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ZIM to Restructure Oceania Trade Services

Aug 22, 2023

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has announced a restructuring of its existing services to Oceania (CAX, TFX and N2A) in collaboration with MSC.Danny Hoffman, ZIM EVP Intra-Asia, said: “Our current Oceania services network will be restructured…

APMT Pipavav Handles Over 200 Port Moves Per Hour

Aug 21, 2023

APM Terminals Pipavav has shattered its previous records by successfully achieving over 200 port moves per hour (PMPH) on a single vessel for the first time in the history of its operations.On August 17, 2023, the port, located on the coast of Gujarat…

Taiwan's First Automated Container Terminal Inaugurated

Aug 16, 2023

Evergreen Marine has officially opened Terminal 7 at Kaohsiung Port, a smart terminal expected to drive ongoing growth of shipping related industries within southern Taiwan. The terminal is the first and largest fully-automated container terminal…

ZIM 2Q Revenues Plunge 62%

Aug 16, 2023

Pain in the containershipping sector is not uncommon in 2023, and Israel's ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) is no exception, today reporting 2Q and six month results:Net loss for the second quarter was $213 million, negatively…

DP World Expects Three Million TEUs of New Capacity This Year

Aug 15, 2023

DP World expects to add approximately three million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of new container handling capacity by the end of the year.The company says this will add much needed infrastructure and capacity to boost global supply chain resilience…

As Container Fleet Grows (4.3%), So too do Sectors Woes

Aug 10, 2023

“Deliveries of new container ships during the first seven months of the year reached a new record high of 1.2 million TEU in 2023, beating the previous record by 0.2 million TEU. As recycling of ships has remained low, the fleet capacity has grown 4…

Maersk’s Rainbow Container Visits Sydney

Aug 10, 2023

Patrick Terminals unloaded one of Maersk’s rainbow containers at its Sydney AutoStrad on Wednesday.A.P. Moller - Maersk’s rainbow containers serve as symbols of the company’s stand on creating a culture where all employees, partners, and customers…

Swire Shipping Appoints SSA Terminals as Operator of Three US Terminals

Aug 02, 2023

Swire Shipping has appointed SSA Terminals as its container terminal operator for the ports of Seattle, Long Beach, and Oakland.The multi-year agreement complements Swire Shipping’s continued investment into the North American market, enhancing…

OCI Global and X-Press Feeders Sign Green Methanol Offtake Agreement

Aug 02, 2023

OCI Global will supply X-Press Feeders with OCI HyFuels green methanol for their newbuild methanol dual-fueled common feeder ships from 2024.The green methanol will be used to fuel X-Press Feeders’ upcoming dual-fuel vessels servicing European…

Container Rate Collapse Deepens as New Capacity Enters the Market

Jul 31, 2023

According to Xeneta’s Shipping Index (XSI), global long-term shipping rates sank to a two-year low in July, falling 9.5% since June, plummetting 57.8% since the same period in 2022. And just as rates hit a fresh low, the bad news for carriers…

Singapore Completes First Methanol Bunkering

Jul 27, 2023

Maersk and Hong Lam Marine have conducted the world’s first ship-to-container ship methanol bunkering operation of a Maersk’s container vessel at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore.This was also Singapore’s first methanol bunkering…

North Carolina Ports Takes Delivery of New Chassis

Jul 18, 2023

In preparation for the launch of SACP 3.0, the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NC Ports) has welcomed the arrival of Consolidated Chassis Management’s (CCM) new build container chassis.Scheduled to begin in October, SACP 3.0, the next…

New Unified Container Inspection & Repair Criteria Published

Jul 17, 2023

The Unified Container Inspection & Repair Criteria (UCIRC) has now been revised to include inspection criteria for container depots and other container handover facilities to address pest contamination on and in containers.  The first edition of the UCIRC…

ONE Launches LUX Service

Jul 13, 2023

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced a new weekly service: Latin-East-Coast Europe Express (LUX) connecting Europe and the Mediterranean to the East Coast of South America.The LUX represents ONE’s first dedicated service connecting Europe…

Volvo Cars Switches to Biofuels for Ocean Freight

Jul 05, 2023

Volvo Cars has announced that it is switching delivery of its production material to container ships using renewable biofuel.The company will use renewable fuel for inbound ocean container transport of production material destined for manufacturing plants based in Europe and the Americas…

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