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  • The box that built globalisation
  • Empty containers a freighted issue for global trade growth
  • Prince Rupert’s big bulk-to-container transload facility debuts

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ft.com /1 month ago

The box that built globalisation

Containers have transformed ports, cities and trade. Now the revolution is reaching a limit

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freightwaves.com /1 month ago

Empty containers a freighted issue for global trade growth

Resilient global trade is not only driving surprising growth, but volumes of ‘disbalanced’ empty containers, too. The post Empty containers a freighted issue for global trade growt...

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joc.com /1 month ago

Prince Rupert’s big bulk-to-container transload facility debuts

The Canxport facility has opened three years after it broke ground, providing British Columbia’s bulk commodity exporters a new container gateway.

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supplychainbrain.com /1 month ago

World’s Container Fleet Capacity Set to Reach All-Time High

Ships larger than 12,000 TEUs have contributed two-thirds of the 10 million TEU added since early 2021.

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maritime-executive.com /3 weeks ago

Overcapacity Looms Over Container Shipping as Supply Pressure Mounts

The return of container vessels to the Suez Canal - Red Sea route is likely to have a profound impact on the sector, especially as it continues to rol...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Container shipping health check – more room to manage the next supply wave

Container shipping is entering autumn with more underlying support than many expected in the bear camp. How so? Global teu-mile demand has grown 6.1% this year, ahead of roughly 5%...

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theloadstar.com /2 weeks ago

Cosco finds a way round car-carrier shortage to get BYDs to Brazil

Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers, has started shipping BYD electric vehicles in frame containers to Brazil from Zhuhai Port, in China’s Guangdong province. The move is a solutio...

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theloadstar.com /3 weeks ago

Yangtze ports test the water with longer container shipping routes

China’s Jiangyin and Nanjing have become the latest Yangtze River ports to demonstrate ocean-going ambitions. Yesterday, Cosco Shipping Specialised Carriers, the Cosco group’s mult...

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maritime-executive.com /1 month ago

First Chinese Cargo Ship Carrying Containers Reaches Murmansk

Murmansk marked a key milestone in its efforts to develop the port into a logistics hub, taking advantage of the growth on the Northern Sea Route. The...

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joc.com /1 month ago

Asia-Americas container shipping system on a knife-edge

Potential pitfalls, from tighter Panama Canal restrictions to stronger-than-expected import volumes, should send a warning to shippers importing from Asia to the Americas, writes J...

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supplychain247.com /1 month ago

$750 Million CANXPORT Facility Opens in British Columbia

The $750 million CANXPORT facility adds capacity to move up to 400,000 containers a year from railcars to ships at Prince Rupert.

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freightwaves.com /1 month ago

China growth straining global auto shipping capacity: Liner CEO

Surging Chinese vehicle exports are continuing to drive a global shortage of pure car and truck carriers, a leading CEO says. The post China growth straining global auto shipping c...

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container-news.com /1 week ago

Why COSCO is building a project-cargo armada

Beijing’s specialised carrier is locking up the ships that will move China’s heavy industrial exports and changing how the heavylift market works. COSCO Shipping Specialized Carrie...

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container-news.com /4 weeks ago

Explainer: The shipping industry’s borrowed tailwind

Red Sea and Hormuz disruptions have handed container carriers a rare run of pricing power but the mechanism doing the work is one carriers do not control, and it is already reversi...

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ukconstructionblog.co.uk /6 days ago

How to Organise a Shipping Container for Maximum Storage

The post How to Organise a Shipping Container for Maximum Storage appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Organising a shipping container properly can make a big difference to how...

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deccanchronicle.com /4 weeks ago

VOC Port Handles 335-m Container Ship from Brazil, Sets New Record

The vessel was said to have arrived from the Port of Santos, in Brazil, with 3,276 containers.

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freightwaves.com /6 days ago

Global container volumes hit record 17.46 million TEUs

Global container volumes hit a record 17.46 million TEUs in August, while ocean pricing reached a two-year high, CTS reported. The post Global container volumes hit record 17.46 mi...

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maritime-executive.com /1 month ago

MSC Tests Transits as Container Volumes Rise at Suez Canal

The volume of containership transits at the Suez Canal is continuing to rise as more carriers are growing comfortable with the security risks in the r...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

The container clears the port. In India, the real delay often starts on the highway

Container shipping measures performance obsessively at the ocean and the terminal: vessel schedules, berth waiting times, freight indexes, and port throughput. For good reason, tho...

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theloadstar.com /2 weeks ago

Investment in China’s river ports brings ocean services closer to shippers

Wenzhou’s launch of a direct container shipping service to West Africa highlights a broader transformation under way across China’s port network, as improved infrastructure and ris...

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freightwaves.com /1 month ago

Liners and Red Sea: Damn the Houthis, full speed ahead!

Ocean container rates are on the rise, Freightos says, as carriers bet dollars to [terrorist] drones they can safely return to the Red Sea. The post Liners and Red Sea: Damn the Ho...

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container-news.com /3 weeks ago

Asian carriers order 14 container ships in new fleet expansion

Four Asian shipping lines have placed firm orders for 14 container ships, with options potentially increasing the combined total to 16 vessels. The orders cover ships ranging from...

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supplychain247.com /1 month ago

Ocean Shipping’s Peak Season Has Become a Moving Target

In this roundtable, shipping experts look at how tariffs are reshaping peak season and whether ocean carriers can keep freight rates high.

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maritime-executive.com /1 month ago

Container Fleet Smashes 34M TEU Record as Fleet Growth Accelerates

Growth in the container segment of the shipping industry has been making headlines for a long time, but it just smashed through a record. Surpassing t...

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