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 Corporation and will equally split the
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 World Fraser Surrey using rotating containers
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 ships are scheduled to start delivering
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 2020, primarily driven by record high
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 shipping major CMA CGM. The colossal
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 Oakland surpassing Los Angeles/Long Beach as
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 : The sharp increase in demand
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 world’s leading online platform for the
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 two of its ships for four-year
NEW JERSEY : APM Terminals Elizabeth proudly welcomes the 16,022 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo – the largest container ship to call the US East Coast. The previous record was held by the 15,072