Drewry: World Container Index 310.1% Higher Y-o-Y
LONDON : Drewry’s composite World Container index increased 3.3% or $207 to $6,463.78 per 40ft container. Our detailed assessment for Thursday, 3 June 2021The composite index increased 3.3%
MSC proceeds with fleet expansion strategy
GENEVA : Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has ordered four more 24,200TEU container ships from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and Jiangnan Shipyard (Group), which are both subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding
Innovative Revolving Container Technology Coming to DP World Fraser Surrey
VANCOUVER : DP World (Canada) Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of a long-term agreement with New Gold Inc. facilitating the export of copper concentrate through DP
Wan Hai orders four boxships at Samsung Heavy
TAIPEI : Taiwanese containerline Wan Hai has placed an order at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries for four containerships worth between $474m and $500m. The four 13,100 teu
Container ships drive 119% jump in total new orders in first five months of 2021
COPENHAGEN : Total orders of dry bulk, tanker and container ships in the first five months of the year have jumped 119.7% compared with the same period in
8th LNG-powered behemoth joins CMA CGM’s fleet
MARSEILLE : CMA CGM Trocadero, the eight LNG-fuelled, 23,000 TEU containership out of a series of nine giant boxships being built in China, has been delivered to French
California’s massive container-ship traffic jam is still really jammed-FreightWaves
CALIFORNIA : Peak shipping season is coming soon — and the “parking lot” of container ships stuck at anchor off the coast of California is still there, with
Hapag-Lloyd further expands its container fleet: 60,000 TEU of standard containers ordered
Standard containers scheduled for delivery beginning in July // Response to equipment shortage // Hapag-Lloyd to increase investment in its container fleet to 210,000 TEU in total HAMBURG
Container Prices Surge In Europe As Carriers Favour Loading Empties
LONDON : For European exporters looking to source shipping containers, existing shortages could deteriorate significantly in the coming weeks, according to the latest data from Container xChange, the
Liners fixing ships from 2022 to 2026 at record rates
SINGAPORE : Extraordinary container charter fixtures are filtering in that are unprecedented in the near 70-year history of containerisation. Broking reports show New York-listed Danaos Corporation has fixed