hapag-lloyd

Crocs away!

No, Hapag-Lloyd hasn’t suffered a graffiti attack – the German shipping line has commissioned artists to deck out two of its 20-foot containers with scenes inspired by its home city of Hamburg. (The Crocodiles are the name of the local ice hockey team.) The boxes are now on their first voyage, to Colombia. Anyone who spots the boxes on their travels around the world is invited to take a photo and share ... [+]

THE Alliance to serve Southampton and London Gateway

Members of THE Alliance - Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express, and Yang Ming – have announced further details of the planned new schedules for April. Some details of the new service were announced in December. Two services from the Far East to Europe will call in Southampton (FE 2 and FE4), ... [+]

Hapag Lloyd to start East Africa service

Hapag Lloyd is adding Mombasa and Dar es Salaam to its schedule with a new weekly to and from the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah. It will initially deploy four vessels, each with a capacity of 1,200teu, with the first sailing planned for early April. [+]

New platform to speed Hapag container moves

Hapag-Lloyd has become the first ocean carrier in the UK to offer the reUse container management services offered through Avantida, a subsidiary of the INTTRA ocean shipping portal. The application allows the re-use of import containers for export shipments of the same shipping company. Hapag Lloyd said Avantida would allow ... [+]

CINS wins safety award

The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) has won the Bureau International des Containers 2017 Award. Presented annually, the award honours an individual or organisation for notable contributions to safety, security, standardization, or sustainability in containerised transportation. It was presented to CINS vice-chairman Ken Rohlmann of Hapag Lloyd, and Jean-Christophe Triat ... [+]

New London Gateway/South America service

MSC and Hapag Lloyd are introducing a new service between South America’s east coast and Northern Europe, improving port coverage and transit times. The new NWC/SAEC service will call at London Gateway and ports in North-West Europe, Rio Sepetiba, Santos, Navegantes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Navegantes, Paranagua and returning ... [+]

Hapag-UASC merger complete

Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) formally completed their merger on 24 MayThe deal creates a company with 230 vessels and a shared fleet capacity of approximately 1.6 million teu, the fifth-largest liner shipping company in the world. [+]

Shipping safety group elects deputy chair

Hapag Lloyd senior director for dangerous goods, Ken Rohlmann has been elected as deputy chairman of the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS). Te association aims to increase safety in the supply chain, reduce the number of cargo incidents on-board ships and highlight the risks caused by certain cargoes and/or packing ... [+]

New Caribbean call for London Gateway

The joint CMA CGM-Hapag Lloyd European Caribbean Service is to call at DP World London Gateway, its first ever UK port, from 6 January. Dedicated to reefer transport, the service will provide one of the shortest transit times between Central America and North Europe and also connects the UK with the ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd opens coffee shops

Hapag-Lloyd is setting up customer service desks for coffee in selected offices handling large volumes of the commodity. They are staffed by employees who can satisfy the requirements of coffee customers even more quickly and include an export desk in Brazil and an import desk in Hamburg, Europe’s largest centre ... [+]

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