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Tiedemann: New wave of containership orders likely
The outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic has basically put a brake on investments in the shipbuildin...
Containership orderbook drops below 10% threshold for the 1st time in 20 years
The global containership orderbook, seen as a percentage of the world fleet, has dropped to a histor...
BIMCO: Boxship demolition at 41-month high in July
Container shipping demolition has hit a 41-month high in July reaching 52.8 thousand TEU, thereby su...
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Container shipping: Defying the odds during the pandemic?
The massive consolidation drive in the container shipping market that dominated the narrative over t...
Cargo Volumes at Chinese Ports to Drop by 6 Mln TEU
Measures aimed at curbing coronavirus outbreak expected to cut cargo volumes at Chinese ports by ove...
Vessel Demand Rises as Boxships Queue for Scrubber Retrofits
More than 100 containerships aggregating 950,000 TEUs were in yards for scrubber retrofits last mont...
Alphaliner: Containership Fleet Capacity Hits 23 Mn TEU Mark
Delivery of two 23,000+ TEU units to MSC pushed the containership fleet to over 23 million TEUs. ...
Box Volumes to Continue Rising despite Ongoing Trade War
Global container throughput is still expected to grow, despite rising trade tensions and weaker glob...
Alphaliner: HMM to Add 34 Ships to THE Alliance's Network
The company would contribute 519,000 TEU in ships to the network, Alphaliner cited HMM’s earli...
Containership Giants to Continue Driving Fleet Growth
Alphaliner: Shipowners are interested in large (>10,000 TEU) and small (...
Alphaliner: 2019 Box Throughput Growth Projections Slashed
Alphaliner has reduced its global container throughput growth estimate for 2019 from 3.6% to 2.5%. ...
Faccin Wind Towers Division: a reliable partner for your wind energy project
Faccin Group created a Wind Towers Division within the company. Why? Eng. Andrea Comparin: “Ac...
Maritime Insurance Market Update, Q3 2020
‘Clients, advisors and insurers are in the same boat.’ Effective cooperation is necessary to keep ri...
Boxship Scrubber Retrofits to Surge Ahead of IMO 2020
Alphaliner: 16 containerships, ranging from 2,900 TEU to 18,000 TEU, are undergoing retrofit in the ...
Largest Container Ports Handle 4.9 Pct More Volumes in 2018
Alphaliner: The 120 largest container ports handled 4.9% more volumes in 2018. ...
Idle Panamax Fleet Shrinks as Demand Grows in Far East
Alphaliner: Rising demand for classic Panamax boxships led to a major drop in the number of idle uni...
It’s all about power flow
Integration of renewable energies on a ship – and in other island networks Interview with Jero...
Alphaliner: Scrubber Orders for Boxships Rise to 540 Units
Alphaliner: Nine months ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap, scrubber orders for containerships increased ...
Alphaliner: Carriers to Increase Asia-Europe Transit Times
Alphaliner: Carriers to stretch transit times on Asia – North Europe route as sailing speeds a...
Alphaliner: Capacity on Transpacific Route to Remain Flat
Shipping lines do not plan capacity increases on the Transpacific route. ...
“ETICA IP” ROV & USV a staunch green ally for the blue economy indystry & ocean sustainability
By Ioana Laura Grigore. Our concept of blue economy & ocean sustainability in offshore industry ...
Alphaliner: CMA CGM Debt Could Reach USD 15 Bn in 2019
Alphaliner: CMA CGM is expected to see its debt surge to USD 15 billion in 2019. ...
Alphaliner: Tariffs Intensify US Container Imbalance
Alphaliner: Imbalance of US container imports over exports worsened despite protectionist trade poli...
Megamaxes Continue to Be Favored by Ocean Carriers
Despite overcapacity woes, ocean carriers show no signs of ditching megamax containerships. ...
Short Sea Operators' Share on Intra-Far East Trade Drops
Alphaliner: Independent short-sea operators on the intra-Far East routes are losing market share to ...
North European Independent Short Sea Operators Struggle
Alphaliner: Main Line Operators grow share in Northern European short sea capacity, as independent o...
Alphaliner: 2018 a Year of Contrast for Boxship Market
Alphaliner: 2018 was a year of contrast for the containership market. ...
Transpacific Volumes to Soften despite China-US Truce
Alphaliner: Container cargo surge on the eastbound Transpacific route is set to recede in the coming...
COSCO’s OOIL Takeover Threatened by China-US Tensions?
Alphaliner: The proposed takeover of OOIL by COSCO could be hindered by worsening China-US trade tie...