China debuts express container route to Germany
The first containership in a new express service between China’s Ningbo port and Germany arrived at the terminal in Wilhelmshaven as part of an effort to build China’s maritime
Global liner alliances scale back
Midnight tonight sees liner shipping go through its largest reshuffle in a decade as companies jump ship from existing alliances on the main east-west trades. THE Alliance will bec
Alliance reshuffle to worsen box ship shortage as carriers seek ‘buffers’
Forget being the Year of the Snake, 2025 will be “the year of the first major alliance-free carrier”. The combined capacity of the liners controlling more than 1% of the global
Maersk and MSC spark freight rate war on Asia-Europe trades
Deepsea container carriers, led by Maersk and MSC, have started cutting Asia-Europe rates in the hope of filling their ships during the usual post-Chinese New Year lull. On Friday,
Cape of Good Hope detours to continue until August
The impending network changes made by the big container lines look set to ensure continuation of services around the Cape of Good Hope until the latter half of 2025. CEO and partne
