Containers

This page features all the latest news regarding container freight, including TEUs, iso containers, container standards and relevant issues.

Containers

November 16, 2018

Danaos restructures maturing loan obligations; profits up in Q3

Danaos Corp. presented improved Q3 2018 results on Thursday, amid a still "soft" container shipping market. Moreover, a recent restructuring of its loan portfolio also...

November 15, 2018

Maersk: Trade War Will Hit Container Shipping

Top U.S. importers are stocking up on Chinese goods before new import tariffs take effect, shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday, but warned a...

November 14, 2018

Global Ship Lease Announces New Charter at Increased Rate and Exercise of Extension Options

Global Ship Lease, a containership charter owner, today announced a new time charter with ANL, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMA CGM, for the 2003-built,...

November 13, 2018

Yang Ming Optimizing Fleet with 14,000 TEU Quartet

Yang Ming will introduce four 14,000 TEU chartered vessels to optimize its fleet in the improving market while returning seven higher-cost chartered vessels in 2019,...

November 12, 2018

Global Ship Lease Announces New Long-Term Charter Agreements

Global Ship Lease announced that Poseidon Containers, with which Global Ship Lease has entered a definitive merger agreement, has agreed five-year charters with CMA CGM...

November 9, 2018

Hapag-Lloyd optimistic for full year after raising 9-month EBIT

German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd expects an increase in transport volumes to last for the remainder of 2018 after volume growth and a modest recovery in...

November 7, 2018

Ship Finance: $400m Lease Financing for four container vessels

Ship Finance announced that it has entered into lease financing agreements totaling $400 million with an Asian-based institution to finance four 14,000 TEU container vessels...

November 6, 2018

Drewry: Staring into the void – opinion

The decision of Maersk Line and MSC to suspend the ULCV-deployed AE2 Asia-North Europe service in September resulted in higher utilization of ships. (more…)

November 6, 2018

Container Shipping Alliances Reduce Shipper Choice, Says ITF Amid EC Review

The EU should end the block exemption against forming consortia the liner shipping industry currently enjoys, says a new report from the OECD-funded International Transport...

November 2, 2018

A.P. Moller – Maersk first container shipping company to launch instant booking confirmation

With the introduction of instant booking confirmation, Maersk customers can now complete their bookings within seconds compared to previous waiting times of up to two...

November 1, 2018

Philly Shipyard Delivers Largest US-Built Container Vessel to Matson

Philly Shipyard, the sole operating subsidiary of Philly Shipyard ASA, delivered the first of two 3,600 TEU Aloha Class containerships that PSI is building for...

November 1, 2018

CMA CGM completes Containerships acquisition

CMA CGM has completed its acquisition of container transportation and logistics company Containerships. (more…)

October 31, 2018

Japan’s ‘big 3’ shipowners weighed down by ONE in H1

Container line joint venture Ocean Network Express (ONE) weighed down Japan’s big three shipowners in the first half of FY2018. (more…)

October 30, 2018

Global Ship Lease Announces Strategic Combination with Poseidon Containers

Global Ship Lease, Poseidon Containers Holdings LLC and K&T Marine LLC (together “Poseidon Containers”) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for...