Containership owner Seaspan is refusing to bow to pressure from either Hapag-Lloyd or CSAV to renegotiate charter rates. The New York-listed company confirmed Wednesday that it did not participate in a rescue plan for CSAV, despite requests and concessions granted by most other owners with ships on charter to the Chilean line. Seaspan, which has nine 4,...
Russia's Yantar shipyard is negotiating a $60 million loan to enable it to complete the construction of three frigates for the Indian Navy, shipyard's director Igor Orlov said Wednesday. Russia is building three Project 11356 Krivak IV class guided missile frigates for the Indian Navy under a $1.6 billion contract signed in July, 2006. Orlov said the ...
OOCL announced a general rate increase for U.S. shipments that aligns with rate hikes among other ocean carriers attempting to end the recent price war that had some losing money on each transit. The GRI for all dry and reefer shipments will go into effect Sept. 1. For ports and points on the U.S. West Coast, OOCL will add $120 per 20-foot container and $...
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc's (ICTSI) Polish unit, the Baltic Container Terminal, has started offering two new online services, Container Tracking and Sailing Schedule, to allow customers to view and track their containers in Gdynia. Container Tracking enables customers to check the current status of their containers at BCT using the co...
FINNISH crane manufacturer Konecranes has agreed to deliver nine rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes to the Texas Gulf port of Houston. These new cranes are said to be the first Konecranes fuel-saving RTGs for Port of Houston Authority, which already has 40 Konecranes RTGs in its terminals, said nordicbusinessreport.com. The cranes are due for delivery in J...
On Monday, 03 August 2009, the first containers that were brought from Berlin to the Port of Hamburg via the new Elbe-Spree inland waterway were unloaded. The line operated by the Berlin Hafen- und Lagerhaus AG in cooperation with Konrad Zippel Spediteur GmbH from Hamburg will now be used for transports from City-GVZ Berlin Westhafen to the Hamburg containe...
Following the official launch of SCT/CCT Dongguan Outside Depot, SCT/CCT Zhongshan Outside Depot was put into use on 1st August, offering another logistics service extended from western Shenzhen port to Zhongshan, marking a step further to connect cargo hinterland. SCT/CCT Zhongshan Outside Depot is located at Sinotrans Zhongshan Warehouse & Terminals ...
HONG KONG's No 2 ground handler, Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT), has appointed Daniel Boy as its new general manager. Mr Boy began with AAT in 2007, but in 2008 worked at SATS HK, the airport's smaller passenger baggage handler. n AAT statement said Mr Boy has a good grasp of the aviation scene in Hong Kong after having spent the past two and a half y...
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