Maersk ships fleeing the Panama Canal
The Danish carrier is relying on rail, modifying its OC1 service, to overcome canal transit restrictions
Red Sea, freight rates up short-term
According to Sea Int. the situation will be back to normal after the Chinese New Year celebrations
CMA CGM, new Panama surcharges
The carrier is charging $150 more per TEU on the Canal route due to draft restrictions.
Far East-Europe has the largest ships
However, the size of vessels on this trade lane has increased by just 6% in 5 years, to 15,000 TEUs
Ignazio Messina, full-container ships
The company took delivery of the 'Northern Promotion', renamed 'Jolly Argento', in Busan today
MSC orders ten more dual-fuel LNG ships
MSC has been back to the Chinese Zhoushan Changhong shipyard for ten 10,300 TEU vessels
Secondhand ship market booming
Alphaliner: 185 boxships, totaling 600,000 TEUs, were bought & sold in the first half of the year
Drewry, spot rates down again this week
The Drewry World Container Index fell 2.7 % to $1,494.46 /FEU on the week before
All quiet on the box front?
Freight rates now seem to have stopped falling. Is a fresh start in sight? , Giorgio Poggio urges caution