7 Worldwide Logistics ships industrial equipment from Germany to Iraq
7 Worldwide Logistics’ (7WL) team in Bremen transported 10 Units of Secondary Quench Exchanger, some spare parts, and lifting devices, on behalf of a producer…
Maersk closes purchase of the Hong Kong based LF Logistics
Shipping giant A.P. Møller – Mærsk has completed a $3.6 billion purchase of the Hong Kong based LF Logistics from Li & Fung & Temasek.…
Maersk to boost project logistics capacity with Martin Bencher Group buy
Shipping giant Maersk intends to acquire its compatriot project logistics company, Martin Bencher Group, a specialist in non-containerised project logistics in a deal worth $61…
Maersk completes acquisition of Senator International
Danish integrated container logistics company Maersk completed the acquisition of international freight forwarding, shipping and logistics company, Senator International, which was announced on June 2nd,…
Mumbai Maersk pulled free
Mumbai Maersk, one of the world’s largest containerships that got stuck in a shallow patch off Bremerhaven has been towed free in the second attempt…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Shipping
Container crunch causes Maersk’s profit to soar
A.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…
Shipping
2,000 redundancies at Maersk, Safmarine and Damco cease to exist
Maersk 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…
Container shipping
Maersk introduces penalty for misdeclared out-of-gauge cargoes
Maersk 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…
Digitalization
Maersk uses its sophisticated software to grow in breakbulk
You 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…
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…
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…
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…
Maersk family buys into wind industry
A.P. Møller Holding will acquire the Danish KK Group which, through its subsidiary KK Wind Solutions, is a leading systems supplier of wind power electronics.…