Antwerp Port Authority has launched a pilot phase of an inland Automatic Identification System (AIS) for barges throughout its port area, to fine-tune the system in readiness for its use becoming obligatory in January 2012. The port authority sees the introduction of the system increasing safety and allowing efficient vessel traffic management. The infor...
ALASKA CargoPort has gained three new tenants of DHL Express (USA), Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide to fill the gap created by Delta Airlines (Northwest) Cargo exit from the facility last year. Atlas, a long time tenant at the facility based at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, relocated within the project t...
SHENZHEN-based Jade Cargo International has launched direct flights from Hanoi to Amsterdam following an inaugural flight on February 27 from the Red River Delta area that includes stops in Chennai and Dubai. The flights leave Shanghai Thursdays and Sundays and will arrive in Hanoi at the same day after a stop in Shenzhen, deploying two Boeing 747ERF flig...
COSCO Container Lines has announced it will adjust the terminal handling charges for all South Africa trade lanes. The surcharges, with effect from April 1, will be US$156 per TEU and $230 per FEU for general cargo, as well as $218 per TEU and $323 per FEU for dangerous cargo. (Source:http://www.schednet.com)
ASIA to Europe cargo volumes are expected to grow between eight and nine per cent this year, compared to 2010, but growth in the third quarter could stall to three per cent year on year, according to UK-based BoxTradeIntelligence. Analysts warn that such a slowdown in growth in the upcoming peak season may present "container lines with a need for very ac...
THE Asia-Europe rate on Shanghai Containerised Freight Index dropped to US$1,114 per TEU at the end of last week, down $56 on the previous week, while rates for transits to the Mediterranean fell $34 to $1,082 per TEU. Transpacific rates dropped to $1,737 per FEU in the same period, off $46 from the week earlier for Shanghai-LA transits with rates from C...
Cargotec has confirmed new orders worth more than EUR 20 million to deliver fully electric driven MacGregor cargo handling cranes and design and key components for hatch covers. The equipment is for eight general cargo vessels to be built at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China for China Navigation Company Ltd. The ships will be delivered in 2013. Th...
Hanjin Shipping, CNC and KMTC are launching a joint service connecting Japan and Indonesia starting from March 22nd. Offering a weekly voyage, this new service will cover the trade lane linking the major ports of Japan and Indonesia. Also, four vessels with nominal capacity of 1,700 TEU each will be deployed in the service among which Hanjin Shipping w...
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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