MISC plans to launch a new service in the Intra-Asia trade to complement the current Halal Express Service (HES). The new service will be operating with six 4500 TEU vessel making calls at strategic ports within Asia. The vessel will also be well equipped with reefer facilities to cater the growing Halal trade which is a key selling point for the new serv...
Japanese export ship orders sank for the 10th consecutive month in July on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 63.2 percent to 950,820 gross tons, according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association. But the pace of decline was the slowest since the nation's export ship orders suddenly started to plunge in October last year, when the global...
India’s Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure on Aug. 20 approved construction of four multipurpose cargo berths for handling larger vessels at the Port of Kandla, a major gateway on the west coast. The project, to be implemented through private participation on a build-operate-transfer basis, is estimated to cost around $157 million. The concession...
Containerized cargo traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell 18.8 percent in June as an accelerating decline in exports offset slight improvement in imported business, the Port Authority said in a report released Thursday. Loaded container imports, measured in TEUs, fell 15.6 percent in June compared to the same month a year ago. But the contai...
SHENZHEN's Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) has announced operations have started at its first inland container depot in Dalingshan Town part of the sprawling City of Dongguan. "With the support of the Shenzhen government, YICT opened the inland depot to better meet the needs of the many factories that are migrating to China's interior,"...
THE South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) has announced its three container terminals in Charleston handled 1.37 million TEU, down 19 per cent year on year to 1.69 million TEU. During the fiscal year ending June 30, breakbulk Charleston was down 17 per cent, with 549,008 pier tons handled versus 660,096 pier tons moved in the previous year. The P...
Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra Technologies, announced Haina International Terminals in the Dominican Republic upgraded its in-house terminal operating system (TOS) with NavisTM SPARCS N4 to improve operations and customer service in the competitive Caribbean market. Haina International Terminals is one of the two major container terminal...
Shipping industry analysts expect A.P. Moller-Maersk, parent of the world’s largest container line, to report a steep net loss when it reports its financial results this Friday. Industry analysts polled by Reuters projected the Danish shipping and oil group swinging to a net loss of $553 million in the six months ended June 30 from a net profit of $...
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