Maersk tears up fleet ceiling
Maersk appears ready to tear up one of the defining tenets of its strategy this decade, abandoning its long-standing containership capacity ceiling as Vincent Clerc…
MSC reaches 500 secondhand acquisitions in six-year buying blitz
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has reached another extraordinary fleet milestone, taking its tally of secondhand containership acquisitions since August 2020 to 500 ships, according to…
Centrofin moves into boxships with Hengli pair
Greek owner Centrofin Management has been linked to its first containership newbuildings, with brokers placing the Dimitris Procopiou-led company behind a pair of 6,000 teu…
Hapag-Lloyd takes 25% stake in Maersk’s Rotterdam terminal
Hapag-Lloyd has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in APM Terminals Maasvlakte II in Rotterdam, securing long-term capacity at one of the key European hubs…
Russian fuel shortages reverse tanker trade flows
Russia is importing almost 270,000 tonnes of refined fuels from Asia this month, creating an extraordinary reversal in tanker trade flows as repeated Ukrainian strikes…
Hapag-Lloyd AG
Dangerous Goods are a vital part of global supply chains. But what makes Hapag-Lloyd the right partner for shipping them? With more than 55 years…
Container shipping urged to move fire prevention upstream
The container shipping industry needs to move fire prevention much further upstream, identifying dangerous cargo risks at booking rather than discovering them after a box…
COSCO takes 2026 boxship spending to $8bn with latest $3bn ha
COSCO Shipping Holdings has signed up for another 18 containerships worth RMB20.27bn ($2.99bn), taking its newbuilding commitments in the segment this year to 48 vessels…
Maersk lines up containership rotor sail pilot
Danish liner giant Maersk is taking wind-assisted propulsion into its containership fleet, signing up to install a 35 m rotor sail on one of its…
Maersk tipped to slide off liner
Maersk could slip from first to fourth in the global liner rankings within the space of just six years as CMA CGM and COSCO continue…
Bayraktar books boxship newbuilds in China
Turkish owner Bayraktar Shipping has stepped into the newbuilding market, with brokers linking the Istanbul-based company to two firm 1,800 teu feeder containerships in China…