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Our blog shares articles related to shipping containers. DropBox, Inc. is an ISO shipping container modification company that specializes in designing, engineering, and manufacturing containerized solutions and engineered enclosures. For over two decades, DropBox Inc. has offered customers solutions both for sale and rent.
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Liner lobby group, the World Shipping Council (WSC), has appointed Joe Kramek as its new president and chief executive officer. Kramek will succeed John Butler, who will retire at the end of July after nearly a decade at the helm. Before taking the top job, Kramek served as the WSC’s director of US government relations ..read more
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1d ago
Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) has unveiled a reduced emissions shipping service designed to meet the shared decarbonisation goals of the shipping industry. The new shipping service, named ONE LEAF+, offers customers the opportunity to manage their emissions and minimise environmental impact across the value chain. The name is short for “low emission-able freight ..read more
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1d ago
Hapag-Lloyd is being tipped to seek out further acquisition targets in order to remain in touching distance of the top names in liner shipping. Germany’s top carrier unveiled its medium-term business plans through to 2030, which include an aggressive fleet growth with the line’s CEO, Rolf Habben Jensen claiming the goals were the company’s “most ..read more
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1d ago
Shanghai has built up an unprecedented commanding 10m teu lead over its nearest boxport rival in rankings of the top 30 container ports worldwide compiled by Alphaliner. Shanghai has been the world’s largest container port for the last 14 years, beating Singapore into second place. It now stands on the cusp of being the first ..read more
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1d ago
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), an initiative of Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV) facilitated by the Aspen Institute, which includes the likes of IKEA, Nike and Amazon as founding members, has selected the winner of its first tender. ZEMBA announced Hapag-Lloyd had won the two-year contract to ship goods on voyages ..read more
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1d ago
The US west coast will bid farewell to a container destination come the end of September. Officials at Portland in Oregon have decided to close and likely repurpose the city’s sole mothballed container terminal this autumn as the facility no longer has any regular customers and has been losing millions of dollars for the past ..read more
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2d ago
Further evidence that the worst of the El Nino-led drought is over in Central America came yesterday with an advisory from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announcing an increase in booking slots and maximum allowable draft. The ACP will gradually allow up to 32 ships through per day, compared with a limit of 27 announced ..read more
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2d ago
HMM, South Korea’s flagship carrier, laid out mid-term expansion plans yesterday which will see its container fleet nearly double in size to 1.5m teu by 2030, while also looking to double the size of its bulk fleet by the start of the next decade. In recent months, plans to privatise HMM have fallen through and ..read more
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3d ago
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal inquiry into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. According to reports, citing two US officials familiar with the matter, the probe will look into the circumstances leading up to the collapse and if all federal regulations were followed. “The FBI is present aboard ..read more
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3d ago
The world’s largest containerline, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), remains very active in the secondhand market. As week 16 starts its buying spree counts 11 ships so far this year according to VesselsValue, without counting data from MB Shipbroking – formerly Maersk Broker – who note that the Gianluigi Aponte-founded line has secured two more ships ..read more