Concerns over the potential spread of radiation contamination in Japan have led to the Maritime Authority of Jamaica issuing a warning for operators of all Jamaican flag vessels to maintain a distance of at least 50 miles from the Fukushima nuclear facility. With the cooling systems not yet operating, unfavourable weather conditions anticipated and the he...
THE Wallenborn group has clinched a two-year contract to provide international road feeder services, covering 40 airports in 14 countries in Europe for Air Canada Cargo. The agreement covers the airline's major European gateways of Frankfurt and London Heathrow as well as markets such as Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. Wallenborn ...
THE United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) has quit the Maersk Line loop between Europe and the Indian subcontinent, according to ComPair Data. The ME1 rotation is Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Algeciras, Aqaba, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Salalah, Tangiers, Algeciras and back to Felixstowe. It is now served by seven 6,800-TEU Mae...
UNITED Arab Shipping Co. (UASC) is going to link Brazil to Asia, the Middle East and Indian subcontinent through transhipment at Algeciras. A report by Alphaliner said the carrier will use its Asia-Europe services, AEC 2, AEC7 and AMC2, as well as its new Europe-east coast of South America service, the ESE, to provide onward transhipment to ports in Brazi...
Efforts to develop Ulyanovsk in the Volga region of western central Russia as an international air cargo hub could take a step forward next month with the planned holding of a government-backed air transport forum there. The event, due to be held at Ulyanovsk's Vostochny airport, April 22-23, has been organised by the Ulyanovsk region's Ministry of Indu...
With container business bouncing back sharply, the French port is preparing to expand its part in the trade between Asia and Africa. Europe Correspondent Phil Hastings reports. The Mediterranean port of Marseilles Fos will look to significantly step up its handling of Asian container transhipment traffic, particularly for certain parts of Africa, as two m...
DP World's Asia boss has called on Ho Chi Minh City to speed up dredging of the Soai Rap River to allow large container ships to enter the Saigon Premier Container Terminal (SPCT), reported the Vietnam News Service. Peter Wong, DP World's senior vice president and managing director for the Asia Pacific region, has met authorities to seek the city's su...
Korea Gas Corp, the world’s biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, will divert 400,000 to 500,000 metric tons of the fuel to earthquake-hit Japan after a request by Japanese utilities. The state-run South Korean utility will provide the LNG starting from the end of March, the nation’s energy ministry said in an e-mailed statement tover the we...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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