Surplus tonnage cascading a threat to smaller box ships

Ocean carriers are busy cascading bigger ships on to secondary trades in order to absorb some of their surplus tonnage as they prepare to receive more ultra-large tonnage from the ...

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News / The Red Sea crisis and its impact on containership deployment

The impact of the Red Sea crisis on containership deployment trends – after a wave ...

Cape of Good Hope Clarksons Houthis Red Sea Crisis The cascade effect

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News / The future of box shipping: less vessel cascading and fewer liner alliances?

Vessel cascading has been an ever-present feature of container shipping since liner executives first understood ...

Big ships Drewry Shipping alliances The cascade effect ULCVs

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News / Capacity cuts and trade war combine to increase container tonnage laying idle

A perfect storm of radical capacity cuts by carriers and US president Donald Trump’s threat ...

2M Calculating Capacity Charter parties Idle tonnage The cascade effect

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News / Capacity to handle bigger box ships will give port of Melbourne a boost

Australian container supply chains could be set to change after the first call of an ...

ANL Asia-Australia Cosco ICTSI OOCL Port of Melbourne The cascade effect

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News / Cascading of bigger box ships brings headaches for vessel planners

Some 30 ships with an average capacity of 11,700 teu will be replaced by larger newbuild ...

2M Asia-Europe Asia-Mediterranean ClipperMaritime Ocean Alliance Ocean Network Express THE Alliance The cascade effect Transpacific

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News / Capacity increases may put transpacific container rates under more pressure

As shippers and carriers on the transpacific prepare for the annual contract negotiating season – ...

2M APL Customer-carrier relations Ocean Alliance SM Line THE Alliance The cascade effect Transpacific Trade

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News / More carriers may pressure shipyards to postpone newbuild box ship deliveries

More carriers may join Cosco and Yang Ming in exerting pressure on Asian shipyards to ...

2M Calculating Capacity ClipperMaritime CMA CGM Cosco Shipping Holdings THE Alliance The cascade effect The ULCV knock-on effect

Jan 23, 2018• Comments•

News / Big is beautiful when it comes to containerships, a myth says ocean freight industry

Ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) are neither beautiful or desirable, and even their green credentials are ...

Antwerp GSF The cascade effect The ULCV knock-on effect

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News / Intra-Asia – richer pickings for carriers, or another potential victim of bigger ships?

Embattled ocean carriers, struggling to turn a profit on the Asia-Europe and transpacific tradelanes, are ...

Intra-Asia The cascade effect

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Surplus tonnage cascading a threat to smaller box ships

The cascade effect Headlines

News / The Red Sea crisis and its impact on containership deployment

News / The future of box shipping: less vessel cascading and fewer liner alliances?

News / Capacity cuts and trade war combine to increase container tonnage laying idle

News / Capacity to handle bigger box ships will give port of Melbourne a boost

News / Cascading of bigger box ships brings headaches for vessel planners

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Capacity increases may put transpacific container rates under more pressure

News / More carriers may pressure shipyards to postpone newbuild box ship deliveries

News / Big is beautiful when it comes to containerships, a myth says ocean freight industry

News / Intra-Asia – richer pickings for carriers, or another potential victim of bigger ships?

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