THE Alliance and members of the Ocean Alliance are merging two Meditterranean – US East Coast services.

Building ahead of demand, the recent port call of the 8,063 teu OOCL Seoul has shown that the foresight of International Container Services Inc (ICTSI)’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at the Port of Melbourne is paying off as...

Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) has set its sights on making Greece’s largest port Piraeus the number one container handling port in the Mediterranean within 18 months. Presently it is third.

The issue of cybersecurity has gained prominence as the increasingly technology-dependent global maritime industry comes to grips with the costly, growing attacks targeting major international shipping companies.

Ton van den Bosch, global head of ports & terminals at Ince & Co, highlights the emerging trends in the logistics, intermodal and supply chain sectors and suggests that further consolidation and integration can be expected.

Synergy, cost efficiencies and fleet and network optimisation were the key themes that emerged from the first results presentation after Cosco Shipping Holding’s takeover of Orient Overseas Container Line and would mark the path forward even as...

Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL) saw second quarter total volumes rise 4.6% to 1.69m teu from 1.62m teu in the same period in 2017 and the volume gains were also able to be translated into good gains with total revenues increasing by 4.0% to...

Naval Dome ceo Itai Sela has warned that the cyber attack on Cosco Shipping Line’s Long Beach terminal customer service centre could easily spread to its ships and recommended that the group thoroughly verify the breach has truly been contained. 

The US operations of Cosco Shipping Lines has apparently been hit by an apparent cyberattack causing some disruption to the network there, however global operations have not been affected.

Wärtsilä is seeing increasing recognition for the upgraded version of its China-made Wärtsilä 20 engine, with a total of 33 engines being ordered in June, all for newbuildings for Cosco-linked companies at Chinese yards.