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As charter rates fall, a ready supply of low-cost containerships in excess of 5,000 teu is encroaching on services of smaller vessels

UPDATE: Japanese boxship line adds $272m to six-month deficit forecast after staff struggled with new IT systems; full year loss to be $600m.

Operators are pushing hard to improve freight rates but the relationship to time charter earnings remains critical, says Maritime Strategies International research director Niklas Carlen

Customers set to pick up additional $500m cost of higher spec bunkers, says Hong Kong owner.

Japanese and German lines collaborating on intra-Asian and European trades.