Feeder ships in demand

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The order book for smaller ships that can be used in the feeder trades and in intra-regional markets is picking up. An estimated 40 ships in...

Carriers facing a financial crunch

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First-half financial results posted by many liner shipping companies make for grim reading, with profit warnings and downgrades for the rema...

DP World buys Unifeeder

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DP World is spending close to US$765M to buy Europe’s biggest common-user feeder operator, Unifeeder. Subject to regulatory approval, the ...

Oz cabotage reform progress

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The Coastal Shipping (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Amendment Bill 2017, which would reform some aspects of Australia’s cabotage regim...

Box leasing confidence

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Ratings analysts from Standard and Poor’s (S&P) recently gave the container leasing industry a vote of confidence when assigning a prelimi...

Lines order 25,000 reefers

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This month, two shipping lines have announced orders for a total of 25,000 new reefer containers....

Reefer stack patent bid

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Carrier Corp US has applied for a patent on a “method of stacking refrigerated shipping containers”. The application discloses a system ...

Poland looks to inland waterways

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The Port of Gdansk and the Polish Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation have agreed to conduct a feasibility study for the Vist...

Retrospective deal for PRS in Tacoma

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The Port of Tacoma has found itself needing to retrospectively approve authority for Pacific Rail Services (PRS) to operate its South Interm...

Tarragona intermodal terminal

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The port of Tarragona in Spain will shortly begin work on its future Puerto Centro Intermodal Terminal....

Driving value from digitalisation

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Reefer machinery and systems can generate vast amounts of data, but the industry is still coming to terms with how to use that information t...

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