hapag-lloyd

Four of a kind in Southampton

DP World Southampton recently hosted four Hapag- Lloyd sister ships simultaneously on its deep-sea berths - the first time in its history that four vessels from the same line berthed at the same time. Three were the new generation ultra large container ships with nominal capacity of more than 13,000teu. The Ludwigshafen Express, New York Express and Stuttgart Express were all making their first port of call on a rotation in ... [+]

CSAV-Hapag merger gains EU approval

The European Union has approved South American shipping line CSAV's merger with Germany's Hapag Lloyd. The two lines signed a binding business combination agreement in April. The Department of Justice of the US had cleared the planned transaction but approvals in a few other jurisdictions are still pending. The merger ... [+]

New chief for Hapag Lloyd

Rolf Habben Jansen has assumed the position of CEO at German shipping line, Hapag Lloyd. He succeeds Michael Behrendt, who left the executive board as scheduled on 30 June, along with COO Ulrich Kranich. The new COO is Anthony Firmin.   [+]

West Africa route for London Gateway

DP World London Gateway now has a service to West Africa. A joint Hapag-Lloyd and MOL service, new to the UK, is due to start with the call of the Frisia Luebeck on 22 July. The port rotation is Antwerp, Hamburg, DP World London Gateway, Algeciras, Dakar, Lagos / Apapa, ... [+]

Hapag Lloyd and CSAV to merge

Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV confirmed their long anticipated merger on 16 April. Under the deal, which will make Hapag Lloyd the world's fourth-largest container line, the South American carrier initially becomes a 30% shareholder in the German company, increasing to 34% when a €370 million capital increase is concluded, of which ... [+]

More London Gateway moves

Hamburg-Sud and Hapag Lloyd are to transfer their services from Tilbury to DP World's new London Gateway in May, including calls to and from South America East Coast, South America West Coast and India, Pakistan and Middle East. DP World London Gateway has also handled ten ad hoc vessel calls when ... [+]

G6 goes for Southampton and A.N. Other

The G6 Alliance (APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai, MOL, NYK and OOCL) has released details of port rotations for its proposed services on the Transatlantic and Asia-North America West Coast routes, announced in early December last year. Subject to the completion of regulatory review process, the 17 services are scheduled to start ... [+]

Hapag signs MoU with CSAV

German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd says its talks with Chilean-owned CSAV about combining their container liner shipping activities have reached the next phase. The companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding. A binding contract could follow after due diligence takes place. Hapag Lloyd tried last year to sign a deal with ... [+]

Hapag Lloyd in CSAV talks

German container shipping line Hapag Lloyd says it has started talks with its Chilean counterpart, CSAV. The discussions concern a “possible business combination” or other form of association but no binding agreement has been signed yet. Hapag Lloyd had previously been in discussions with fellow German line Hamburg Sud, but without ... [+]

G6 to go Transatlantic

The G6 Alliance of container shipping lines is to expand its cooperation to the Asia-North America West Coast and Trans-Atlantic trade lanes. Some 42 ships will be deployed across five services including two pendulum services in the Trans-Atlantic trade lane calling at 25 ports covering the US East Coast, US ... [+]

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