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THE GAC group, a global provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, has announced the signing of an alliance agreement with Bahamian agency Elnet Maritime, to establish a new shipping agency, GAC-Elnet, with effect from March 1, 2011. Elnet Maritime was originally selected as a GAC network agent when the group decided to expand its network to the...
APL, the container shipping arm of Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), had average on-time performance on the transpacific of 95 per cent, missing on-time rating on 12 of 237 port calls to the US west coast. "Schedule reliability is the cornerstone of customer service in container shipping," said APL president Eng Aik Meng in a statement, measured i...
THE American Trucking Associations (ATA) is attacking federal regulators who they say misapplied science on sleep deprivation to formulate new regulations to restrict the hours they can work. In many North American and European jurisdictions, independent owner operator truckers are being driven out of business, as regulators deploy health and safety as we...
THE intra-Asia container shipping arm of CMA CGM, Cheng Lie Navigation (CNC), plans to start offering two new services linking Japan and South Korea with Central East Asia through a cooperation agreement with Yang Ming. CNC is buying slots on Yang Ming's Japan, Taiwan, South China, Philippines (JTS) service that has recently added a call at Manila. The a...
The Port of Southampton has received the go ahead to build a US$130 million two deepwater berths to handle the largest containerships afloat by 2014, and increase capacity by 750,000 TEU a year. "The terminal can no longer accommodate four of the largest containerships simultaneously," said port director Doug Morrison. "This will rectify that." The En...
Starting April 2011, Maersk Line's Asia-North Europe network service will undergo major changes for the benefit of customers. The service changes will be in place by June 2011. The efforts are focused on improving coverage and reliability between major markets in the trade. The network will feature multiple calls from Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung P...
The Justice Department has confirmed that it is conducting an investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour in the parcel-delivery market, reported Dow Jones Newswires. United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp both said in January that they were being investigated by the Justice Department. But the companies described the probe as a preliminary inves...
Somali pirates have released a hijacked bulker operated by NYK Hinode. EU Navfor said the Izumi was released on 25 February after being hijacked on 10 October. “The Panama-flagged vessel and her Filipino crew of 20 are believed to be making for a safe port. There is no information on the condition of the vessel or the crew,”EU Navfor said. Th...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi
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