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CMA CGM and Maersk US flag carriers enter into slot exchange deals

CMA CGM’s shipping specialist serving the US Government, APL, and Maersk’s counterpart, Maersk Line Limited, have entered into a new slot exchange partnership across several trade routes.

In particular, Maersk will take 80 eastbound TEUs and 130 westbound TEUs on APL’s Transpacific and fully US-flagged EX1 service, while APL will secure 80 eastbound and 20 westbound slots on Maersk’s Indian Subcontinent – US East Coast (MECL) service.

Additionally, the MECL service, which is partially served with...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-and-maersk-us-flag-carriers-slot-exchange-deals/

CMA CGM, Maersk and COSCO vie for Transpacific dominance

CMA CGM, Maersk, and COSCO Shipping Lines are competing for the market lead in the Transpacific trade, according to Alphaliner.

CMA CGM has regained the position of market leader from Maersk, which was number one in November 2023. At the time, the Danish carrier had several extra loader services deployed in the trade. Maersk’s market share is now slightly lower at 13.1%, while its French competitor has 13.2%. COSCO follows a close third with 12.9%.

The dominance of CMA CGM and Maersk is...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-maersk-and-cosco-vie-for-transpacific-dominance/

Bollinger Mississippi gets $69.6M Navy APL contract

Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding LLC, Pascagoula, Miss. has been awarded a $69,607,000 firm fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract (N00024-18-C-2230) for detail design and construction of an Auxiliary Personnel Lighter – Small. (APL) Class berthing and messing barge. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Work is expected to be completed by May 2025.

The first four APLs in the series were built and delivered by VT Halter Marine, which...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/bollinger-mississippi-gets-69-6m-navy-apl-contract/

Adani’s Mundra Port Handles Largest Ever Container Vessel To Call On India

APL Raffels

Adani CMA Mundra Terminal Pvt Ltd (ACMTPL) a joint venture between Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd and CMA Terminals at Mundra, berthed APL Raffles, making it the largest container vessel to call India. APL Raffles is one of the largest vessels in the fleet of CMA CGM. Built in 2013, this 176727 DWT, 17292 TEUs capacity vessel is 397.88 meter long and 51 meter wide. This is almost equivalent to four football fields.

Image Credits: Adani Ports

This is another important milestone for Mundra Port. In 2021,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/adanis-mundra-port-handles-largest-ever-container-vessel-to-call-on-india/

Cargo Ship Captain Faces Trial Over 50 Containers Lost Overboard Off Australia’s East Coast

APL England containers lost

Mohd Zulkhaili Bin Alias, master of the vessel that lost several dozens of cargo containers off Australia’s east coast was committed to stand trial. Alias faced two charges with 50 containers toppling off the APL England when the ship was in the rough seas when sailing from China to Melbourne in 2020.

Containers along with debris washed up on the beaches of New South Wales, prompting an extensive clean-up drive. Mark Nolan, a Brisbane magistrate, Monday found that there was not enough evidence...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/cargo-ship-captain-faces-trial-over-50-containers-lost-overboard-off-australias-east-coast/

FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: American President Lines still lives under new ownership (Part 2)

An APL containership. (Photo: APL Facebook page)

In Part 1 of this article, the history of Pacific Mail Steamship Company (a predecessor of American President Lines) was profiled. Its other owners are profiled in Part 2.

Dollar Shipping Company

Born in Scotland and raised in Canada, Captain Robert Dollar was a successful lumber merchant in British Columbia. He bought his first ship in 1893 after unsuccessfully seeking regular service to move lumber from the Pacific Northwest to California.

A few years later, Dollar founded the Dollar Steamship...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-fallen-flags-american-president-lines-still-lives-under-new-ownership-part-2

CMA CGM caps its rates. What does this mean for container shipping?

CMA CGM

France’s CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest ocean carrier, will cease all increases in spot rates worldwide through Feb. 1, effectively immediately.

At first blush, the decision sounds like a game changer. But even if other carriers make similar announcements, how much of this is genuine mercy toward customers that will have bottom-line effects and how much is public relations?

Surprise announcement

“Since the beginning of 2021, container shipping spot freight rates have continued to rise due to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cma-cgm-just-capped-rates-what-does-this-mean-for-container-shipping

Maersk, CMA CGM, ONE and Wan Hai vessels robbed in Manila

Container ships, operated by CMA CGM and Ocean Network Express (ONE) were robbed or burglarised while at anchorage in Manila in the first two weeks of August.

The crew members were threatened with knives and guns, and the robbers made off with items from the ships.

The incidents were disclosed by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCaap) on 23 August.

On 4 August, three burglars were seen at the forecastle of ONE-operated 4,253TEU...

https://container-news.com/maersk-cma-cgm-one-and-wan-hai-vessels-robbed-in-manila/

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