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CMA CGM signs up with Freightos for online booking
Marseilles, France — The CMA CGM Group and Freightos announced they have signed an ambitious pilot agreement whereby CMA CGM has become the first ocean carrier listed on Freightos. Online bookings, guaranteed pricing, and secured capacity on CMA CGM China-US…
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Hapag-Lloyd and others plan to establish a container shipping association
Hamburg, Germany — A.P. Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express plan to establish container shipping association with the purpose of paving the way for digitalization, standardization and interoperability in the container shipping industry. IT executives…
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APL extends Eagle GO Guaranteed
Singapore — APL announced the extension of Eagle GO Guaranteed to its Asia-Latin America and North America-Latin America networks. Applicable to five East-West Asia-Latin America services and three North-South America services, Eagle GO Guaranteed cargoes from the direct load ports…
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Maersk first container shipping company to launch instant booking confirmation
Copenhagen, Denmark — With the introduction of instant booking confirmation, Maersk customers can now complete their bookings within seconds compared to previous waiting times of up to two hours. Eliminating this delay, as the first in the industry, is a…
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Hapag-Lloyd establishes Marine Fuel Recovery (MFR) mechanism
Hamburg, Germany — Hapag-Lloyd announced it has developed a Marine Fuel Recovery (MFR) mechanism, which will be gradually implemented from 1 January 2019 and replace all existing fuel-related charges. With a stricter International Maritime Organization emissions regulation (IMO 2020) coming…
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Hapag-Lloyd launches optimized app for shippers
Hamburg, Germany – Beginning immediately, all Hapag-Lloyd customers can make use of the advantages offered by the carrier’s optimized app. The app’s functionality has been expanded to include Quick Quotes and online booking. Quick Quotes makes the quotation process for…
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Bigger, Better, Stronger?
The past few years have seen a wave of consolidation amongst container shippers, reducing their number, while at the same time ocean cargo carriers operating in multiple trade lanes has also dropped. Yet the container industry remains only marginally profitable.…
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Port of Hamburg introduces eco-friendly power for container ships
Hamburg, Germany — The Port of Hamburg is taking a further step toward improving air quality at its port. Innovative technology developed right here in the city is set to enable large and very large container ships to switch off…
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Maersk Line goes live with CargoSphere for rate distribution
Chapel Hill, NC — CargoSphere, the neutral rate network for container shipping, today announced that Maersk Line has gone live with digital, fully-automated distribution of its contract rates and amendments. Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is now…
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MSC expands reefer capability with 2,000 leased containers
Woodcliff Lake, NJ — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, announced it will lease 2,000 containers chilled by Carrier Transicold’s natural refrigerant-based NaturaLINE refrigeration system. The first of its kind, the NaturaLINE unit solves the problem of how to use refrigerants effectively…
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COSCO plans to grow with OOCL
Seacacus, NJ — In a letter to customers, COSCO said with the completion of its acquisition of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) last month it is “committed to further growth with 19 vessels ordered and a total capacity of about…
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COSCO hit by cyber attack
Secaucus, NJ — COSCO Shipping Lines confirmed that it has been hit by a cyber attack impacting its Americas operations. “Due to local network breakdown within our America regions, local email and network telephone cannot work properly at the moment.…