ECU Worldwide is struggling to communicate with some customers following a cyber attack, which brought down some of its systems on 7 February and which remain unavailable.
While ECU’s website first told customers how to contact staff, it is no …

Maersk Line announced today it would be operating the world’s first carbon-neutral containership by 2023 – some seven years earlier than planned. 
A company spokesman confirmed to The Loadstar that a newbuild 2,000 teu feeder vessel would be equipped with …

Ocean carriers and containership owners are in the midst of the richest vein for the liner sector in over a decade. 
The shipping lines are confidently predicting record earnings for the first quarter, with the expectation that the current profitability …

Chip manufacturers are scrambling to ramp up output, but a global shortage of semiconductors is expected to affect several industries, including automotive and consumer electronics, for months – possibly all year.
And for some supply chains, a re-evaluation of fundamental …

Two articles I read this week reminded me of the first time I had to deal with death in my occupation.
That call
I received a call one afternoon nearly ten years ago, advising me that a sub-contractor tow haulier …

Preliminary port throughput data for the world’s largest 25 container ports has been published by Alphaliner this week.  
The headline is that 13 of the top 25 saw growth, and 12 saw box volumes shrink – we should be wary …

The 2M alliance has announced a further blank sailing this week from Asia to North Europe to use the vessel on another service. 
The last-minute cancellation of the sailing of the 19,224 teu MSC Erica from Shanghai on 21 February …