Yantian Limits Export Boxes as Chinese Ports Struggle with Congestion
China ports are continuing to struggle with the pressures on the supply chain with the challenges being compounded both by the rush to get goods shipped before the Lunar New Year holiday and the growing number of cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Four of China’s largest port regions have all reported cases […]
China to Build World’s Largest LNG Dual-Fuel Car Carriers
China State Shipbuilding Corporation received an order to build two of the world’s largest dual-fuel car carriers. Designed and developed by the Shanghai Ship Research and Design Institute, they report that the vessels will be versatile, incorporating new technologies and designs to maximize efficiency and meet future environmental considerations. The two vessels, which will each […]
Container port congestion worsening at start of 2022: Sea-Intel
What were described as “seemingly interminable queues around the world” have taken out 11% of global containership capacity across 2021 while volumes grew at 7%. In normal times around 2% of containership capacity is tied up in waiting at ports. Using data from South Korean line HMM a slight improvement could be seen between October […]
MSC Recognized as World’s Largest Container Line Surpassing Maersk
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) started the new year recognized as the world’s largest containership company by capacity. Data analysts and consultancy Alphaliner updated its ranking of the Top 100 and for the first time reflects MSC in the lead position ahead of Maersk by just 1,888 TEU, a small fraction of its nearly 4.3 million […]
Suez Canal Authority Reports Record $6.3B in Revenues in 2021
The Suez Canal Authority reported record results for the number of transits of ships and revenues in 2021 saying that the operations were exceeding the overall growth rate for the shipping industry. Citing the success of its marketing and flexible approach to working with the industry, the SCA said it had achieved its best year […]
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The Port of Rotterdam has received its 15 millionth TEU container for 2021 on December 22, making it the first European port and the first port outside Asia to reach that level of volume. The port had been steadily progressing toward the level, reaching 14.8 million TEU in 2019, before the pandemic interrupted growth resulting […]
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A Norwegian project to develop a new generation of zero-emission bulk cargo ships is proceeding with the finalization of elements of the design and awarding of an Approval in Principle from DNV. The classification society reviewed the designs for a modularized bulk cargo ship propulsion system fueled with alkaline fuel cells and green ammonia. According […]
China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port is to increase handling charges for loading and unloading by 10% starting from 1 January 2022
The charge adjustments will apply to foreign trade import and export 20-foot and 40-foot loaded and empty containers. Handling charges are set by the port independently based on its operations and do not require approval from the authorities.. The port cited higher operation costs, labour costs, infrastructure construction and upgrading expenses, and the cost of efforts made to […]
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Analysts have been forecasting since the spring that MSC was on track to become the world’s largest container carrier surpassing MSC. It apparently happened this week as MSC continued to take delivery of recently acquired secondhand tonnage as well as the completion of newbuilds that will be operated by the carrier. MSC either moved ahead […]
Evergreen splashes out on 24,000TEU ships and more containers
Taiwanese liner operator Evergreen Marine Corporation has extended its spree on newbuildings and containers, as its profit continues to climb amid firming freight rates.On 5th of November, Evergreen unveiled orders for a pair of 24,000TEU ships from Jiangnan Shipyard.Priced between US$140 million to US$160 million each, the newbuildings are expected to be delivered from 2024 […]
