ORIENT Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will join CMA CGM's India Pakistan Europe service (EPIC) by deploying one ship out of eight ships from April 1 to be marketed as India Pakistan Europe service (IPE). OOCL will be provide slots as of March 1 with a port rotation as follows: Jebel Ali, Port Qasim, Nava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah, Port Said, Malta, Tangiers,...
MORE cargo rollovers have been reported in the run up to the factory shutdowns ahead of the recent Chinese New Year, leading to late arrivals in Europe of shipments from China. Forwarders told London's International Freighting Weekly that the pre-New Year rush to the docks led to a dearth of vessel capacity and many containers being left behind to wait ...
HONG KONG's Hutchison-owned Port of Felixstowe, Britain's biggest container gateway tested its deepwater berths ahead of the arrival of ultra-large containerships since extension of berths eight and nine to 730-metre quay lengths and 15 metres depth alongside. Felixstowe received its first megaship, the 14,100-TEU CSCL Star, on its maiden voyage, ...
GRAND ALLIANCE members Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and Hong Kong's OOCL expect to relaunch its Japan-California Express (JCX) service in May two years after it merged with SCX (Southeast Asia-California Express) into a single loop (New SCX). The return of JCX will increase transit times by dropping ports calls to Japan on the eastbound loop, reports Paris-based Alp...
The Port of Los Angeles has announced that January container volume increased 15.3 per cent year on year to 660,517 TEU with imports rising 14.3 per cent and exports up 12.6 per cent. Port of Long Beach volume rose 10.8 per cent year on year to 474,960 TEU, and import was up 11.3 per cent and export up 12.7 per cent, reported American Shipper. (Source:ht...
American Airlines Cargo has commenced services to Tokyo Haneda from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, and on February 20 began the return service, to New York from Haneda. American is the first airline in the USA to launch service between continental United States and Japan’s Tokyo Haneda Airport. Following the historic Open Skies Agr...
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group (Russia) reported consolidated operating results for January 2011. In the reporting period NCSP Group cargo turnover amounted to 12 864.8 thousand tons. Recent acquisition of Primorsk Trade Port Ltd. (PTP) resulted in 78.9% increase of the Group’s cargo traffic, while PTP standalone cargo turnover totaled 5 978...
BOURBON is named Shipowner of the Year 2010 by the Offshore Support Journal. The Group is publicly recognized by this award as “the company which above all companies has shown excellence in the operation of its ships”. The “Shipowner of the Year 2010” Award has been received by Christian Lefèvre, Chief Executive Officer of BOU...
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