5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (232+ words) The next containership size race could put fresh pressure on the world’s biggest container ports, with container analysts at Alphaliner arguing this week that vessels of around 27,500 teu are now technically and commercially plausible. The consultancy has revived a ‘gigamax…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (346+ words) For a decade the 24,000 teu megamax has looked like the natural ceiling for containership size. Analysts at Alphaliner now believe the industry could be ready to break through it. The consultancy has revived a concept it first floated in 2021 for…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (173+ words) Italy’s Port of Genoa has moved another step closer to removing one of its biggest constraints on future container growth, advancing construction of the new offshore breakwater designed to open the port to the world’s largest containerships. Work has started…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (280+ words) Thai dry bulk owner Precious Shipping has sold another ageing supramax for about $14.5m, pressing ahead with a fleet renewal drive that on the same day saw it take delivery of a new ultramax from China. The Khalid Hashim-led Bangkok-listed company…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (380+ words) Hong Kong-listed CSSC Shipping has signed up for ten 80,000 dwt bulk carrier newbuildings in China in a CNH3.235bn ($481m) fleet expansion. The ship leasing arm of state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation has entered into contracts with Chengxi Shipyard and China Shipbuilding Trading,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (258+ words) Container disruption at India’s Mundra port has escalated after around 1,500 transporters halted box movements in support of empty-container depot operators fighting a new Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone rule. APSEZ’s new regime took effect on September 1 and requires shipping…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) Hans Henrik Thaulow is an Oslo-based journalist who has been covering the shipping industry for the last 25 years. As well as some work for the Informa Group, Hans was the China correspondent for TradeWinds. He also contributes to Maritime CEO…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (301+ words) The Panama Canal has temporarily loosened parts of its booking system in an effort to make scarce transit capacity more flexible as deteriorating water conditions continue to squeeze one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints. From booking dates beginning…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (274+ words) Port congestion is doing container shipping an enormous favour, absorbing 2.3m teu of vessel capacity at precisely the moment the industry is preparing for a potentially brutal release of tonnage from both newbuildings and a return to the Suez Canal. New…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (305+ words) Hong Kong bulker owner and operator Cetus Maritime is in talks to take interests in 13 vessels from Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping in a cash-and-shares transaction tied to the handysize specialist’s planned overseas listing. Seacon disclosed in a filing that it…...