The trans-Pacific container trade is vastly different than pre-pandemic, with more ships, more competition, and a new leader: Maersk.
The South Korean ocean carrier says the newbuilds will provide the “capacity and flexibility” to serve its shippers.
Hapag-Lloyd now will add 12 23,500-TEU container ships to its fleet beginning in 2023.
In the next two weeks, only two container ships are slated to berth at the new Leatherman Terminal. Forty are scheduled at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal.
The South Korean container carrier expects the Suez Canal backlog to be cleared by the time the HMM Nuri arrives in mid-April.
Korean container carrier HMM expects equipment and capacity shortages to continue at least through the end of the first quarter.
Ocean Network Express takes giant profitability leap — from $5 million to $944 million year-over-year.
Hapag-Lloyd credits higher freight rates and lower bunker prices as “the main drivers of these positive business developments.”
Hapag-Lloyd and ONE have ordered 12 ultra large container ships, all of which will be able to carry more than 23,500 TEUs.
Port Houston will be the first U.S. port of call in THE Alliance’s new direct Asia service. The trans-Pacific EC6 service will begin in Kaohsiung, China, and reach the U.S. […]
