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MSC launches 24/7 Instant Quote function – ‘a few simple clicks’

MSC expanded its online services today, launching its Instant Quote function.
The new tool allows shippers and forwarders to obtain shipping rates for container bookings 24/7.
The company added it represented an upgrade to the myMSC platform and that the coronavirus pandemic had been a catalyst to its development.
“The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the trend towards digitalisation within the industry and the importance of engaging customers through multiple platforms, including through...

https://theloadstar.com/msc-launches-24-7-instant-quote-function-a-few-simple-clicks/

Market Insight: Toft start date revealed, new Maersk finance hire has 3PL baggage

Guess what?
Latest talk in my circles is that AP Møller Mærsk Group (APMM) is strengthening its senior finance team within its Ocean and Logistics division in Central/Med Europe thanks to the appointment of a manager whose curriculum vitae breaths 3PL and freight solutions.
This came as rumours started to build about the starting date of Søren Toft, ex-COO and executive board member of APMM, who left the Danish carrier to join rival …

The post Market Insight: Toft start date revealed, new Maersk...

https://theloadstar.com/market-insight-toft-start-date-revealed-new-maersk-finance-hire-has-3pl-baggage/

Container shipping laden with ‘antiquated processes’

Until container carriers can agree on a common “business language,” the electronic conveyance of important information will be lost in translation, according to Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) CEO Thomas Bagge.

Bagge said during a World Economic Forum webinar Monday that DCSA’s nine members — CMA CGM, Evergreen Marine, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Maersk, MSC, ONE, Yang Ming and ZIM — had six different definitions for what constitutes a vessel’s arrival in port.

“That’s hugely problematic....

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/container-shipping-laden-with-antiquated-processes

MSC Lays Keel For Its First LNG-Powered Cruise Ship ‘MSC World Europa’

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A maritime coin ceremony tradition took place earlier at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France when the keel was laid for MSC Cruises’ first liquified natural gas (LNG)-powered ship, MSC World Europa.

The 200,000-plus GT ship is scheduled to enter service in 2022 and be one of most technologically- and environmentally-advanced LNG-powered cruise vessels in its class and the first-ever to be built in France.

Zoe Africa Vago, daughter of Alexa Aponte-Vago and her husband...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/msc-lays-keel-for-its-first-lng-powered-cruise-ship-msc-world-europa/

DCSA launches another drive for information sharing

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is continuing its efforts to make information sharing easier.

On Tuesday the nonprofit specifically tackled ship-related information transparency with the publication of standards for the exchange of operational vessel schedules (OVS). The OVS standards can be implemented by vessel operators as well as vessel-sharing agreement partners and operational service providers to enable the automatic sharing of schedule information, according to DCSA.

The...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/dcsa-launches-another-drive-for-information-sharing

MSC and CMA CGM join forces on NEMO service

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CGM have updated their jointly operated NEMO service, which now connects North Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, South Asia, Indian Subcontinent and Australia.

The new service is operated by 14 ships 9,500TEU, nine deployed by MSC, while CMA CGM will use five boxships on the service.

“CMA CGM reinforced its Europe / Indian Ocean and Australia offering by upgrading its NEMO service, which links North Europe and the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean Islands...

https://container-news.com/msc-and-cma-cgm-join-forces-on-nemo-service/

Freight Rates and Container Lines in Asia-North Europe Route Steady

  • 2M partners Maersk and MSC began loading their inducement Asia-North Europe loop service in China this week, as bookings and freight rates stay steady on the route.
  • However, there is no change to the 2M strategy of suspending its AE2/Swan loop until October, suggesting that demand over the peak season remains weak.
  • According to consultant Alphaliner,  the 14,036 teu MSC Taranto is loading at Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas for discharge at Rotterdam, Antwerp and...

https://mfame.guru/freight-rates-and-container-lines-in-asia-north-europe-route-steady/

More transatlantic blankings are unveiled as a new trade war threatens

2M partners Maersk and MSC have extended the suspension of their TA4/NEUATL4 transatlantic loop through to September.
The service, which deploys five vessels with an average capacity of 5,300 teu and has a rotation of Antwerp-Rotterdam-Bremerhaven-Liverpool-New York-Savannah-Port Everglades-Savannah, was originally suspended until mid-June and to mid-July.
Maersk attributed the new move to “continued market demand reductions in North America and Europe caused by the Covid-19 pandemic”. The...

https://theloadstar.com/more-transatlantic-blankings-are-unveiled-as-a-new-trade-war-threatens/

MSC Zoe report says vessel hit the bottom in storm

A 19,200TEU ship which lost 342 containers in a North Sea storm hit the seabed as the vessel was tossed up and down in heavy seas according to a report into the MSC Zoe incident published on 25 June.

Dutch Safety Board (OVV) investigations, carried out with input from Germany’s BSU and the Panamanian registry reported the storm conditions were not particularly severe, but that the northwesterly winds that were blowing on the day of the incident in January 2019, meant that the waves were steep...

https://container-news.com/msc-zoe-report-says-vessel-hit-the-bottom-in-storm/

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