Topic
Container
Every Vessel Hunter story on Container: 4 stories, from 4 August 2026 to 21 August 2026. Newest: "First Chinese Container Ship Reaches Murmansk via Northern Sea Route". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
First Chinese Container Ship Reaches Murmansk via Northern Sea Route
Murmansk has received the Xin Xin Hai 1, the first Chinese-operated container ship to arrive by the Northern Sea Route and the port's first container imports through the Arctic passage.
PanStar prepares South Korea's first Arctic container voyage to Europe
Cargo is being booked for South Korea's maiden container voyage through the Northern Sea Route, with a 2,800 teu vessel chartered by PanStar Line due to sail from Busan on 22 August calling at Rotterdam, Hamburg and Gdansk.
Container spot rates fall for a third week as front-loading ends
Global container spot rates declined for a third consecutive week, with weakening demand and the end of the front-loading surge weighing on the major east-west trades.
Shanghai moves more than 200,000 teu in a single day
Shanghai has pushed its daily container throughput above 200,000 teu for the first time, handling 203,881 teu on 1 August, around 9% above the previous record of 187,312 teu set on 9 June.
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