GENEVA : MSC continues to monitor and assess the developing situation in Israel to ensure the safety of its personnel and minimize disruption to customer supply chains. As announced in our previous update, MSC
MARSEILLE : CMA CGM, the World’s No. 3 container carrier, urged the industry to avoid a price war as the delivery of new vessels threatens to push global shipping to a protracted slump. “New
GENEVA : MSC and FS Italiane have agreed to form a new company specializing in intermodal transport and logistics, to design, build and operate new cargo terminals at sites controlled by the two groups
AMSTERDAM : Lenten Scheepvaart (the Netherlands) will go down in history as the owner of the world’s first-ever newbuild hydrogen-powered inland shipping barge. With this, the shipping company sets a new standard. An important
GANDHINAGAR : The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has sought the intervention of the Directorate General of Shipping (D G Shipping) to permit foreign flag ships to operate from the GIFT City, Gujarat
PANAMA CITY : A vital conduit of global trade is running dry. The Panama Canal is being hobbled by a lack of rainfall, which has dried up a key lake that supplies the artery.
HAIFA : Israeli container line ZIM has announced a net loss of US$2.27 billion in the third quarter of the year, while the company achieved a US$1.66 billion net income in the same period
MUMBAI : Container lines serving the India-US trade seem to have realised that pushing through hefty general rate increases (GRIs) or peak season surcharges (PSSs) is a hard game, unless cargo volumes tick up in
NEW DELHI : Far from removing a so-called cabotage law to permit foreign flag ships to carry all types of cargo on local routes to boost coastal shipping as proposed earlier, foreign shipping companies
PIRAEUS : There have been a number of “big picture” questions about shipping stocks through the years: Should companies be “pure plays” or diversify across multiple segments? Which is the best segment to own?