Mumbai Maersk runs aground outside Bremerhaven
Two multipurpose vessels have come to the aid of Mumbai Maersk, one of the world’s largest containerships that ran aground outside Bremerhaven, Germany. Global shipping giant Maersk said that the incident happened around 23:00 CET...Read more
Hansa Meyer ships breakbulk on Maersk container vessel
Hansa Meyer Global Transport in Düsseldorf has recently moved one tyre with a diameter of 6.86 metres, weighing 91,5 tons from Porto Marghera, Italy to Jakarta, Indonesia.Read more
Vestas partners with Maersk for containerised project cargo transport
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has partnered up with the logistics behemoth Maersk on a long term deal for all containerised project cargo transport. The partnership includes door-to-door transport from Vestas suppliers to its factories and...Read more
Is there space for project cargo on container ships?
The current market situation has seen a complete reversal of roles between the container shipping segment and the breakbulk and MPP sector. While traditionally container vessels competed for project cargo, nowadays, breakbulk, MPP and even...Read more
Container crunch causes Maersk’s profit to soar
ShippingA.P. Møller-Maersk did particularly well in the last three months of 2020 thanks to companies restocking. This led to such a high demand for transport services that global distribution chains are experiencing container shortages. As...Read more
2,000 redundancies at Maersk, Safmarine and Damco cease to exist
ShippingMaersk is laying off 2,000 employees as a result of the large-scale reorganisation that started at the beginning of September. The end of Damco had been in sight for some time, but the Danish shipping...Read more
Maersk introduces penalty for misdeclared out-of-gauge cargoes
Container shippingMaersk is introducing a new penalty fee for the misdeclaration of out-of-gauge cargoes. The container carrier says it is experiencing too many incidents with shipments causing issues due to wrongly declared dimensions. The surcharge is...Read more
Maersk uses its sophisticated software to grow in breakbulk
DigitalizationYou can’t see it from the outside, but Maersk’s container vessels bring a lot more into port than just containers. There is some piece of breakbulk on every sailing nowadays and the Danish shipping giant...Read more
Maersk and Koole Terminals to produce IMO 2020 fuel in Rotterdam
Maersk Oil Trading and Koole Terminals have signed an agreement to produce IMO 2020-compliant bunker fuel in the port of Rotterdam. The annual production is expected to cover 5-10% of Maersk’s annual fuel demand. The production...Read more
Maersk’s new decommissioning business lands first gig
Maersk’s new offshore decommissioning business, Maersk Decom, has secured its first commercial contract. Perenco has booked the company to remove and recycle the subsea infrastructure of its Thames field in the UK North Sea. The project...Read more
Maersk launches first ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe
Danish container giant Maersk has launched a combined ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe to offer highly competitive transit times from Asia to major ports in Europe. It is the first multimodel shipping service the...Read more