Tomas Kristiansen

1 week ago | shippingwatch.com | Tomas Kristiansen

According to Alphaliner, the container carrier is said to have been victim of a toxic mix of falling freight rates and strong charter rates. Singapore-based container carrier Vasi Shipping has announced the start of its insolvency proceeding, according to Alphaliner.

1 week ago | shippingwatch.com | Tomas Kristiansen

”The headhunter presented two documents: A job contract and an investment scheme. But no-one told me about the huge losses of the company,” a former exec says. If you applied for an executive position with V.Group, even if the process was initiated after you were approached by a headhunter, you were obliged to buy shares with your coming employer.

2 weeks ago | shippingwatch.com | Tomas Kristiansen

One of the world’s largest shipping, logistics and ports companies says ”businesses are facing significant adjustments.”US president Donald Trump’s trade war with unprecedented tariffs imposed on goods from all over the world may create chaos, but it could also spark opportunities in other regions of the world.

2 weeks ago | shippingwatch.com | Tomas Kristiansen

The Port of Singapore has introduced and tested green fuels bunkering. Two of the bunker majors in the port say the market is still very limited.

2 weeks ago | shippingwatch.com | Tomas Kristiansen |Kit Lindhardt

A container alliance of three Asian shipping lines has suspended a planned route to the US. Analysts are also seeing more canceled shipments from Asia. by TOMAS KRISTIANSEN, KIT LINDHARDTThe US tariff hammer has come down hard on imports of goods from China and other Asian countries, and the impact has now reached shipping directly.