
SHENZHEN : China’s first domestically built LNG bunkering vessel has completed its first ship-to-ship bunkering operation. The bunkering op was completed on January 18 and it saw the
Empty containers accumulate in Chinese Ports, highlighting weak demand
SHANGHAI : Within a space of a year, the catch-phrase in the liner industry has gone from “containers are hard to come by” to concerns of a container