by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 28, 2022 | Digitalisation, News, Shipping
Hapag-Lloyd will equip its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices. After successfully introducing real-time monitoring for its reefer container fleet in 2019 with the IoT product Hapag-Lloyd LIVE, the company will start to install newly developed...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 3, 2022 | News, Shipping
With the exception of COSCO, container liners Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and ONE have all stopped taking bookings for Russia. Last week, they already did this for Ukraine as a result of Russia’s invasion. CMA CGM reported that its employees in Ukraine are...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 8, 2021 | News, Ship conversion/refit, Shipping
Hapag-Lloyd has converted the 15,000 TEU container ship Brussels Express to LNG propulsion. According to the German shipping company, it is the first time ever that such a large container ship has been retrofitted to gas propulsion. The Brussels Express sailed into...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 26, 2021 | Grounding, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping
Container shipping companies A.P. Møller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are considering rerouting their container ships, which would normally sail through the Suez Canal, via the Cape of Good Hope. The 400-metre container ship Ever Given ran aground across the important...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 18, 2021 | News
Hapag-Lloyd plans to take over Dutch container shipping company NileDutch Investments BV. NileDutch is mainly known for its liner services to Africa. It means the end of another Dutch container shipping company after the big takeover of P&O Nedlloyd by Maersk in...
