Container Ships News


INTTRA Container Orders Grew

Feb 07, 2017

INTTRA, an ocean shipping marketplace, announced that it generated 16 percent growth in 2016 over 2015 in container orders, which include bookings, shipping instructions and shipping orders. The company processed 38.5 million container orders on its platform…

SC Ports sets Container Volume record

Feb 07, 2017

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced an all-time record container volume of nearly 105,000 pier containers and 185,018 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled in January.  As measured in pier containers, or total box volume…

DP World Volumes rise

Feb 07, 2017

DP World Limited handled 63.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2016, with gross container volumes growing by 3.2% year-on-year on a reported basis, and 2.2% on a like-for-like  basis…

SC Ports Reports All-time Record Container Volume

Feb 06, 2017

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced an all-time record container volume of nearly 105,000 pier containers and 185,018 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled in January.   As measured in pier containers, or total box volume…

Panama Canal Sets Monthly Tonnage Record

Feb 06, 2017

In January 2017, the Panama Canal set a new monthly tonnage record of 36.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), with the transit of 1,260 ships through both the Expanded and original locks. The previous record was established the month prior…

Maersk, Hamburg Süd Enter Slot Purchase Deal

Feb 06, 2017

Container shippers Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd announced a slot purchase agreement for Hamburg Süd’s volumes on the East–West trades to be shipped on vessels in the 2M network. Maersk Line acquired Hamburg Süd in December 2016, and the…

Port Everglades Volumes zoom

Feb 04, 2017

Broward County's Port Everglades had a record-setting month in December 2016, logging 104,590 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units, the industry's standard measurement for containers), moving through the Port. This is the highest producing month in the Port's nearly 90 -year history…

Sino-Australian Seaborne Trade

Feb 03, 2017

In recent decades, trade between the Australia and China have made an increasingly significant contribution to growth in global seaborne trade, and the signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement in 2015 is driving further co-operation…

Finalists of Mersey Maritime Industry Awards Announced

Feb 01, 2017

The finalists of the 2017 Mersey Maritime Industry Awards (MMIAs) have been announced.The winners will be revealed at a prestigious black tie dinner that will have a Ministerial presence and promises to bring together the best of the maritime industry right across the Maritime…

Japanese Shipping Companies in Troubled Waters

Jan 31, 2017

Though the challenging market conditions in the container shipping industry continued to add pressure to Japan’s major shipping companies, turnaround seen as write-downs set to fizzle out, earnings forecasts upgraded, reports Nikkei.  Nippon…

Intermodal Supply Chain Safety Seminar Planned

Jan 31, 2017

ICHCA International, the global cargo handling NGO, will co-host a seminar, “Safety in the Intermodal Supply Chain: Promoting the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for the Safe Packing of Cargo Transport Units” in Brussels, February 27, as part of European Shipping Week…

CMA CGM Rolls Out TURAF EXPRESS Service

Jan 30, 2017

Shipping group CMA CGM has announced the new service offer TURAF EXPRESS which directly links Turkey, Tunisia and Libya via Malta. It is the first CMA CGM line to offer a direct connection between Northern Turkey (Istanbul, Gemlik and Aliaga)…

Wärtsilä BWM Systems for CMA CGM Newbuilds

Jan 30, 2017

Four new 3,300 TEU containerships being built for the French shipping group CMA CGM will feature Wärtsilä Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). This is the third series of vessels for which the same owner has selected the Wärtsilä BWMS solution…

Matson Announces Quarterly Dividend

Jan 27, 2017

The Board of Directors of Matson, Inc., a U.S. carrier in the Pacific, today declared a first quarter dividend of $0.19 per common share.  The dividend will be paid on March 2, 2017 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 9, 2017.

Cosco Shipping Holdings to Post 2016 Loss

Jan 26, 2017

Cosco Shipping Holdings (CSH)has announced that its profit for 2016 will be below that of 2015, reports Reuters.  The container shipping arm of state-owned China Cosco Shipping Corp expects to post a net loss of 9.9 billion yuan ($1.44 billion) for 2016…

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