In an interview with Danish finance newspaper Berlingske Business, Søren Skou, group CEO of AP Moller-Maersk, has vowed to get revenues back to its previous highs, with growth to be found beyond the blue carrier’s traditional liner background. Skou, in charge since June 2016, has presided over a...
https://splash247.com/skou-vows-to-return-maersk-to-former-financial-glory-days/
The Global Maritime Forum has announced that a call for action, in support of decarbonization, has been signed by 34 CEOs and industry leaders from the maritime industry
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/maersk_ceo_supports_decarbonization_initiative
Ahead of the 2020 sulphur cap, Hapag Lloyd said that using low-sulphur fuel oil will be the key solution for the company to remain compliant. This fuel however, comes with an increase in fuel costs, something that made Hapag Lloyd establish a Marine Fuel Recovery (MFR) mechanism. This will be gradually implemented from 1 January 2019 and replace all existing fuel-related charges.
Hapag-Lloyd estimates its additional costs to be around 1 billion US dollars in the first years. For this reason it...
https://safety4sea.com/hapag-lloyd-to-implement-marine-fuel-recovery-mechanism/
Hapag-Lloyd establecerá un mecanismo para trasladar a sus clientes el coste asociado a la nueva regulación de emisiones que la Organización Marítima Internacional (OMI) pondrá en marcha en 2020. La naviera alemana ha informado este lunes que adoptará este nuevo parámetro a partir del 1 de enero de...
http://elvigia.com/hapag-lloyd-trasladara-tambien-a-los-clientes-los-nuevos-costes-del-combustible/
The bellwether Shanghai Container Freight Index (SCFI) did not publish today, due to the national holiday in China, but current sentiment suggests that ocean carriers will find their rates under pressure following the Golden Week break.
Last month, the Asia to North Europe component of the SCFI shed 21% to $735 per teu, while for Mediterranean ports there was a smaller decline of 15% to $767 per teu.
Anecdotal reports from The Loadstar’s …
The post Box carriers sail towards a tipping point of...
https://theloadstar.co.uk/box-carriers-sail-towards-tipping-point-ocean-freight-rates-fuel/
The Maersk group paid a high price to obtain the liberation of its container ship Alexander Maersk on September 28 following its arrest in the port of Sfax on September 8. According to information, the world’s number one container shipping group, was obliged to pay all the €8 million compensation demanded by the seven Tunisian clients behind the vessel’s arrest. The claims were essentially connected with a major fire which broke out aboard another Maersk vessel, the Maersk Honam, last March.
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http://container-news.com/maersk-gets-alexander-maersk-back/
A newly built Maersk Line containership completed a trial passage of the Northern Sea Route off Siberia and Russia, in what Maersk officials called a “one-off” to gain operational experience and test the ice-capable feeder ship.
It was the latest voyage in the high north, where climate changes make through passages more feasible and nations are eyeing new maritime and commercial opportunities. But Maersk cautioned it has no plans for new services in what is still a challenging and expensive...
https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/maersk-containership-completes-arctic-passage/
The shipping industry must rise to the biggest technology challenge in 100 years in order to meet its decarbonization ambitions, a group of 34 maritime CEOs and industry leaders stressed in a call…
There has been insufficient mainstream publicity on the IMO’s 2020 global emissions regulation for shipping, and a lack of transparency by container lines on their recovery strategies.
These are the worrying conclusions of a review by maritime consultant Alphaliner and a shipper survey by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.
It has been estimated that the cost of compliance with the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap on fuel from 1 January 2020 could be a $15bn annual …
The post Shippers are being ‘left in the...
https://theloadstar.co.uk/shippers-left-dark-carriers-look-recover-imo-2020-costs/
La Autoridad Portuaria de Almería acumula hasta el mes de agosto un movimiento de mercancía en contenedores de casi 38.500 toneladas, lo que representa un 62,8% más que en el mismo periodo del año pasado. Un crecimiento al que “ha contribuido de forma significativa” la nueva línea entre Almería y...