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Podcast | The Ups and Downs of the Global Shipping Industry

November 9, 2018

For the ocean shipping business today, it’s tough enough navigating the rough waters caused by economic cycles. But do carriers sometimes make their own waves?

Hapag-Lloyd Adds 3,000 Reefer Containers to Fleet

February 16, 2016

Carrier Transicold

Hapag-Lloyd AG has added 3,000 refrigerated containers to its fleet.

CargoSmart Adds Features to Big Schedules Search Engine

January 27, 2016

CargoSmart Limited

CargoSmart Limited, a provider of global shipment-management software, has added features to Big Schedules, its sailing-schedule search engine.

CMA CGM Agrees to Acquire NOL in All-Cash Offer

December 10, 2015

CMA CGM

CMA CGM has made an all-cash offer to acquire Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL).

Container Rates Continue to Experience Volatility, Especially on Shanghai Routes

May 28, 2015

Drewry

The volatility of global spot freight rates since the start of 2015 has continued to increase in comparison to 2014, according to rate assessments on 11 routes gathered by the World Container Index (WCI). Price turbulence on the globally important Asia-to-Europe routes has been particularly high in 2015 with monthly volatility increasing 43 percent on average in comparison to 2014.

Growth Rates of Past 30 Years Said Not Likely to Continue at European Container Ports

February 10, 2015

Maritime Executive

European container ports are unlikely to be able to maintain the strong growth rates of the past three decades, Fitch Ratings says.

Dependability Questioned as Container Vessels Continue Trend to Arrive Late

January 19, 2015

Drewry

Containership reliability declined for the second month in a row in December, according to Drewry's enhanced Carrier Performance Insight.

CMA CGM Acquires OPDR; Enhances ASEA Service

December 12, 2014

CMA CGM

The liner shipping company CMA CGM Group has acquired Germany-based OPDR.

Crowley Inks Joint Venture with Ghana’s IbisTek

December 11, 2014

Crowley Maritime Corp.

Crowley Maritime Corp. has formed a joint venture with IbisTek, LLC, based in the West African nation of Ghana.

Shipping Lines Rewriting Contracts to Protect Against Problems Caused by Ebola

November 10, 2014

Maritime Executive

As Ebola persists in West Africa, shipping lines and traders are tweaking their contracts to protect themselves if the disease puts crews at risk of infection or prevents vessels calling at affected ports.