FREIGHT NEWS
19/03
2022
Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) will expand its refrigerated container fleet with 6,500 new reefers, including 500 units equipped with advanced Controlled Atmosphere (CA) technology.
18/03
2022
The German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have signed a strategic partnership deal committing to cooperate on efforts contributing to maritime decarbonisation.
17/03
2022
The number of containerships waiting off Qingdao, one of China’s biggest ports, is continuing to rise as the country doubles down on its COVID Zero policy, adding more delays to a strained global supply chain.
17/03
2022
With new Covid lockdowns in China becoming another major challenge for global supply chains already facing widespread dysfunctions, container lines operating to and from India are expecting a knock-on negative effect on the availability of empty equipment for the resurgent market.
17/03
2022
The French shipping group CMA CGM and the Chinese port operator Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) have achieved China’s first bonded LNG SIMOPS (simultaneous operations) bunkering with the 15,000 TEU CMA CGM Symi being refueled with LNG at Yangshan Port in Shanghai on 15 March.
17/03
2022
CMA CGM has announced the resumption of its reefer shipments in Nigerian ports with immediate effect.
16/03
2022
Container lines trading on Indian markets have been working urgently to bolster empty equipment levels, but are now becoming concerned about the impact of sailing disruptions fuelled by fresh Covid lockdowns in China.
15/03
2022
Ocean carriers are scrambling to adjust their networks as the Chinese city of Shenzhen begins a week-long lockdown.