Ocean carriers determined to hang onto containers as supply tightens

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The message from ocean carrier operations centres is to urgently evacuate as much equipment as ...

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News / Empty boxes will be stuck in all the wrong places for new year peak

Empty container shortages are expected following the delays and diversions in the Red Sea, which ...

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News / Fleet-heavy ocean carriers also stuck with too many containers

Not only do ocean carriers have too many ships, they also have too many containers ...

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News / Container glut won’t dent the financial appeal of shipper-owned boxes

Despite the glut of equipment and falling freight rates, shipper-owned containers (SOCs) may be more ...

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News / HMM creates digital system to track and move empty containers

South Korea’s flagship container carrier HMM has designed its own online system to locate and ...

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News / Ocean carriers 'boxed in' by 5m teu surplus equipment mountain

The return to ‘supply chain normalisation’ has led to the container liner industry being hobbled ...

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News / Decaying demand sees China's ports building empty container mountains

Amid a “very quiet” end-of-year shipping season, empty containers are piling up at Chinese ports. According ...

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News / Today on the transpacific: continued congestion and more blanked sailings

Container lines are making determined efforts to get boxes back into position and to return ...

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Ocean carriers determined to hang onto containers as supply tightens

Empty containers Headlines

News / Could this five-in-one collapsible container finally be the game-changer?

News / Shippers spooked by fear of box shortages amid carrier 'opportunism'

News / Empty boxes will be stuck in all the wrong places for new year peak

News / Fleet-heavy ocean carriers also stuck with too many containers

News / Container glut won’t dent the financial appeal of shipper-owned boxes

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News / HMM creates digital system to track and move empty containers

News / Ocean carriers 'boxed in' by 5m teu surplus equipment mountain

News / Decaying demand sees China's ports building empty container mountains

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Ocean carriers determined to hang onto containers as supply tightens

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News / Could this five-in-one collapsible container finally be the game-changer?

News / Shippers spooked by fear of box shortages amid carrier 'opportunism'

News / Empty boxes will be stuck in all the wrong places for new year peak

News / Fleet-heavy ocean carriers also stuck with too many containers

News / Container glut won’t dent the financial appeal of shipper-owned boxes

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News / HMM creates digital system to track and move empty containers

News / Ocean carriers 'boxed in' by 5m teu surplus equipment mountain

News / Decaying demand sees China's ports building empty container mountains

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News / Today on the transpacific: continued congestion and more blanked sailings

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News / White House calls for more scrutiny of alliances as west coast congestion eases

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