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HONG KONG's OOCL has announced it will increase terminal handling charges for its China-Australia services starting January 3. The terminal handling charge from China's mainland ports, except for Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong, to and from all Australia destinations will be raised to US$92 per TEU and $135 per FEU. The charge for 2...
STX Finland Oy has secured an order for an environmentally friendly, new generation cruise ferry from Viking Line, STX Europe press service said. The contract worth about EUR 240m includes construction of a ferry and a sister ship in option. The vessel will be built at Turku shipyard and will be delivered to Viking Line at the beginning of 2013. The s...
Vietnam has granted tax concessions to nearly-bankrupt shipbuilder Vinashin, writes AFP, after speculation authorities would find a way to help the firm meet a debt deadline. Among the concessions, the state-owned firm will get a grace period until December 31, 2011 for paying its taxes, Tuoi Tre reported, citing the Ministry of Finance. State-linked Tu...
Newly-launched container shipping company Great Eagle Shipping Lines is to introduce up to four box shipping services next year between Northeast and Southeast Asia to capture a slice of the booming trade within Asia, reported the South China Morning Post. This move comes as container volumes on trade routes within Asia are forecast to grow by about 10 ...
Shanghai: China Shipping Development’s subsidiary CS Development Hong Kong yesterday signed shipbuilding contracts worth US$351.2m with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (pictured) and China Shipbuilding & Offshore International (CSOC) to build two VLCCs and three tankers. The first contract will see CS Development Hong Kong build two 320,000dwt VL...
CEO of Hong Kong-based ship manager Anglo-Eastern Group Peter Cremers is calling on the shipping industry to step up its efforts and use "every trick in the book" to gain the attention of the mass media and through them the general public and politicians, to heighten their awareness about the risks of piracy that seafarers are facing daily. "We need to ...
SAFMARINE's Far East-East Africa network has been upgraded with the introduction of a direct service connecting Tanjung Pelepas and the Pearl River Delta terminals of Nansha and Yantian near Shenzhen with Mombasa and Dar Es Salaam. "The enhanced Mashariki Service offers a weekly connection to Mombasa and Dar es Salaam with competitive transit times. Ca...
CKYH ALLIANCE members Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin, have started slow steaming on two Asia-UK north continent loops, reports ComPair Data. CKYH's NE1 and NE4 loops will employ slow steaming to accommodate reduced sailings in February, part of seasonal reductions, similar to what they did on Asia-Mediterranean services. NE1 will omit its Fe...
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