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MPP sector not spared from Panama Canal, Red Sea issues
Drewry's OpinionThe multipurpose (MPP) shipping sector has not been spared from the disruptions in traffic flows in the Panama and Suez Canals. According to shipping consultancy Drewry, weather-related restrictions on the Panama Canal and the recent...Read more![More MPP carriers pick Cape Of Good Hope, sailing away from Suez](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/More-MPP-carriers-pick-Cape-Of-Good-Hope-sailing-away-from-Suez-128x128.jpeg)
More MPP carriers pick Cape Of Good Hope, sailing away from Suez
The war in Gaza and subsequent hostilities and increasing risk in the Middle East have started pushing MPP index rates up but also pushed a larger number of vessels on a long way around Africa. Read more![Xeneta: Red Sea crisis pushes freight rates skywards](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Xeneta-Red-Sea-crisis-pushes-freight-rates-skywards-128x128.jpeg)
Red Sea crisis pushes freight rates skywards
The Red Sea crisis shows no signs of easing as A.P. Moller – Maersk pauses all transits through the region ‘for the foreseeable future’ and ocean freight shipping rates continue to surge. The latest data...Read more![MSC ship attacked in the Red Sea](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MSC-ship-attacked-in-the-Red-Sea-128x128.jpeg)
MSC ship attacked in the Red Sea
MSC said its container ship MSC United VIII was attacked on December 26 while transiting the Red Sea, having to engage in evasive manoeuvres. The vessel informed a nearby coalition task force warship of the...Read more![Maersk to resume Red Sea transit](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Maersk-to-resume-Red-Sea-transit-128x128.jpeg)
Maersk to resume Red Sea transit
The situation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is a quickly changing one and the shipping giant Maersk has voiced its readiness to resume transiting the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. Read more![Hapag-Lloyd declares Force Majeure following Red Sea attack](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Hapag-Lloyd-declares-Force-Majeure-following-Red-Sea-attack-128x128.jpeg)
Shippers declare Force Majeure as Red Sea attacks continue
Shipping majors Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM have decided to declare Force Majeure on sailing the Red Sea. Hapag-Lloyd’s vessel Al Jasrah, has recently come under attack by the Houthi militia, prompting the company to make...Read more![Vessel suffers failure in the Suez Canal](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Vessel-suffers-failure-in-the-Suez-Canal--128x128.jpeg)
Maersk goes to court for financial loss during Suez Canal blockade
Maersk has filed a case at the Maritime and Commercial Court in Denmark against, among others, competitor Evergreen and ship manager Schulte Group for the blockade of the Suez Canal by container ship ‘Ever Given’...Read more![First bridge in place for New Lock in Terneuzen](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/HEBO-Terneuzen-128x128.jpeg)
First bridge in place for New Lock in Terneuzen
The installation of the bridges and lock doors for the Sassevaart lock in Terneuzen has been completed. This was done by HEBO Maritime Services and Mammoet.Read more![Ahmed Afifi (EMCO)](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ahmed-Afifi-128x128.jpeg)
It is not a routine job, the story of Ahmed Afifi, EMCO Group
People of the industry“My favourite thing about my job is that every day there is something new, it is not a routine job. I also enjoy travelling to the ports, and abroad, meeting new people,” says Ahmed Afifi,...Read more![Vessel suffers failure in the Suez Canal](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Vessel-suffers-failure-in-the-Suez-Canal--128x128.jpeg)
Vessel suffers failure in the Suez Canal
In the morning ours of January 9, a bulk carrier MV Glory broke down in the Suez Canal near Alagantarah, while transiting southbound from Turkey to China. According to a report by the canal service...Read more![World’s largest mobile substation transported by Höegh Target](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Hoegh-Autoliners-128x128.jpeg)
World’s largest mobile substation transported by Höegh Target
The Höegh Target loaded 3 mobile substations to be transported from the Port of Antwerp,in Belgium, to the Port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HMM-Algeciras-vaart-door-Suezkanaal-foto-Facebook-HMM-800x450-1-128x128.jpeg)
Record Suez Canal sales after increases in transit fees
The Suez Canal achieved a record turnover of $7 billion (some 6.7 billion euros) in the last financial year. The increase in turnover followed increases in the rates for the use of this important Egyptian...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Boskalis-Ever-Given-128x128.jpg)
Owner Ever Given makes new offer to compensate Suez Canal blockage
ShippingThe owner of the container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for some time in March, has made a new offer of compensation to canal authority SCA. As a result, the parties have...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Boskalis-Ever-Given-128x128.jpg)
“Captain’s orders caused container ship Ever Given to run aground”
ShippingThe captain’s orders were the main cause of the Ever Given grounding in the Suez Canal on 23 March. This is what the chief investigator of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Sajid Shaisha, has told...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Semisubmersible-loading-Mohab-Mameesh-128x128.jpg)
[VIDEO] Chinese semi-submersible transports dredger from Rotterdam to Egypt
The new cutter suction dredger Mohab Mameesh has arrived in Egypt after it was transported by the semi-submersible vessel Xiang Rui Kou from Rotterdam. The shipyard that built the 29,190-kW heavy-duty dredger has released a...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Boskalis-Ever-Given-128x128.jpg)
Ever Given is free, traffic at Suez Canal to resume
ShippingThe container ship Ever Given, which ran aground in the Suez Canal, has been refloated. After the stern of the ship came loose on Monday, the bow has now also been freed. Eyewitnesses reported to...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ever-Given-dredging-work-by-Suez-Canal-Authority-128x128.jpeg)
Ever Given’s stern is free but bow remains firmly stuck
ShippingThe container vessel Ever Given, which has been blocking the Suez Canal, has been refloated again. The vessel is not completely free yet but according to the Suez Canal Authority, the stern of the ship...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ANP-429544313-800x450-1-128x128.jpeg)
Two dredgers are trying to free container ship Ever Given
ShippingThe Suez Canal Authority has deployed two dredgers to help free the container ship Ever Given, which grounded in the Suez Canal on Tuesday 23 March. It concerns the cutter suction dredgers Tenth of Ramadan...Read more![](https://www.projectcargojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ANP-429507257-800x450-1-128x128.jpeg)