Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV complete merger

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Hapag-Lloyd and Valparaiso, Chile, headquartered Chilean Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) have completed a merger that will create the fourth largest container liner shipping

Matson to acquire Horizon’s Alaska operations

NOVEMBER 11, 2014 — Charlotte, NC, headquartered Horizon Lines (OTCQB: HRZL) looks set to soon disappear over the horizon and become a part of U.S.-flag shipping history. It is getting out the

China torpedoes P3 alliance plans

JUNE 17, 2014 — China’s Ministry of Commerce said today that it would not approve plans for the P3 operational vessel sharing network that containership operators MSC, CMA CGM and Maersk Line

Container Throughput Index shows a dip

MAY 23, 2013 — A highly-regarded indicator of the health of the container shipping market took a dip in April. The Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) and the Institute of Shipping Economics

NOL Group has a profitable third quarter

OCTOBER 25, 2012 — APL’s parent NOL Group today reported net earnings of US$50 million for the third quarter of 2012, a US$141 million turnaround from the US$91 million net loss in

Rederi TransAtlantic buys Merlinja assets

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Heléne Mellquist, the recently appointed CEO of the Industrial Shipping Division of Sweden’s Rederi AB TransAtlantic is “very excited” that TransAtlantic has acquired the customer base of Finnish

Hapag-Lloyd reports $38 million loss for 2011

Container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd turned in a net loss of €28.8 million (about $38 million) in 2011. According to the consolidated financial statements approved today by the Supervisory Board, Hapag-Lloyd increased its

TUI to tender Hapag-Lloyd shares to Ballin consortium

Not that long after a December 5 statement from Singapore’s NOL saying that it “currently, is not making another bid for a stake in Hapag-Lloyd,” Germany’s TUI Group today announced “another major