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The container shipping industry’s return to the Suez Canal could weaken time-charter markets and eventually place additional pressure on freight rates as carriers absorb capacity released from longer Cape of Good Hope routings, BIMCO Chief Shipping Analyst Niels Rasmussen said.
Container ship capacity transiting the canal averaged 753,000 TEUs per week during the first two weeks of October, exceeding 50 percent of pre-Red Sea disruption levels for the first time since ...
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The Suez experiment is approaching its litmus test.
After more than two years of trial voyages, security assessments and cautious rerouting, container lines are beginning to move entire service strings back through the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
The latest shift comes from the Gemini Cooperation, where Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are returning ...
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Major container shipping lines are imposing emergency surcharges, restricting bookings and rerouting vessels as Iran’s threat to disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz sends shockwaves through global energy and shipping markets.
The narrow waterway between Iran and Oman is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, serving as the ...
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Global container shipping in 2026 is facing worsening overcapacity and sharply reduced profitability, according to a new report from Drewry, the London-based maritime research and consultant.
Drewry’s latest analysis, Container Shipping Financial Health Check 2026, warns that weakening carrier finances and continued fleet expansion will reshape market conditions for North American ...
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MSC Verona, an LNG-powered 16,000 twenty-foot equivalent-unit, or TEU, container ship, on March 24 became the largest cargo ship to ever visit the Port of Boston’s Conely Container Terminal.
MSC Verona is 1,200 feet long – the length of four football fields – and 167 feet wide. Massport said the vessel’s ...
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Atlas Air Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., said it has taken delivery of a Boeing 777 Freighter, which it will operate on behalf of customer MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA, as part of a previously announced long-term ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance, insurance) agreement.
This is the third ...
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MSC has revised the rotation of its Sentosa service.The service will now include port calls at Port Klang, Singapore and Busan, as well as reinstating its India connections, providing MSC customers with improved interconnectivity and transit times between Southeast Asia, China and the U.S. West Coast.The new rotation of the ...
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MSC has chosen Port Everglades for its Santana Service, which connects Southeast Asia to Port Everglades as the first U.S. stop on the around-the-world route.MSC cited these qualities for selecting Port Everglades as its South Florida port of call:• Service Reliability: fast berthing supports vessel schedule reliability.• Fluid Terminal Operations: ...
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MSC and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) have announced the signing of a five-year Impact Partnership agreement.This agreement sees MSC, the world’s largest shipping line combine forces and industry expertise with GCMD. GCMD, strategically located in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub and second largest container port, aims ...
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GT USA Wilmington (GTW) has welcomed the m/v MSC CAPUCINE R to the Port of Wilmington for its maiden call of the winter fruit season.The m/v MSC CAPUCINE R is a container vessel, built in 200. She is 243.1 meters in length and 32.2 meters wide, with a carrying capacity ...
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