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Asia/Europe extra loaders start to stack up

13/01/21

The number of "Extra Loaders" slotting onto THE Alliance Asia/Europe FE4 service during the first quarter 2021, is on the increase with vessels in the 6-7,500 teu capacity frame.

Fewer blanked sailings over Chinese New Year 2021 than ever before

07/01/21

Container carriers are expected to provide more deepsea capacity out of Asia over the Chinese New Year holiday, beginning 12 February, than in any other year.

ONE to build world’s largest container ships

30/12/20

Network Express (ONE) has agreed with Shoei Kisen Kaisha for the 15-year long-term charter of six new Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS) with a capacity greater than 24,000TEUS each, the world's largest class ever.

THE Alliance/OCEAN Alliance to combine Mediterranean/ME/ISC service

23/12/20

THE Alliance lines (Hapag-Lloyd/Ocean Network Express) and OCEAN Alliance lines (CMA-CGM/COSCO) have confirmed service changes for the Mediterranean/Middle East & Indian sub-continent trades, effective from January.

THE Alliance confirms January sailing plan

23/12/20

THE Alliance lines (Hapag-Lloyd/Ocean Network Express/HMM/Yangming), have just confirmed the intended sailing plan for January

New drone footage shows ONE Apus loss could be worse than feared

21/12/20

New analysis of drone video footage of the ONE Apus container vessel, which suffered a dramatic stack collapse on 30 November in the Pacific, has revealed that as much as 4,500 teu could be lost or damaged.

CMA CGM tackles shortage of boxes and capacity on Asia-North Europe

16/12/20

CMA CGM has reassured North European shippers and forwarders it will inject new equipment and vessel capacity on its Asia-Europe services in an effort to clear the mounting backlog of unshipped cargo.

Equipment & capacity squeeze sees South China cargo bookings suspended

16/12/20

Shipping lines have announced the temporary suspension of cargo bookings into South China next month, blaming reduced capacity from local feeder operators.