AP Moller – Maersk has become the latest container line to raise its forecast for 2021 as it profits from strong demand resulting in supply chain bottlenecks and equipment shortages.

MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has bagged the order for the first dual-fuel methanol engine for a containership from AP Moller-Maersk.

Solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Maersk (China) Shipping to develop digitalised logistics services.

The world’s largest container line Maersk says that congestion and delays at Yantian port in South China are a much bigger disruption to its operations than the Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal in March this year.

As congestion at South China ports grows due to Covid prevention measures and lines reroute services Ocean Network Express has implemented $1,000 per reefer container surcharge for Yantian.

The congestion situation at South China ports continues to worsen impacting well over 100 sailings from major container shipping lines and alliances as vessels calls at Yantian and other ports in the region are omitted or diverted.

Container shipping lines schedule reliability showed some signs of improvement in March despite the six-day closure of the Suez Canal caused by the grounded of the Ever Given.

AP Moller – Maersk forecasts that “exceptional market situation” in the container shipping market will continue well into the fourth quarter of this year.

In the wake of the Suez Canal blockage Maersk is suspending spot bookings and short-term contract shipments from a wide variety of export markets.

With the Suez Canal reopening following the successful re-floating of the Ever Given Maersk has turned around two vessels it had headed to the Cape of Good Hope to avoid transiting the canal.