Alphaliner
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Maritime
Home Depot now has its own ship. That’s an ominous sign
Decision to secure dedicated vessel highlights unprecedented strength of container shipping and risks faced by importers.
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Maritime
Top 10 liners control 85% of market — and they’re not done yet
Consolidation in the liner sector is already extreme. Newbuild orders will further concentrate market power in fewer hands.
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Maritime
‘Sky’s the limit’ for already lofty container-ship charter rates
Liners are paying historically high rates to charter ships and maximize their exposure to the booming freight market.
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Container
Inside the now-booming business of building container ships
Newbuild-to-fleet ratio now 15.3%, up from 9.4% in mid-2020. But orders are not high enough yet to wave red flags.
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Container
Don’t expect rate relief from container-ship order spike
Even after a wave of just-ordered container ships is delivered by yards, cargo shippers are unlikely to see lower freight rates.
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Maritime
Liner capacity control and the future of container shipping
Ocean carriers toed the line on capacity control in 2020. What does this new normal mean to shippers, yards and leasing companies?
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American Shipper
Trans-Pacific box volumes contract first time in decade
Ocean carriers not looking at additional trans-Pacific services as Phase One deal unlikely to stem trade slowdown.
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News
Why leaving China for tariff-free shores is no easy task
A trade war truce is not stopping multinationals from exploring alternative sourcing options to China, but moving supply chains is difficult, says expert.
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American Shipper
Shippers: Liner low-sulfur surcharges are not ethical or transparent
New independent research reveals that lines are failing to adequately explain how IMO 2020 fuel bill surcharges are calculated.
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American Shipper
Analyst: Fuel costs set to double, box lines rush for scrubbers
Shipyards are facing a scrubber stampede as container lines seek to sidestep paying for low-sulfur IMO 2020 bunkers beginning on Jan. 1.
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