News
Maersk made the first move to form P3 alliance
Cost-saving initiative signals further box line consolidation
- MSC’s Aponte hails vessel sharing deal with Maersk and CMA CGM
- P3 headquarters will be based in London
- P3 is ‘the best insurance we can have’, says Maersk’s Vincent Clerc
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Post-panamax boxships feel the squeeze from ultra-large deliveries
Number of laid-up vessels in this segment has doubled since last week
Idle boxship numbers fall -
Boxship orderbook will fall to 16% of existing fleet by year-end
More vessels are delivered than are ordered, despite renewed interest from buyers
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Split MOL Comfort is drifting but stable
MOL and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries investigate why boxship broke in two
Split MOL Comfort continues to drift but...
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Zeebrugge and Forth Ports sign strategic agreement
Improved feeder links play to Belgian and UK players’ traffic-flow strengths
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DP World lengthens life of $1bn credit facility to 2018
Details of the terms for 12-month extension are not made public
Data Hub
Supply and demand data for the container industry
Last Word
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Fine tribute
Naming the world’s first 18,000 teu vessel was a... -
A bigger bang
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Fantasy football
Port of Liverpool signs two football legends — how can...
Commentary
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On-message
Persuading shippers that they benefit will help P3 to... -
Fault line
We need a thorough investigation into how five-year-old... -
All rise
With market fundamentals so weak, it falls to carriers...
Europe
On-message
Persuading shippers that they benefit will help P3 to win regulatory approval
- MSC’s Aponte hails vessel sharing deal with Maersk and CMA CGM
- Shippers voice mixed feelings about P3 tie-up
- Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM form mega-alliance
North America
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Long Beach closes in on Los Angeles’ box volumes
Last month’s imports hit a peak last seen in August 2010
Middle East
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Fault line
We need a thorough investigation into how five-year-old MOL Comfort split in two
Asia
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Split MOL Comfort continues to drift but there is no oil spill, says owner
LATEST: Fore and aft sections are 19 miles apart in rough seas
Central & South America
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Boxship cascading blamed for rates collapse
Drewry cites switching of surplus 8,000 teu ships to Asia-South America trade and launch of new MSC service
Daily Poll
Will the arrival of the Triple-E boxship pose a fresh threat to capacity?
/ll/images/pollbar.png;jsessionid=EB97B4CEDE9F40E567B96B435F87B06CMaersk Mc-Kinney Moller will load just 14,300 teu this year
Poll Archive
Shipper Sentiment Survey
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Shipper Sentiment Survey: North America
Hamburg Süd returns to pole position, successful negotiations with carriers emerge, while dissatisfaction is raised at rate instability over the contract period. Sarah Bennett reports
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Shipper Sentiment survey: Asia
Ocean carriers’ scores have shifted dramatically. Meanwhile, Asian shippers’ concerns include voided sailings and capacity constraints
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Data Hub: Shipper Sentiment Survey, Europe
European shippers highlight the difficulties they had in container availability on the Asia trade routes over the Chinese New Year period, as well as poor ocean carrier communication with customers. Sarah Bennett reports
View more Sentiment Survey analysis
Market Data
962 (37) Baltic Dry Index
Analysis
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Triple-E: Too costly to be competitive?
The big question about Maersk Line’s 18,000 teu... -
Triple-E: Too costly to be competitive?
This is the big question posed by Craig Jallal about... -
Nearsourcing: Homespun yarn or material change?
Some in the container industry say that nearsourcing is... -
Shipper Sentiment Survey: North America
Hamburg Süd returns to pole position, successful...
Picture montage
Maersk Triple-E naming ceremony
Indices and derivatives
Shanghai Shipping Exchange chairman Zhang Ye outlines the benefits
Special Reports
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Focus on India
A look at what Indian shipping is doing to meet the... -
Shipbuilding
Lloyd’s List takes a fresh look at the shipbuilding... -
Greek Tankers
Why Greece’s tanker owners have weathered the downturn... -
Nordic and Baltic focus: Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Estonia
Lloyd’s List looks at all things Baltic
