CHINA ’S second-biggest box carrier China Shipping Container Lines will almost double Asia/Europe rates next month. The increase up to $650 per teu took place as demand in the market remains weak, Bloomberg noted today. Rates are traditionally raised on July 1, which is the start of the busy season for box carriers. “This peak ...
SCOTLAND ’S Northlink Ferries has reportedly barred meat from the Orkney Meat Co because of a maggot infestation. “Maggot spillage has been an ongoing problem for some time, and until Orkney Meat can resolve it, we cannot permit their trailers to travel with us,” a Nortklink spokesman told the Aberdeen Press & Journal. Or...
SPANISH workers blocked roads today in Vigo and protested by the thousands, as talks to settle the general strike at northwestern shipyards remained stymied. Clashes began outside the Metalships yard when some employees tried to cross picket lines. In an assembly today, three unions agreed to continue the strike. Workers plan a protest march fr...
A YEAR-LONG planning study is being launched to examine the feasibility of building the Pelican Island container terminal, which would help ease pressure on Houston 's two container terminals. The Port of Galveston will equally share the study's US$750,000 cost with the Port of Houston , its partner in the terminal project, as the ove...
A DELEGATION from the Antwerp Port Authority (APA) recent trip to visit China and representatives within the cities of Tianjin , Suzhou , Yangzhou , Shanghai , Ningbo and Beijing Logistics Fair has culminated agreements for in future return visits from each country. Delegation chief Antwerp port chairman Alderman Marc Van Peel made history a...
CMA CGM has announced major changes in its CIMEX service linking Asia to the Middle East Gulf in partnership with China Shipping Container Line, which will soon replace the two companies' separate CMA CGM CIMEX and the CSCL AMA services The new replacement CIMEX service starts its first westbound rotation from Tianjin July 8 with the sailing of the CM...
The Manatee County Port Authority in Florida approved a $2.1 million bid to start the first phase of Port Manatee’s Berth 12 dredging project. The new 1,584-foot-long berth is designed to accommodate container shipping and is expected to be operational by early 2010. Berth 12 completes a $120 million port expansion project st...
Top managers from the six largest U.S. West Coast ports converged on Washington Wednesday to bring attention to lawmakers and Obama administration officials on the negative impacts that the economic recession has had on their ability to continue improving their container transport operations. “All ports are challenged with ge...
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