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A serious fire broke out on board the 15,262teu Maersk Honam while she was en route from Singapore to Suez at 15.20GMT on 6 March, 900 nautical miles southeast of Salalah, Oman. Following unsuccessful attempts to fight the fire, 23 crew members were safely evacuated to the ALS Ceres, but four remain missing. The fire is still buring and the situation of the vessel is very critical, says Maersk.
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Maersk Line’s latest Triple-E vessel, the Manchester Maersk has made her maiden UK in Felixstowe. The 20,000teu ship and her sisters operate between Asia and Europe and are named after important cities in major Maersk markets.
While the new ship is clearly far too big to get up the Manchester Ship ...
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Agility says it is the first forwarder to collaborate on a Maersk-IBM solution to provide more efficient and secure global trade by using the blockchain to manage and track container shipments. Agility has agreed to identify events associated with individual shipments and to share and receive information about them via ...
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Maersk Line has become a founder investor in the New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX), described as the first digital forward freight contract for the global container industry.
The new contract is also being offered by Hapag Lloyd, CMA CGM, MOL, OOCL, and COSCO, representing a combined 52% of global container capacity ...
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Maersk Line closed its deal to acquire German carrier Hamburg Sud on 30 November but the line will remain a commercially independent brand under its new owner, it said.
Dr Arnt Vespermann (pictured, left) takes over as chief executive from Dr Ottmar Gast, who will continue to be closely associated with ...
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South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has given the green light to Maersk Line’s acquisition of Hamburg Sud – but only on condition that the German-owned container carrier pulls out of vessel sharing agreements on trades between Asia and South America. Maersk said it was willing to do so and anticipated ...
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ABP Southampton will handle its largest container ship yet today (Tuesday 7 November), the 20,568teu Milan Maersk. She will top the 20,170teu of the OL Triumph and MOL Trust that visited earlier this year.
The Milan Maersk is one of 11 second generation Triple-E class vessels due to be delivered by ...
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Maersk Line and beverage forwarder JF Hillebrand jointly signed a Carbon Pact at the Vinexpo Trade Fair in Bordeaux. Both companies aspire to reduce CO2 emissions per container moved by 20% until 2025, promote transparency and benchmarking in container shipping and make other efforts to further promote sustainable transportation solutions.
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CMA CGM is to acquire domestic Brazilian line Mercosul from Maersk Line for an undisclosed sum, subject to Brazilian regulatory approval and the closing of Maersk’s Hamburg Süd acquisition. CMA CGM said the purchase would strengthen its service offering to and South America, most notably in Brazil especially cabotage and ...
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The largest container ship to call in North Europe so far has made its maiden call at the Port of Felixstowe.
The 20,568teu Madrid Maersk, operated on the 2M NEU2 Asia to Europe service, has arrived at the port with over 6,000teu for the UK loaded in China and Malaysia.
She is ...
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