Ocean carriers are reported to be considering a new round of blank sailings from Asia around China’s Golden Week holiday, in the first week of October, to support their massive rate gains of the past year.
There has been no …

European intermodal services are facing further delays from strike action by German rail workers angry at employers “seeking to heap the cost of the pandemic onto staff”.
Action by members of the German Train Drivers’ Union (GDL) last Wednesday and …

Yang Ming has followed its liner peers in ordering more containers to tide over the equipment shortage.
It has ordered 5,400 reefers, costing $35m-$40m, from Guangdong Fuwa Equipment Manufacturing and 7,870 dry containers from Cosco unit Dong Fang International at …

As part of a market update concerning deal-making – out today: “Growing together: DSV completes acquisition of Agility GIL” – that was bang in line with our expectations*, DSV Panalpina (DSV PAN) announced today a new “updated outlook for 2021” …

HMM posted a net profit of $310m for the first six months of the year, but its bottom-line result would have been substantially better without a $1.7bn loss from derivatives transactions.
The South Korean carrier’s revenues almost doubled, compared with …

FreightMango, an online marketplace for ocean shipping, has teamed up with Vizion, a provider of ocean freight visibility, in a bid for improved tracking capabilities that will make it stand out from competing platforms.
The frequent disruptions of global supply …

Cargo on the fire-damaged 4,882 teu NYK Delphinus is now to be discharged in Oakland, California, according to vessel operator Ocean Network Express (ONE).
ONE, a composite carrier of three Japanese operators, MOL, K Line and NYK, announced today that …