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Felixstowe has completed the deepening work for its main approach and alongside its berths. Terminal will have more flexibility for large vessel calls

The investment will give CCM the financial heft needed to rejuvenate its US southeast chassis fleet and create the US’ largest ‘interoperable chassis utility’

With sun and wind, Egypt has natural advantages for green energy production. C2X wants to exploit these for methanol production

Ukraine and Russia-bound ships dominate detentions and port bans | Ships going to Ukraine are getting less shy about it | Container imbalances remain a key issue for box trade

Returning empties to major export markets costs up to $16bn a year. But with manufacturing still focused on Asia, there are few hopes of rebalancing the market

John Can Unsalan pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering relating to transactions with companies controlled by sanctioned Russian oligarch Sergey Kurchenko between 2018-2021. Unsalan’s co-conspirator Sergey Karpushkin pled guilty to conspiring to violate US sanctions in September

Another 12 ships are ready to travel via the temporary corridor according to a government official, indicating the route will continue to be used to export Ukrainian cargo

Emergence of dark fleet means non-mutual providers may have a larger market share than previously supposed. But participants stress this well-established commercial line is certainly not synonymous with subterfuge

Vessels still trading into Ukraine and Russia’s Black Sea ports are generally old and often flagged by registries prominently featured on port state control black and grey lists. As a result they are routinely targeted for inspection and are being detained or banned for serious safety failings

Increasing the height of containership deckhouses and lashing bridges can boost capacity by more than 10%, reducing carbon emissions per transported box