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The latest Container Shipping News & Analysis
Liners' potential 'golden age' for profits may be shortlived
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Container shipping is on the dawn of a “new golden age” of profitability driven by the mergers and acquisition “frenzy” of the past two years.
Container lines
Zim restructures services on key trades
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Zim Integrated Shipping Services on Monday announced a restructuring of services on its key liner routes that will take effect next April.
Container lines
Maersk scrapping eight Panamax ships
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Maersk Line is scrapping eight Panamax container ships and said it expects to demolish a larger number of vessels in the future than in previous year.
Container lines
Trans-Pacific spot rates reverse weeks of decline with surge
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Surging trans-Pacific spot rates put the squeeze on US importers moving goods ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations in Asia.
Container lines
Asia-Europe spot rates steady as peak season ebbs
JOC Staff |
Asia-Europe spot rates showed some slight weakness but kept to levels ocean carriers sought through the Dec. 1 rate hike push.
Container lines
Danaos sinks into the red on Hanjin writeoff
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Danaos, the Greek container shipowner, crashed to a net loss in the third quarter as the collapse of Hanjin Shipping shrank charter revenue.
Container lines
Contract rates forecast to rise in 2017 for first time since 2010
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific contract rates are set to rise through 2017.
Container lines
Battle for US trades is on after THE Alliance gets regulatory OK
JOC Staff |
The fight between the three major shipping alliances on US trades officially starts in April.
Container lines
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Hanjin creditors push for payment as liquidation looms
Hugh R. Morley, Senior Editor |
US logistics are jockeying in court to ensure they get paid for services provided to Hanjin Shipping in the wake of an auditor’s report that the carrier has little value and is likely headed for liquidation.
Container lines
$1 billion investment aids Florida ports in grabbing Asia import share
Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
It’s not clear just how much of an impact $1 billion in investment had on the top Florida ports gaining a larger share of Asia imports, but the gains are real.
Container lines
HMM to pay heavy price for 2M deal, analyst says
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
HMM failed to gain membership of the 2M Alliance, but the slot-sharing deal it signed up to will see the Korean carrier paying a heavy price.
Container lines
New entrants could derail Maersk’s rosy view of capacity
Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor |
Hints that capacity might tighten at the top global operators, but not at those that want to be among them, come as other industry analysts warn that the gap between supply and demand will widen.
Container lines
Maersk eyes FedEx, UPS style future
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Maersk “will be like one company” offering container shipping, logistics, and port services.
Container lines
IRISL mega-ship order highlights its path from regional to global player
JOC Staff |
The Iranian container line is ramping up to meet growing international container trade.
Container lines
Rickmers Maritime to scrap youngest container ship ever
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Rickmers Maritime Trust confirmed it is selling the youngest ship ever for scrap.
Container lines
No 2M for HMM as slot deal signed with Maersk, MSC
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
Hyundai to enter slot-sharing deal with Maersk and MSC, but it will be no 2M Alliance membership.
Container lines
Trans-Pacific spot market enters winter lull
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific edged lower this week, but another modest spike in freight rates is anticipated later this month.
Container lines
Rickmers Maritime to try again to gain restructuring support
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The trustee-manager canceled a Nov. 9 vote on restructuring a bond because there were insufficient bondholders to form a quorum.
Container lines
Focus on container flow, not cost-cutting, to heal ailing industry
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
Container lines and shippers can fix what some consider to be a broken industry if they concentrate more on accelerating the flow of data and cargo and less on freight rates and cost-cutting measures.
Marine terminals
Container lines
Steady rise in Asia-Europe spot rates that pass $1,000 mark
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
Rising spot rates as 2016 winds down will not be enough to lift carrier margins back into profitability, but the upwards trend will be a welcome relief after a year to forget.
Container lines
Miami terminals seek alliance to jointly cooperate with container lines
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
US regulators are reviewing a proposed agreement between two marine terminal operators at the Port of Miami that would allow the terminals to jointly negotiate terms and conditions with container lines — a first for the United States.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Container lines
Pork powers Brazil meat export growth
Rob Ward, Brazil Special Correspondent |
As the Brazilian currency, the real, has weakened, international demand for Brazilian meat has surged, with pork being the biggest beneficiary.
Container lines
Maersk, Evergreen seek Russian antitrust settlement
Eugene Gerden, Russia Special Correspondent |
Global container lines found guilty of cartel practices in the Russian market are seeking a settlement with Russian authorities in an attempt to avoid multi-million dollar fines.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Container lines
US shipper, trucker petition could trigger detention and demurrage relief
JOC Staff |
A broad range of US shippers, truckers, and transportation intermediaries are asking federal maritime regulators to consider creating a rule to prevent marine terminals and container lines from charging demurrage and detention fees.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Container lines
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North American ports
Marine terminals
Container line mergers could force clean break from chassis control
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Consolidation of container lines could spur them to finally make a clean break from control of intermodal chassis.
Container lines
Drayage
Marine terminals
THE Alliance teams with Zim on trans-Atlantic service
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The members of THE Alliance on Wednesday announced a revamped Mediterranean-East Coast North America service via a link with Israeli ocean carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Service.
Container lines
APL drops GRIs for rate format agreed with EU
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
APL will drop its regular general rate increases and adopt the inclusive rate format that was agreed with the EU Commission in July by a host of carriers to resolve a long-running anti-trust probe.
Container lines
Rapid China-New Zealand trade growth spurs wider liner coverage
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
APL has expanded its China-New Zealand network as trade between the two countries almost tripled in the past decade.
Container lines
THE Alliance strips joint-contracting language from VSA
JOC Staff |
The original language would have expanded the antitrust immunity of container shipping alliances.
Container lines
India makes headway on abolishing shipping surcharges
India Special Correspondent |
Indian shippers who have been reeling from unpredictable demand may have some cost relief on the way after the Directorate General of Shipping and stakeholders moved a step closer to reaching an agreement over abolition of shipping surcharges.
Container lines
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
Higher operating costs to increase pressure on liners
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Higher costs for operating ships will only increase the financial pressure on container lines already struggling to keep their heads above red ink.
Container lines
Idle container ship fleet rockets on Hanjin collapse
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
The idle container shipping fleet has soared to 1.7 million twenty-foot-equivalent units this year.
Container lines
US shippers resisting major trans-Pacific contract rate hikes
Bill Mongelluzzo and Mark Szakonyi |
Unless something changes dramatically, container lines risk a repeat of the brutal 2015 to 2016 contracting season; deepening industry losses are set to approach $10 billion this year alone.
Container lines
Eastbound trans-Pacific spot rate slide belies strength
JOC Staff |
Eastbound trans-Pacific spot rates are sliding on the wind down of the peak season.
Container lines
Liners pushing for lower port fees face potential blowback
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Container shipping lines are “playing poker” with ports as their push for lower handling charges puts future terminal investments at risk, Drewry Shipping Consultants said.
Marine terminals
Container lines
Maersk sees Brazil container trade recovery on horizon
Rob Ward, Brazil Special Correspondent |
Maersk Line thinks Brazil’s shipping industry is in store for some Christmas cheer.
Container lines
Asia-Europe rates shoot up after stable November
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
Spot rates on the Asia-Europe trade have taken a sharp turn upwards, rising by 20 percent over the previous week.
Container lines
THE Alliance creates emergency fund in event of Hanjin scenario
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
As shippers scrutinize carriers’ financial stability ahead of the 2016 to 2017 bidding season, the safeguards could provide those that deal with the THE Alliance some reassurances — and give alliance members a contracting edge.
Container lines
Maersk Line snaps up Hamburg Süd
Bruce Barnard |
Maersk Line ended weeks of speculation with an announcement that it had reached an agreement to buy Hamburg Süd.
Container lines
Credit agency: Maersk will acquire rival liner in 2017
Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Fitch Ratings said Wednesday it expects Maersk Line to fulfill a long-anticipated takeover of a rival.
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