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Shadows of a Ukrainian sniper team during the summer of 2022. | Foto: Privatfoto

Luke has left his shipping job to defend Ukraine as a soldier at the frontline

For Luke, there was no alternative to fight in the war against Russia. ”I miss my colleagues, my job, my friends, my everyday life,” he says.
  • Dry cargo operator running on back-up power: "The noise of generators is heard all over Odesa"
  • Ukrainian dry cargo director: "Grain corridor has had an immensely positive effect"

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Photo: John Thys

Prosecutor dismisses case against electrician on Maersk ship

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Foto: Hapag-lloyd

Pressure on global supply chains keeps falling

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Vincent Clerc assumed the chief executive position of Maersk on Jan. 1, 2023, replacing Søren Skou. | Foto: Maersk

Vincent Clerc dismisses criticism of Maersk's sizeable leadership team

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Lars Jensen, shipping analyst and founder of consultancy Vespucci Maritime, will from now on deliver opinion pieces to ShippingWatch twice a month. | Foto: Magnus Møller

Opinion: Collapsed rates are only a partial truth of the new normal

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Foto: Jens Dresling/Ritzau Scanpix

ShippingWatch closed Friday due to national holiday

  • Vincent Clerc took over as CEO of Maersk at the beginning of the year as Søren Skou resigned from the position.. | Foto: Kenneth Meyer

    Clerc recognizes strain on employees during crucial phase for Maersk

    Already by June 1, Maersk must finish its major reorganization to ensure that its many land-based acquisitions cooperate and deliver as promised.

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  • Foto: Thomas Emil Sørensen/Jyllands-Posten/Ritzau Scanpix

    Former Maersk exec appointed chairman of Scan Global Logistics

    Nils Smedegaard Andersen has previously served as CEO of Danish business giants Maersk and Carlsberg and now becomes the chair of Scan Global Logistics.

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  • Foto: Osm Maritime

    Norwegian merger finally receives approval

    Competition authorities have greenlit the merger of two ship management companies. These will now become OSM Thome, one of the largest companies in its segment.

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  • Foto: Magnus Møller

    Opinion: Carriers are preparing for looming overcapacity

    Capacity on the container market will increase by 10 percent in 2023 and 2024, but carriers may already have come up with a way to – partly – deal with the high number of new ships.

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  • Marvin Ibo G'ng'r/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Media: Deutsche Bahn lines up financial investors in DB Schenker sale

    The German railroad major keeps options open for a potential sale of the subsidiary, reads an internal letter.

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  • Foto: Toby Melville/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Maersk expands in Bangladesh with prospects of increased export

    In one year’s time, the shipping and logistics group will open the doors of its new warehouse at over 200,000 square meters in the city of Chattogram.
  • A footwear company and a furniture manufacturer are among those companies seeking compensation after a Maersk ship dropped boxes into the sea. | Foto: Toby Melville/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Maersk has settled with several customers after losing 750 boxes at sea

    Shipping liner Maersk expects to settle on most demands from customers in the near future. The many claims that followed the incident have been gathered into one large case in the US.

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  • Foto: Db Schenker

    DHL chief on DB Schenker sale: Equipped to take on larger acquisitions

    Logistics operator DB Schenker would be a ”very big purchase” for Deutsche Post, says chief of Deutsche Post’s freight business DHL Global Forwarding according to Reuters.

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  • ”We see many of the spot rates, especially on the east-west trades and Asian export trades, that are below costs," says Hapag-Lloyd's CEO, Rolf Habben Jansen. | Foto: Hapag-lloyd

    Habben Jansen hopes Christmas trade can give carriers a needed lift

    Hapag-Lloyd’s CEO puts his faith in the need among companies to fill up their inventories ahead of Christmas trade in the second half of 2023.

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  • Carriers use the money made at sea liable to favorable tax schemes as a way of outmaneuvering fowarders on land, Clecat maintains. | Foto: Michael Macor/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    CMA CGM's acquisition met with crass critique from logistics lobby

    The major acquisition of Bolloré Logistics only proved feasible on account of carriers’ favorable taxation terms, says European industry association.
  • CMA CGM is owned by the French Saadé familiy, headed by Rodolphe Saadé. | Foto: Thibault Camus/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    CMA CGM overtakes Maersk with major logistics acquisition

    With the purchase of Bolloré Logistics, CMA CGM could soon outgrow Maersk within logistics. The Danish rival is unlikely to react, though, say analysts.

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  • Foto: Jon Nazca/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Maersk vessels were once again most reliable

    The Danish shipping group was followed by competitor MSC in second place and Maersk subsidiary Hamburg Süd in third.

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  • Analytics firm Linerlytica does not name the carriers that are cutting prices. | Foto: Marcus Brandt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Carriers are breaking from industry discipline and dumping prices

    Some container liners have lowered prices aggressively even though the industry as a whole has tried to keep rates afloat.

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  • Danish company Bang & Olufsen expects large savings on sea freight. | Foto: Reuters Staff/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Companies save big on sea freight after expensive years during pandemic

    It’s become much cheaper for businesses to transport goods via sea. ”We expect considerable, double-digit savings,” says B&O.

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  • Foto: Stephane Mahe/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    CMA CGM could join leading logistics ranks after accepted bid on Bolloré

    Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics operations could soon be in CMA CGM’s hands.

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  • Foto: Jon Nazca/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

    Maersk concerned about wave of new ships: "We are not in control of that"

    The shipping major is extra aware of its fleet at a time where capacity and demand for container freight don’t go hand in hand. Ships will be removed, expects CEO.

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  • Foto: Marcus Brandt/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Maersk downsizes bonus to employees despite breaking profit record

    Workers will receive a smaller bonus than last time despite Maersk landing the biggest profit of any Danish company ever in 2022.

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  • "Unfortunately, the logistics activities are not yet of a suitable size," says senior analyst at Sydbank Mikkel Emil Jensen, regarding Maersk's logistics strategy. | Foto: Pr / A.p. Møller - Mærsk

    2023 will be an acid test for Maersk's logistics strategy

    Collapsing spot rates hit Maersk right in the ford between being a traditional box carrier and a logistics company. Q1 will show if Maersk’s strategy is up to snuff, analysts say.

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  • Foto: Pr/dsv

    DSV on low carrier taxes: "We wouldn't object to having similar terms"

    Container carriers are buying into logistics based on more or less tax-free record profits. Freight forwarding major DSV supports equal competition on the logistics market, says COO.

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  • Bottlenecks arose outside US ports during the pandemic. At the same time, freight prices increased strongly. This has led to political criticism of carriers. | Foto: Damiian Dovarganes/AP/Ritzau Scanpix

    Carriers respond to new political attack: Accusations are based on a "false premise"

    US legislators are fundamentally wrong when they insinuate that carriers are collaborating on deciding freight prices, states lobby organization.

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