The Panama Canal expansion has made its supersized presence felt all the way in the River Thames with the call of the first neo-panamax vessel to the London Container Terminal (LCT) in Tilbury.

A VLCC and a containership have collided in the Singapore Strait at about 23:55pm local time on 3 August, with no injuries or oil pollution reported, according to Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine has confirmed that it will join the 2M container alliance currently comprising of Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).

Financially-strapped Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) says it is in talks to join the 2M alliance with Maersk Line and MSC.

World’s second-largest shipping container line MSC has signed with INTTRA for eVGM software to receive container verified gross mass (VGM) information from shippers.

MSC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (IPMO) to ramp up port calls at Bandar Abbas, Chabahar and Bandar Imam.

The EU has ruled that container lines cannot be make general rate increases (GRIs) more than 31 days in advance, with companies bound by the maximum rate level for period of announcement.

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Malaysia hit an all time container volume in August boosted by the 2M alliance.

Israel’s Haifa port has taken the country’s first call from the 2M Alliance’s AE12/TP2 loop, from 10,000 teu vessel Gustav Maersk, the largest ever to dock at an Israeli port.

MSC has added a call at DP World-operated London Gateway on its Australia Express Service, making the new fastest direct connection between UK and Australia, according to MSC.