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Containers
Every Vessel Hunter story on Containers: 42 stories, from 9 June 2026 to 12 October 2026. Newest: "HMM Platinum still at sea after container fire off Madagascar, SMIT on Lloyd's Open Form". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
HMM Platinum still at sea after container fire off Madagascar, SMIT on Lloyd's Open Form
The containership HMM Platinum was still drifting southwest of Madagascar on 10 October after a container fire, with SMIT engaged and general average likely.
Emirates Shipping Line stops carrying plastic waste from October
Emirates Shipping Line will stop accepting bookings for plastic waste under HS code 3915 from 1 October, becoming the second ocean carrier to apply a blanket ban.
Chattogram Port Unions Call Two Protests Over DP World Terminal Concession
Two Bangladeshi port worker groups have called protests on 22 and 27 September against a proposed government-to-government concession handing Chattogram's New Mooring Container Terminal to DP World.
Three Containers Go Overboard at Port of Los Angeles Berth 302
Three 40-foot containers fell from a CMA CGM boxship during cargo operations at Berth 302 in Los Angeles. Two sank, and both were recovered within a day under a 400-yard safety zone.
One in Ten Container Inspections Found Deficiencies in 2025
Deficiencies turned up in 9,645 of 93,079 container inspections filed for 2025, a rate of 10.36 percent, and only seven of the IMO's 170-plus member states reported at all.
SFL Extends Six 15,400 TEU Ships to Hapag-Lloyd and Adds $750m of Backlog
SFL has extended charters on six 15,400 TEU container ships to Hapag-Lloyd by seven years, adding about $750m to a fixed-rate backlog that now stands near $4.6bn.
Container Ship Fires Rise 20% as Lithium Cargo Slips Through SP188
A new study puts the rise in ship fires at 20% year on year and a major container ship fire at one every 17 days, and points at Special Provision 188 as the gap through which lithium cells travel unseen.
Drone-Hit Boxship RMS Team Declared a Constructive Total Loss
The 1,100 TEU feeder RMS Team, hit by a drone on 21 August while bound for Novorossiysk, has been written off after an assessment of the fire damage to her superstructure and forward container rows.
Australia and China Trace 91 Containers in Tobacco Smuggling Sweep
The Australian Border Force and China Customs identified 112 suspicious containers, with 91 confirmed as smuggled tobacco carrying about US$65 million in unpaid duty.
Hamburg Container Throughput Falls In A Difficult First Half
The Port of Hamburg handled 56.1 million tonnes in the first half of 2026, down 3.1 percent, with container volumes falling 3.8 percent during terminal modernisation work.
Maersk goes from red to black
A.P. Moller-Maersk has sharply upgraded its guidance, now expecting an underlying operating profit of $2bn to $4bn this year, the clearest sign yet that 2026 is shaping up as another profitable year for container shipping.
Methamphetamine Found In Vehicle Transmission Shipped From Germany To Australia
Australian officers found thirteen kilograms of methamphetamine inside a vehicle transmission shipped from Germany, and made two arrests after a controlled delivery in western Sydney.
Washington imposes tariffs on goods from sixty economies
Duties of 10 to 12.5% now apply to goods from 60 economies, reviving measures the US Supreme Court struck down earlier this year.
Carriers swap Hamburg for Wilhelmshaven on NEMX service
Three major carriers have removed Hamburg from their joint North Europe-East Mediterranean container service, replacing it with Wilhelmshaven as the German port of call.
Container ship refloated after grounding near Rio Grande
The container ship Dusseldorf Express ran aground near the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande in Brazil and was refloated within hours.
Sinotrans doubles down on Qingshan with second feeder quartet
Sinotrans Container Lines is expanding its feeder newbuilding programme at China Merchants' Qingshan shipyard with a second batch of four 1,800 TEU vessels.
Russia's container market climbs 7.1% in first half of 2026
Russia's container market grew 7.1% year on year in the first half of 2026, with June volumes reaching their highest monthly level in fifteen years.
Yang Ming orders six LNG dual-fuel boxships worth up to $1.2bn
Yang Ming Marine Transport has chosen Hanwha Ocean to build six LNG dual-fuel container ships of around 13,000 TEU each, in a deal worth up to $1.22 billion.
HMM Rotterdam makes maiden call at Felixstowe
The 23,820 TEU HMM Rotterdam has made its first call at the Port of Felixstowe, arriving from Singapore as one of the largest container ships afloat.
CMA CGM names LNG-powered sistership as newest Asia-Europe flagship
CMA CGM has named its latest 24,000 TEU LNG-powered containership, the sistership of Notre Dame, ahead of deployment on the group's premier Asia-Europe route.
Hapag-Lloyd to raise North Europe-US rates by up to $800 from August
Hapag-Lloyd will raise freight rates on shipments from Northern Europe to the United States by up to $800 per box from August.
Seattle-Tacoma gateway handled nearly 3m TEU last year
The Seattle-Tacoma gateway handled close to three million TEU last year, supporting more than 265,000 jobs, a new study finds.
Drewry container index jumps 9% on transpacific and Asia-Europe gains
Drewry's World Container Index rose 9% to $4,530 per 40ft box as transpacific and Asia-Europe rates jumped on tight capacity.
Worker killed as containers topple at Nhava Sheva in storm
One worker was killed and another injured at India's Nhava Sheva terminal when containers fell from an anchored boxship during a storm.
Samskip's SeaShuttle becomes demonstrator for EU hydrogen project
Samskip's autonomous, emissions-free SeaShuttle will act as the demonstrator in the EU-backed HyShip project, testing liquid hydrogen on the Oslo-Rotterdam route.
ONE swaps its West India–US East Coast service for new INE loop
Ocean Network Express will suspend its WIN service and roll out a new India North America Express (INE) loop between West India and the US East Coast from August.
Shippers may have overpaid fuel surcharges on transpacific route
Shippers on the Far East to US West Coast route may have paid up to $475 per teu more than actual fuel costs in April and May, according to new analysis.
Goldenport orders feeders at revived Qingshan shipyard
Goldenport has ordered three 1,800 teu feeder containerships at China Merchants' revived Qingshan yard, joining a wave of orders at the restarted builder.
Hapag-Lloyd to roll out Inmarsat NexusWave across its fleet
Hapag-Lloyd will deploy Inmarsat's NexusWave bonded connectivity service across its global fleet following trials, deepening a near-25-year relationship.
Brazil sends Santos STS10 terminal tender back for policy review
Brazil's transport regulator has handed the STS10 container terminal tender at Santos back to the federal government for policy clarification, delaying one of the region's largest port projects.
Vietnam speeds up port upgrades to sharpen its trade edge
Vietnam is accelerating seaport investment, with two of its container gateways ranking among the world's 20 most efficient as cargo volumes climb.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd begin phased return to the Suez Canal
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will route some Gemini network sailings back through the Suez Canal, trimming a key Asia-Europe service by around four weeks.
Seaspan and Maersk widen containership efficiency drive
Seaspan and Maersk are extending their partnership with an efficiency programme across 18 chartered containerships, centred on a retrofit of four 13,000 teu vessels.
Dunkirk breaks ground on second container terminal
Dunkirk has begun building a second container terminal, a €303m project centred on a 1,000-metre deepwater quay designed to roughly double the port's box handling capacity.
Maersk to order 1,000 made-in-India cargo containers
Maersk is set to place a commercial order for 1,000 steel containers with India's DCM Shriram, backing the country's push to break China's near-monopoly on cargo container manufacturing.
Barrelet takes the helm at ONE
Till Ole Barrelet has taken over as chief executive of Ocean Network Express, succeeding founding boss Jeremy Nixon at the world's sixth-largest containerline.
MSC returns to megaship ordering with up to 20 new giants
MSC has reportedly returned to the newbuilding market with an order for up to 20 20,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships at China's Hengli Heavy Industry.
Liner networks shift away from Asia's mega hubs
Container carriers are permanently restructuring their networks away from Asia's largest transhipment hubs towards secondary regional ports, according to Sea-Intelligence analysis of UNCTAD connectivity data.
AD Ports tightens grip on Global Feeder Shipping
AD Ports Group has raised its holding in Dubai-based Global Feeder Shipping to 81% after a $300m stake purchase, deepening its push into global feeder container shipping.
Container shipping is thinking small again
The containership orderbook is nearing 13m teu, but Alphaliner data shows carriers shifting decisively toward smaller feeder and mid-sized ships, with 74% of recent orders below 6,500 teu.
MPCC moves up in size with $340m boxship buy
MPC Container Ships is buying four 7,000 teu boxships for $340m, moving into a larger segment while selling two older vessels and lifting its backlog to $2.2bn.
Lidl-backed carrier switches to German flag as Heilbronn becomes seaport for first time
Lidl's carrier Tailwind Shipping Lines has put its first ship under the German flag, making inland Heilbronn the home port of an oceangoing vessel for the first time.
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