Tag: container
Sale of sea container factory to Chinese halted
Dusseldorf The US Department of Justice, with the support of the Federal Cartel Office, stops the sale of a Danish sea container manufacturer to China. The reason given by the…
On your own across the Atlantic
Loading the Arnelong in Hamburg The cargo ship took machines and production parts in the tens of millions on board for Trumpf. (Photo: Trumpf / Lucas Wahl) Stuttgart, Dusseldorf First…
On your own across the Atlantic
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf First it was China, then Europe, now the USA – the ocean container giants are damming up everywhere in front of the most important seaports. Corona, strikes and…
Renewed strikes bring container shipping to a standstill
Dusseldorf Renewed waves of strikes in Germany and the USA are increasing concerns about even more serious traffic jams in seaports worldwide. Corona-related lockdowns and labor disputes in container shipping…
Hundreds of container ships are dammed up in the North Sea
Dusseldorf The traffic jams in container shipping, which have been causing massive delivery bottlenecks in world trade since autumn 2021, are increasingly shifting from the port cities of the USA…
Container ships back up in the North Sea
Port of Hamburg A number of freighters are waiting to unload their containers. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) Berlin According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), traffic jams and…
MSC, Maersk and CMA CGM: Shipping companies enter the logistics industry
Maersk Terminal in the Port of Los Angeles The shipping giant has made several acquisitions in recent months. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf The high profits of the large shipping companies are…
MSC, Maersk and CMA CGM: Shipping companies enter the logistics industry
Maersk Terminal in the Port of Los Angeles The shipping giant has made several acquisitions in recent months. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf The high profits of the large shipping companies are…
Merchants unite against shipping companies
Container ship “Laila” The Xstaff dealer association has chartered freighters like this several times. Dusseldorf The sluggish supply of goods from overseas means that European importers are increasingly resorting to…
Merchants unite against shipping companies
Container ship “Laila” The Xstaff dealer association has chartered freighters like this several times. Dusseldorf The sluggish supply of goods from overseas means that European importers are increasingly resorting to…
The ports of Shanghai and Hamburg are becoming bottlenecks
Shanghai container port China’s zero-Covid strategy is disrupting world trade. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The figures for sea freight presented by the head of Kuehne + Nagel on Tuesday make you…
Start-up wants to create an alternative to the measuring container
Munich Whenever there is a question of pollution on roads or possible diesel driving bans, they become the focus of interest: large measuring containers at traffic junctions in cities. “But…
Lidl wants to curb delivery bottlenecks with its own container ships
Dusseldorf The discounter Lidl is reacting to the delivery bottlenecks from the Far East and is expected to put four container ships into service from early summer. This is reported…
Hapag-Lloyd News: Shipping company increases net profit ninefold
Hapag-Lloyd freighter in the port of Hamburg Despite the sharp rise in fuel prices, higher charter rates for ships and additional mooring costs in ports, CEO Rolf Habben Jansen expects…
Shipping companies stop many lines to Russia
Container handling in the port of Hamburg The port on the Elbe is threatened with a loss of handling due to the war in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The joy…
Container ship with 4000 VWs drives off the Azores
car export Many VW models are delivered worldwide on container ships. (Photo: dpa) Lisbon The “Felicity Ace”, a huge container ship flying the Panama flag and loaded with thousands of…
Amazon bets against recovery in supply shortages
Containers of the shipping company Maersk Dusseldorf The new business model, with which Amazon attracts additional dealers to the group’s own marketplace, is like a bet: The US group is…
Continued traffic jams in container shipping
Container port in Shanghai In terms of trade in goods, the omicron wave has so far primarily posed a threat to China. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Traffic jams on international container…
Container bottlenecks are getting worse – 564 ships are waiting in front of ports
Container traffic jam in the Port of Los Angeles Problems in the US are responsible for 80 percent of global ship delays. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf German retailers and…
Container shortages continue to worsen after Christmas
Container traffic jam in the Port of Los Angeles Problems in the US are responsible for 80 percent of global ship delays. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) Dusseldorf German retailers and…