Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas (International) Ltd (OOIL), which owns OOCL, reported a massive surge in first half net profit to $2.81bn compared to $155m in the same period in 2020. With an EBIT of
India’s strategic location, enveloped by the world’s busiest maritime route in the Indian Ocean, marks the importance of its shipping industry which facilitates 95 percent of India’s international trade by volume. Therefore India is
AP Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s biggest container shipping line, was expected to make around $4.5 billion in operating profit in 2021, according to estimates at the start of the year by the financial analysts who follow
COPENHAGEN : In 2021, APM Terminals celebrates its 20th anniversary as an independent business within A.P. Moller – Maersk. While reflecting on those eventful two decades under its own brand, the company looks into
NEW DELHI : The Delhi High Court has dealt a big blow to exporters reeling under skyrocketing container shipping rates by observing that the “State (government) has no direct causal connection” with the charges
COPENHAGEN : With no indication from the Chinese authorities as to the timeline or plan for the resumption of operations at the closed container terminal in the Ningbo-Zhoushan port complex, the shipping lines have
PANAJI : Spelling good news for Goa’s export and import business, two shipping firms have shown interest in operating container feeder services at the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT). A new container feeder operated by
TOKYO : A Panamanian-registered ship ran aground in a northern Japan harbour, then split in two and was leaking oil, but there were no injuries among the 21 crew and the oil leak was
The LNG-fuelled vessel order book continues to build this year with 21 ships booked in July, which is currently the monthly average for orders to date this year, according to DNV. If this level
Container carriers doubled the number of LNG-powered vessels in the first six months of the year despite global warnings on rising methane pollution, one source of which is LNG. Recently, the IPCC report spotlighted