Source: Loadstar Reports of full vessels from Asia to Europe and the US failed to make much impression on container spot rates this week. Prices only edged up marginally on both trades and…
Source : Loadstar Container spot rates held steady this week, but they will finish 2017 significantly below the levels of a year ago, potentially diminishing carrier hopes of anything other than modest annual contract increases. The Shanghai…
Source : Luzi Ann Javier (Bloomberg) Blockchain is upending the world’s financial markets with the rise of bitcoin, and now the digital-ledger system is poised to do the same next year for raw…
Source : Damian Strauss Damian Strauss has shipped an antique fighter plane to Tessenderlo from Tracy California together with our OL Network colleagues. This is a 1955 North American Aviation T-28B “Trojan”…
Source: Maritime News European Union finance ministers have adopted the first ever list of tax havens, which includes 17 countries that fail to meet agreed tax good governance standards, the European Commission informed. The…
Source : Loadstar A 23% increase in containers lifted allowed Cosco to steal the top spot from Maersk Line in the third quarter. The Chinese carrier loaded 5.49 million teu, compared with the Danish carrier’s…
Source : Loadtstar Owners of smaller containerships, with limited exposure to the volatile deepsea east-west trades, are enjoying increases in daily hire rates and enquiries for time extensions. According to the latest Alphaliner report. the…
