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3 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
The pause in the US-China trade war, and the associated demand boom, has caused a scramble amongst box lines to inject capacity swiftly, according to Sea-Intelligence, a Danish maritime data analysis firm. On Asia-North America West Coast (NAWC), the Danish analysts are seeing capacity growth over 30% Y/Y in five of the next 11 weeks.
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3 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT) has ordered 14 hybrid straddle carriers from Kalmar for its terminal, Compagnie Nouvelle de Manutentions Portuaires Le Havre (CNMP LH), in France. The delivery of the port equipment is scheduled for the second quarter of 2026. Hapag-Lloyd’s port and terminal operator HGT acquired 60% of the shares in CNMP LH in March 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
In April, global schedule reliability improved by 1.7 percentage points M/M to 58.7%, the highest level recorded since November 2023, according to Danish maritime data analysis company Sea-Intelligence. On a Y/Y level, the April score was higher by 6.5 percentage points. Maersk was the most reliable top-13 carrier in April 2025 with a schedule reliability score of 73.4%, followed by its Gemini partner Hapag-Lloyd at 72.3% and MSC at 60.7%.
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3 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Hapag-Lloyd has decided to proceed with a strategic restructuring of its Africa organizational setup across the continent. The German shipping company will change its current Area setup from two to four Areas, aiming to secure a broader and stronger presence in Africa. The new Area setup will be supported by the existing Quality Service Center (QSC) in Mauritius.
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3 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Samskip will offer a new direct connection between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The Rotterdam-based ocean carrier will launch a new shortsea container service calling at the Port of Blyth, enhancing multimodal connections between the UK and key European trade hubs.
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3 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Ocean carriers have reported strong first-quarter results, despite geopolitical challenges and an uncertain market environment. Nearly all major container lines (that officially publish their financial figures) have reported double-digit Y/Y revenue growth, while also recording a combined 2025-Q1 EBIT of US$5.89 billion, according to Sea-Intelligence.
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4 weeks ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Gemini Cooperation, a container shipping alliance between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, will launch a new Transpacific service, covering East China and North East Asia to California. The rotation of the TP9 service will be Xiamen (China) – Busan (South Korea) – Long Beach (US) – Xiamen, with Maersk saying that it will offer improved transit times. The TP9 service is expected to connect Busan with Long Beach in 14 days, and Xiamen with the US port in 18 days.
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1 month ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
MSC will commence an enhanced standalone US to South Africa service in October. The Swiss/Italian box line will deploy eight container ships, including four additional vessels, for consistent weekly connections. “This move will ensure service continuity and strengthen MSC’s commitment as the sole carrier offering a direct link between South Africa and the US East Coast,” said the company in a statement.
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1 month ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has proceeded with its Green Strategy by implementing a Ship Recycling Policy and joining the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI). ONE said that both moves align with its efforts to enhance transparency, promote ethical operations, and uphold high environmental standards throughout the entire lifecycle of its vessels.
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1 month ago | 
container-news.com | Antonis Karamalegkos
Lidl-owned Tailwind has decided to enhance its service network within Asia, with the Tiger Express Service (TEX) being expanded to include one call in Vietnam and two in Malaysia. Effective from 17 June, the updated port rotation of TEX will be Chattogram—Port Kelang—Ho Chi Minh City—Port Kelang—Colombo—Chattogram. The TEX service will continue to cast off from Chattogram in Bangladesh every two weeks and then make its first call at Port Kelang in Malaysia.
