Far East Maritime > July 2010
The greatest downturn in liner history hasn’t changed the way carriers operate, so their customers may as well get used to paying more.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/1/2010 10:59:30 PM | with 0 comments


The world's top container makers provided an illustration of why Asia’s shippers are facing a shortage of boxes.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/6/2010 9:54:16 PM | with 0 comments


Having an unlimited supply of migrant workers is helpful in payroll terms, but how can a workforce of almost one million people be efficient?

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/9/2010 4:30:46 AM | with 0 comments


The container market appears to have gone from facing a chronic shortage of equipment to having an adequate supply of boxes in just two short blogs.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/13/2010 10:12:49 PM | with 2 comments


Now that money is pouring back into liner coffers, talk about carrier consolidation has been put on hold. Mostly.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/16/2010 2:14:16 AM | with 0 comments


Singapore is trying hard to appear unconcerned that it will lose the title of world’s busiest container port to Shanghai this year.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/20/2010 10:47:06 PM | with 0 comments


Oh no, not again. The world’s container shipping lines appear to be fast steaming towards another round of tonnage trouble.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/22/2010 11:06:18 PM | with 0 comments


Hong Kong’s proposed Container Terminal 10 (CT10) is not needed for a long time, but little stands in the way of pouring concrete in this city.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/26/2010 5:36:32 AM | with 0 comments


Ocean carriers could be feasting on air freight from this weekend when new rules are applied in the US.

Posted to Far East Maritime by Greg Knowler on 7/27/2010 2:41:54 AM | with 0 comments


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