Nervousness over major US port strike increases
With the likelihood of US east coast ports being paralysed by a strike from 16 January, Hapag-Lloyd announced an extra surcharge and Maersk appealed to US customers.
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Year 2024 enters top 3 most profitable years for container shipping companies
2024 is fast becoming the third most profitable year in the history of container liner shipping, French shipping data firm Alphaliner has provided insight with a pictorial bar chart.
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Teeming container ports ahead of holidays
Container ports in both China and northern Europe are experiencing sharply increased congestion and serious delays ahead of the holiday season. This is what data analyst Linerlytica notes in its Global Port Congestion Watch.
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Container giant HMM en route to Rotterdam after collision
In the Strait of Gibraltar on Tuesday, the container ship 'HMM St Petersburg' of the South Korean shipping company HMM, a giant of 24,000 teu, collided with the Greek oil tanker 'Gloria Maris'. The accident happened off the Spanish port of Algeciras.
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MSC opts for windshields to save fuel
After ONE and CMA CGM, MSC has now also decided to have large wind screens installed on the bow of new ships.
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Busiest week of 2024 in Suez Canal, as much as 8 billion noose
The Suez Canal experienced its busiest week of the year in terms of container ships last week, reports French shipping data agency Alphaliner. The shipping link, which saw traffic slump this year due to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, welcomed 54 container ships in seven days.
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Container Rates Index
The American digital platform New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) will introduce a number of new freight rate indexes next year. It does this in collaboration with the financial services provider Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), known as the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, among others.
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Delays
Delayed ships in international container liner shipping arrived at their ports of destination an average of 5.67 days late last September, latest statistics show. This means customers had to be historically patient to get their goods in. Delays were even worse in corona years 2021-2022, but influenced by the Red Sea crisis, they are now running high again.
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Import containers
Import containers from the Far East and Oceania can only be released at the port of Rotterdam from 3 February next year through the so-called chain of trust of some 2,000 authorised shippers, forwarders and carriers.
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Renewed Houthi Attacks on Ships
The Houthis from Yemen have resumed attacks on cargo ships for the first time in nearly three weeks. Meanwhile, American newspapers are reporting possible Russian involvement in these Houthi attacks.
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