The World Shipping Council (WSC)’s director, US government relations, Joe Kramek will take the role of president and CEO of the liner shipping NGO in July when the long-serving John Butler is due to retire.
In setting out its 2030 strategy Hapag-Lloyd plans to continue investing in its core business of container shipping as well as growing its terminal portfolio.
At the end of March, the maritime world, along with the broader population, was captivated by the dramatic allision of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, while it was moving outbound from Baltimore harbor.
A growing number of container vessels are being retrofitted to use methanol as fuel with latest move from Hapag-Lloyd for ships chartered from Seaspan Corporation.
Shipping and the global economy are bracing for what could be another body blow as the fallout from last weekend’s Iranian missile attacks and the hijacking of a Zodiac Maritime-owned boxship MSC Aries threaten to spread and intensify the regional...
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal investigation into the container ship Dali’s allision with the Key Bridge in Baltimore that left six dead.
Grace Ocean the Singapore-based owners of the Maersk chartered Dali, which ran into Baltimore’s Francis Key Bridge killing six workers and demolishing the crossing, declared general average on Saturday.
Big name shippers have tens of millions of dollars worth of cargo stuck onboard the container ship MSC Aries seized by Iranian forces on 13 April, according to data from Vizion.
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) reports total revenues were down 9.0% to $1.98 billion for the first quarter ended 31 March 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023.
