Tag: Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd announced that it now offers its customers the use of electronic Bills of Lading.

Hapag-Lloyd and ONE have completed integration onto the TradeLens platform.

Hapag-Lloyd published its Sustainability Report 2020, noting that sulphur oxides reduced by 70% in comparison to the previous year.

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd revealed plans for one of largest investments for boxes in company history, in a bid to help alleviate a current container shortage globally.

DNV recently informed that supported Hapag-Lloyd in obtaining financing for six of its highly efficient containership newbuildings according to the Green Loan Principles of the Loan Market Association (LMA).

Hapag-Lloyd is breaking new ground in financing, by concluding two debut transactions according to the Green Loan Principles of the Loan Market Association (LMA). Namely, both transactions are associated with the financing of six ultra-large 23,500 TEU container ships, which were ordered in December 2020.

According to reports, a containership grounded in the Suez Canal on November 26, when it lost power, interrupting the flow of traffic. Specifically, the containership Al Muraykh lost power and grounded in the southbound traffic lanes. Although 24 vessels that were ahead of the grounded vessel continued their voyage, nine other southbound vessels were caught behind the ship. The northbound convoy was also reportedly suspended.

Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, MSC and Kuehne+Nagel support Team Malizia in the Vendée Globe 2020 yacht racing regatta, in their efforts to highlight the importance of marine protection and sustainable shipping.

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Chinese health officials informed that two cold-chain storage workers in the port of Tianjin were tested coronavirus positive, as the country shifts focus to contaminated imports after a number of outbreaks linked to frozen food.

Despite the fact that Hapag-Lloyd has acquired 17 ‘LNG-ready’ containerships, chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen stated that, currently LNG containership conversions are not economically viable.