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Hapag Lloyd and CSAV to merge

Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV confirmed their long anticipated merger on 16 April. Under the deal, which will make Hapag Lloyd the world's fourth-largest container line, the South American carrier initially becomes a 30% shareholder in the German company, increasing to 34% when a €370 million capital increase is concluded, of which CSAV will contribute €259m. The merged company will be headquartered in Hamburg, with a regional office in Chile. [+]

More London Gateway moves

Hamburg-Sud and Hapag Lloyd are to transfer their services from Tilbury to DP World's new London Gateway in May, including calls to and from South America East Coast, South America West Coast and India, Pakistan and Middle East. DP World London Gateway has also handled ten ad hoc vessel calls when ... [+]

G6 goes for Southampton and A.N. Other

The G6 Alliance (APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai, MOL, NYK and OOCL) has released details of port rotations for its proposed services on the Transatlantic and Asia-North America West Coast routes, announced in early December last year. Subject to the completion of regulatory review process, the 17 services are scheduled to start ... [+]

Hapag signs MoU with CSAV

German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd says its talks with Chilean-owned CSAV about combining their container liner shipping activities have reached the next phase. The companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding. A binding contract could follow after due diligence takes place. Hapag Lloyd tried last year to sign a deal with ... [+]

Hapag Lloyd in CSAV talks

German container shipping line Hapag Lloyd says it has started talks with its Chilean counterpart, CSAV. The discussions concern a “possible business combination” or other form of association but no binding agreement has been signed yet. Hapag Lloyd had previously been in discussions with fellow German line Hamburg Sud, but without ... [+]

G6 to go Transatlantic

The G6 Alliance of container shipping lines is to expand its cooperation to the Asia-North America West Coast and Trans-Atlantic trade lanes. Some 42 ships will be deployed across five services including two pendulum services in the Trans-Atlantic trade lane calling at 25 ports covering the US East Coast, US ... [+]

Southampton gets its retaliation in first

Not to be outdone by its sister port, London Gateway, Southampton marked the start of three new transatlantic services with the inaugural call of Hapag-Lloyd’s Kobe Express on 5 November, just two days before its new rival within the DP World group was due to open. The south coast terminal ... [+]

Hapag-Hamburg Sud merger is off

Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg-Sud have called off their merger plan, at least for the time being, saying that terms could not be agreed. The two German lines were reported to be considering a merger last December. A consortium of Hapag-Lloyd investors said in a statement that family-owned Hamburg-Sud had asked for ... [+]

G6 extends to Transpacific

One year on from its formation on the Asia-to-Europe trade lane, the G6 Alliance is to expand its cooperation to the Asia-to-North America East Coast trade. The G6 - APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Orient Overseas Container Line - will deploy more than ... [+]

Christmas at sea

A multimodal effort ensured that a seven metre Christmas tree greeted passengers on the Hapag Lloyd Cruises ship MS Europa on Christmas morning. The tree was grown and felled in Austria and started its journey to join up with the cruise ship on the back of a 12 metre truck to London. ... [+]

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