The success of Maersk's ambitious end-to-end plan – which will see the company covering all aspects of a journey – depends on the development of the lucrative reefer market. That is where the focus must be, says the new head of Logistics and Services, Klaus Rud Sejling, to ShippingWatch.
A major global organization is normally able to point out its most important competitors at any given moment. Also looking ahead three to four years. But not Maersk. "We can't say," says management.
Iceland's biggest container shipping liner Eimskip has found its new CEO. He comes from the bank Íslandsbanki and replaces the former CEO, who will move on to lead the company's activities in the US and Canada.
Ocean Alliance could be in the process of surpassing Maersk and MSC's 2M Alliance on the Asia-Europe route, assesses SeaIntelligence.
Four port companies wants to enter a collaboration in one of the world's largest ports, Hong Kong. Now, the port's largest customer, Maersk, has sent a warning to the authorities who are evaluating whether competition is threatened.
As part of the tightening of rules for shipping high-risk cargoes following the tragic fire on Maersk Honam, Maersk will inspect randomly selected containers in several US ports. The new initiative will be a pilot program at first, Maersk tells ShippingWatch.
Maersk and its peers' efforts to create joint standards have hit a wall that slows down the process. But it has been decided that the new standardization initiative will be headquartered on "neutral ground," spokesman André Simha tells ShippingWatch. Amsterdam looks like a solid candidate.
The container cooperation Ocean Alliance is now being extended to 2027. The new agreement marks a milestone in alliance-member CMA CGM's strategy, says CEO Rodolphe Saadé.
Fewer orders for ultra-large container ships make Drewry project "a much brighter" development between supply and demand in the container market. But there are still too many ships, and a trade conflict put a damper on growth.
Maersk Honam will be towed to South Korea next month to be rebuilt after the fatal fire on board the ship in the spring of last year which cost several crew members their lives.
The Icelandic container carrier expects customer demand for having goods shipped to the UK will increase in the coming months ahead of the country's withdrawal from the EU. The liner company is implementing a Brexit surcharge in order to be able to keep up with the higher demand.
Part of the crew has returned to Hapag-Lloyd's container ship after firefighters have gotten control of a fire in a series of containers that broke out a week ago.
Maximilian Rothkopf will take over as new COO of Hapag-Lloyd when Anthony J. Firmin retires in late June.
The 2M alliance with Maersk and MSC now expands its cooperation with Israeli shipping line Zim to also include voyages to the US West Coast as well as the Mediterranean.
A storm has disturbed the cleanup of Dutch beaches on which 21 containers and debris have washed up the past week after container ship MSC Zoe lost large parts of its cargo on Jan. 2. See more pictures of the cleanup, in which civilians and the military participate, here.
MSC is set to close in on Maersk in a 2019 in which the Italian liner shipping company has significantly more newbuilds underway than competitors, shows new Alphaliner analysis. Cosco also continues its fleet growth with the second-largest orderbook.
Almost 50 percent of shippers do not choose the cheapest freight option when booking containers online, shows new Seaintelligence report. However, there is a limit to how much of a premium freighters can charge.
The crew on a Hapag-Lloyd ship that caught on fire last week has been evacuated over the weekend, as the fire has yet to be put out.
The container carrier has hired a company specializing in salvaging to coordinate the cleanup efforts following the loss of 270 containers in the North Sea. The cleanup will not be complete until the last container has been recovered, says MSC.
Wednesday, a container caught fire on a Hapag-Lloyd vessel, the flames spread to several other containers on the ship. Fire-fighting activities were launched immediately, and everyone on board are unharmed, writes the carrier in a press release.
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Lars Kastrup is appointed as new Chief Executive of the Singapore-based CMA CGM-owned container carrier APL.
Hazardous chemicals have washed ashore on a beach in the Netherlands after an MSC container ship lost 270 containers in a storm Wednesday. Dutch soldiers are aiding the clean up.
Scrappings and deletions of container vessels dropped to a seven-year low last year. The total fleet grew 5.7 percent, writes Alphaliner.
Things are looking better for the shipping lines in 2019, but a series of initiatives need to fall into place to improve the liners' earnings considerably, writes Alphaliner.
Maersk's container manufacturer MCI will shut down a factory in China, as the company will focus on reefer containers going forward. The shutdown will affect around 2,000 employees, or almost half of all MCI employees, Maersk tells ShippingWatch.
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