Wednesday, November 4, 2026

The canal was shut for six days; the cargo on the Ever Given arrived more than three months late. We follow the grounding, the rescue, the general average declaration and the court case, and …

No commercial cargo ship crosses the ocean empty yet. We sort the real projects by the IMO’s four …

Three ways to hire a ship, one question that separates them: who buys the fuel. We put the …

The commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading each tell part of the story of one container. …

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Seven stages, six companies and one steel box: how a full container …

20ft, 40ft and 40ft high cube containers measured inside and out, in …

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No commercial cargo ship crosses the ocean empty yet. We sort the real projects …

China delivered 56.1% of the world’s new ship tonnage in 2025 and won 69% …

942 LNG ships, 159 on methanol and five on ammonia: the fleet is hedging …

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