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ONE LAUNCHES ITS ONE ECO CALCULATOR AS A MILESTONE TOWARDS NET ZERO 
 
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced the launch of the ONE Eco Calculator, which calculates carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from ONE’s operating vessels. The tool is one of the company’s milestones in its journey to net zero. 
 
With the ONE Eco Calculator, units are expressed as either Tank-to-Wake (TTW), a measure of emissions from burning fuel, which has been stored in a tank, or Well-to-Wake (WTW), a measure of emissions from fuel production, delivery, and use aboard ships. 
 
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DP WORLD SETS NEW SOUTHAMPTON RECORD FOR HANDLING CONTAINERS ON SHIP 
 
DP World’s team at Southampton has broken its all-time move count record after handling more than 9,000 containers on a ship which visited the logistics hub last week. 
 
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MSC INTRODUCES NEW DAKAR-EUROPE SERVICE 
 
Reliable and fast are two essential ingredients when transporting reefer commodities, something that comes as standard with MSC’s new direct service, connecting Dakar and North Europe. 
 
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SHIPPERS BRACE FOR MARKET BOUNCE 
 
Containerised cargo volumes moved in the deep-sea container shipping market fell a further 2.5% during the final quarter of 2022, marking the traditionally busiest period of the year as the ‘peak season without a peak’. 
 
Volumes have fallen steadily in the early weeks of 2023 and world trade continues to stumble as economies grapple with persistent inflation and high energy prices, suppressing consumer demand for goods across nearly all economic sectors. 
 
On the demand side, many carriers and service providers are anticipating a recovery in demand in the second half of the year 
 
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THAMES FREEPORT GIVEN GREEN LIGHT BY UK GOVERNMENT 
 
The Thames Freeport has been given the go ahead to formally constitute its board and start operating fully, following the approval of the final business case by the UK Government. 
 
The Freeport is an economic zone located in the Thames Estuary and UK’s largest port - the Port of London. With 1,700 acres of development land, no location can match Thames Freeport for access to Europe’s largest consumer market and its excellent connectivity to 18 million people. 
 
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2M axes Asia-North Europe loop, as carriers shop for more tonnage 
 
After successive weeks of blanking its AE1/Shogun Asia-North Europe loop, the 2M Alliance has finally confirmed that the service is to be suspended. 
 
It is the first alliance service on the trade lane to be officially culled and is likely to be followed by the removal of more in the weeks to come as ocean carriers try to mitigate the impact of significantly reduced demand. 
 
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Rate erosion may be easing, but rock-bottom prices are 'not good for anybody' 
 
There may be signs that rate erosion is easing as reductions look to have slowed significantly. On the key transpacific and Asia to Europe trade lanes, the indices are clearly showing that the rate erosion from the stellar highs of a year ago is beginning to ease. 
 
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WEC LINES FURTHER EXPANDS PORT OF LIVERPOOL SERVICES 
 
Dutch shipping company WEC Lines has expanded its existing service into the Port of Liverpool with a new series of weekly calls into the port from Northern Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Canary Islands. 
 
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ONE AND SONY TO CREATE A SMART CONTAINER SOLUTION 
 
Ocean Network Express (“ONE”) has announced plans to develop and integrate a smart container solution across their global fleet. The development of the smart container solution will be done in collaboration with Sony Network Communications Europe (“Sony”). 
 
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Ocean carriers 'boxed in' by 5m teu surplus equipment mountain 
 
The return to ’supply chain normalisation’ has led to the container liner industry being hobbled by an estimated surplus of 5m teu of boxes, piled high on storage quays and in depots around the world. 
 
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