Retrofitting at scale: Lessons from delivering the world’s first methanol mega containership conversion in International Shipping News 13/06/2026 The retrofitting of a 20,000 TEU container vessel to run on methanol was success..
ServicesTop Right FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmail MAERSK SEBAROK Source: VesselFinder Maersk will launch a new Far East–West Coast South America service next month, expanding its network coverage between Asia and key mark..
© Mariusz Bugno By Alison Koo 12/06/2026 Containership newbuilding orders this week have been dominated by 6,000 teu-plus ships, but interest in feeder vessels remained strong. French line CMA CGM added to its orderbook of 6,000 ..
ID 138855230 © Michael Turner | Dreamstime.co By Gavin van Marle 11/06/2026 The key growth figures first. Look The Far East-Sub Saharan Africa container trade is clearly the most dynamic corridor covered by CTS currently, with l..
NewsTop News FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Global trade relies heavily on speed, predictability, and efficiency. When international shipping lines select transit routes, every extra hour a vessel spends idling at a marin..
Rates & SurchargesTop Right FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmail COSCO Shipping Lines has introduced an Emergency Bunker Surcharge (EBS) on cargo moving to or via US East Coast, Gulf Coast and West Coast ports through both T..
ID 260417109 | Ship © Office2005 | Dreamstime.com By Alison Koo 10/06/2026 South Korean flagship carrier HMM wants to rebuild its intra-Asia shipping business, and is expanding its feeder fleet to pursue volumes. When long-haul c..
MSC Gülsün at Shanghai By Gavin van Marle 10/06/2026 MSC has become the first container shipping line to command a global liner market share of more than 20%, on the back of an extraordinary fleet expansion programme, in place s..
Photo: Dreamstime.com By The Loadstar team 10/06/2026 Have container shipping lines simply become too big to fail? The news today that the 10 largest container carriers now control 84.7% of global shipping capacity – just 0.1% o..
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has broken the all-time record for market share held by a single containerline, reaching 21.5% of total global container capacity in May – a milestone no carrier has come close to achievi..
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