On Tuesday, March 6th, Maersk confirmed that a fire had broken out on the Maersk Honam, an ultra large container ship in the Arabian sea, which claimed the lives of five crew members. Maersk Line has stopped loading dangerous goods in areas near engine casing units on its vessels while it carries out tests to… Read more »
On July 9th, state owned Cosco Shipping Holdings agreed to pay $6.3bn for OOCL, becoming the latest, and expected to be final, consolidation of shipping lines this year. Pending regulatory approval, Cosco would become the third largest shipping line with over 400 ships with a capacity of 2.9 million TEUs. In the deal, OOCL would… Read more »