Ocean carriers increase schedule reliability, Maersk ahead of competitors
COPENHAGEN : The ocean carriers’ global schedule reliability increased sharply by 7.7% month-to-month in February 2023, reaching 60.2%, according to Sea Intelligence. On a year-to-year level, schedule reliability has marked a staggering 26% rise.
Unions grill Maersk over labour violations at Copenhagen AGM
COPENHAGEN : Trade unions representing employees of the world’s largest listed shipping company are in Copenhagen today to take their labour message direct to Maersk headquarters as the company records a record $29 billion
Supply chains ‘finally beginning to stabilise’, says Maersk Asia Pacific market update (March 2023)
COPENHAGEN : While the congestion pressure on global supply chains has eased, inflation and volatility around the world continues to leave logistics planning and execution a task filled with uncertainty. However, as countries, companies
Maersk reveals design details of its first methanol-powered feeder
COPENHAGEN : Maersk, the Danish container shipping major, has announced the design details of its first methanol-powered vessel. Maersk said it expects to receive the first boxship of this type by South Korea’s Hyundai
Maersk pilots warehouse automation solution
COPENHAGEN : Maersk and BionicHIVE have been working for four months on a pilot designed to assess automation processes that sort, select and put away packages and can navigate warehouse floors using built-in cameras
Shipping lines refusing to cut capacity in price war
HONG KONG : Container freight rates are still falling, while charter rates are holding up, suggesting that liner operators are chasing market share, even if it means a price war. Linerlytica‘s latest report, issued
Maersk reintroduces direct bookings to Ukraine
COPENHAGEN : Maersk announced that it is now able to offer direct bookings to Ukraine from anywhere in the world, alleviating a common customer issue over the last year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
2M Alliance split highlighted with Maersk idling more ships
SINGAPORE : Maersk Line continues to lose ground to MSC with the highest number of ships idled at the moment while MSC is still taking on fresh charters and second-hand acquisitions, as the Swiss-Italian