Mediterranean Shipping Company
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Container
Shipping’s billion-dollar coke bust: 8 plead guilty, sentencing begins
More than a third of the crew on the MSC Gayane smuggled cocaine in June 2019. The first prison term has just been handed down.
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American Shipper
MSC Ariane experiences engine problem en route to LA
Pearl service customers’ imports likely will be delayed arriving from Asia.
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Maritime
How shipping giant MSC reacted to billion-dollar cocaine bust
Twenty tons of coke was found aboard an MSC ship in 2019. MSC just revealed that it's spending $100 million more on security in response.
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American Shipper
Port of Long Beach volume jumps 43.3% year-over-year
The lack of Lunar New Year shutdowns contributes to the busiest February on record.
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Maritime
Container ships suffer record delays as demand spikes
Will your cargo ship arrive on time? Globally, the chances are now 50-50. In the Asia-U.S. container trade, it’s less than one in three.
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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
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Container
Red-hot ocean rates could spark government intervention
China could decide enough is enough if trans-Pacific rates rise too high.
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Container
Legal vise tightens on MSC container-ship cocaine gang
As prosecutors rack up guilty pleas in 2019 case, more coke crosses via ship from South America to Europe in 2020.
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News
What trade war? US imports from China are booming
U.S. importers turn to Chinese sellers in the wake of COVID.
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