Major carriers still on the hunt for tonnage to boost market share

Led by MSC and CMA CGM, ocean carriers are again scouring the charter and sales and purchase markets for tonnage to boost capacity and increase their market share. With demand prospects ...

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News / Box lines scramble to secure new containership orders

The containership orderbook ratio now stands at just over 4m teu, or 27% of the ...

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News / Shippers advised to give strike-hit port of Hamburg a miss

Workers in trade unions in the port of Hamburg began a strike over pay at ...

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News / TS Lines sells more box ships in fleet revamp ahead of newbuild deliveries

TS Lines has sold an older pair of panamax containerships to MSC as the Taiwanese ...

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News / Containership lay-ups continue to spike as demand slump rolls on

Ocean carriers have laid up nearly 50 containerships during the past month alone, as carryings ...

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News / MSC joins ship-scrapping spree, but overcapacity still a prospect

MSC is to scrap a containership for the first time in nearly four years, as ...

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News / Chinese car exporters turn to containers to plug car-carrier capacity gap

Insufficient pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) space is driving some Chinese car-makers to use ...

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News / Older smaller box ships may soon be forming a queue for the scrapyards

The return of freight rates to pre-pandemic levels means small containerships are becoming uneconomic on ...

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News / MSC looks to add more 8,000 teu utility vessels as its fleet ambitions grow

MSC’s fleet ambitions could be enhanced, following reports that the world’s largest ocean carrier is ...

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News / Liner sector slump may bottom out soon, but carriers must carry on blanking

Container markets are experiencing a steep correction, but one analyst has suggested that the bottom ...

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News / Charterers take back market control as containership hire rates collapse

The containership charter market bubble appears to have burst, according to MSI’s Horizon report for September. “Container ...

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Major carriers still on the hunt for tonnage to boost market share

VesselsValue Headlines

News / Box lines scramble to secure new containership orders

News / Shippers advised to give strike-hit port of Hamburg a miss

News / TS Lines sells more box ships in fleet revamp ahead of newbuild deliveries

News / Containership lay-ups continue to spike as demand slump rolls on

News / MSC joins ship-scrapping spree, but overcapacity still a prospect

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Chinese car exporters turn to containers to plug car-carrier capacity gap

News / Older smaller box ships may soon be forming a queue for the scrapyards

News / MSC looks to add more 8,000 teu utility vessels as its fleet ambitions grow

News / Liner sector slump may bottom out soon, but carriers must carry on blanking

News / Charterers take back market control as containership hire rates collapse

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News / Allseas hits back at vessel arrest claims as it renegotiates charter rates

Comment / Critical period for logistics in Europe as dock strikes pile on the pressure

News / Zim to hand back transpacific workhorse as carriers review expensive charters

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Major carriers still on the hunt for tonnage to boost market share

VesselsValue Headlines

News / Box lines scramble to secure new containership orders

News / Shippers advised to give strike-hit port of Hamburg a miss

News / TS Lines sells more box ships in fleet revamp ahead of newbuild deliveries

News / Containership lay-ups continue to spike as demand slump rolls on

News / MSC joins ship-scrapping spree, but overcapacity still a prospect

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Chinese car exporters turn to containers to plug car-carrier capacity gap

News / Older smaller box ships may soon be forming a queue for the scrapyards

News / MSC looks to add more 8,000 teu utility vessels as its fleet ambitions grow

News / Liner sector slump may bottom out soon, but carriers must carry on blanking

News / Charterers take back market control as containership hire rates collapse

Most read news

News / Allseas hits back at vessel arrest claims as it renegotiates charter rates

Comment / Critical period for logistics in Europe as dock strikes pile on the pressure

News / Zim to hand back transpacific workhorse as carriers review expensive charters

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