Container ship transits of the Panama Canal have seen something of a renaissance as other vessel types avoid the waterway.

Middle East hostilities and decisions by many owners to re-route ships around the Cape of Good Hope is shoring up markets and keeping freight rates above expectations, which does not equate to good news for ship recycling markets.

CMA CGM China has introduced four new rail services in northern China increasing intermodal connections.

Maersk has named its first large methanol-fuelled containership at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.

THE Alliance is suspending its Asia – Red Sea 1 Service due to the threat to safety of its vessels and crew.

A consortium of Japanese companies has signed contracts to build the world’ first ammonia-fuelled medium gas carrier with Japanese engines.

The South China-based CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding has entered into shipbuilding contract with Regional Container Lines (RCL) for a quartet of 4,300 teu container ships.

With the formation of the Gemini Cooperation between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd correspondent Nick Savvides examines how alliances may change their approach to customer service.

ABB has extended its marine software offering to include vessel weather routing, analytics, reporting and shore-based support.

HMM has named the first in a series of twelve 13,000 teu containership newbuildings.