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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 the first of Maersk Line’s 2nd generation Triple-Es, known officially as the EEE Mark II. The original Triple-Es have been ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) has extended its contract with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), to run container services out of Felixstowe by a further three years. GBRf runs three services daily, one to Newell and Wright in Rotherham, and two to ABP Connect in Hamshall. Under the new contract, GBRf will be ...
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MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has appointed Michael Collins and Jonathan Burke to its UK board of directors. Jonathan Burke becomes UK Operations Director following the retirement of Kelvin Wilden and Michael Collins is commercial director, a new role within the company.
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Paris in Liverpool
The Port of Liverpool handled its largest ever containership at its new deepwater terminal on 6 March. Liverpool2 played host to MSC’s 6,552teu HS Paris, which is the first post-Panamax vessel to call since opening of phase 1 opening of the new terminal last November.
Chief executive of Peel ...
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The Seoul Central District Court said on 9 February said it would declare Hanjin bankrupt on 17 February leading to the shipping company’s liquidation. The assets of Hanjin, once the world’s seventh largest container line, will be auctioned off to help pay off its debts.
Analysts vesselsvalue.com said that two containerships ...
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Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have signed a strategic cooperation deal with Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM.
The agreement is a combination of slot exchanges and slot purchases between the three parties, while Maersk Line and MSC will takeg over a number of charters and operations of vessels currently chartered to ...
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Tilbury’s London Container Terminal and the Port of London Authority have welcomed the first call of a ‘neo-panamax’ vessel in the UK following the opening of the enlarged Panama Canal.
The MSC-operated Sofia Celeste - capacity 8,800teu - is the first in a new class of vessels deployed on a reconfigured ...
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Shipping Line MSC has partnered with drinks firm Diageo to bring pedal power to West Africa by donating and transporting hundreds of pre-owned bicycles and accessories to Koblimahigu and Kakpayili in Ghana.
Over 450 bikes and cycling equipment have been collected over the past six months and the first 40ft container, ...
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Shipping lines MSC and CMA CGM are investing in French logistics tech start-up, Traxens. Founded in 2012, the company has been developing solutions for the freight sector, including a container monitoring and coordination system.
MSC president and chief executive Diego Aponte, said “We see container monitoring as an important innovation in ...
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Five MSC vessels of between 2,668 and 4,355teu operating the North West Continent feeder service to Antwerp and Le Havre and the Montreal Express to Canada are helping the Port of Liverpool carry out marine trials of its new Liverpool2 terminal. These will be followed by a variety of cargo ...
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