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COSCO has launched the southeast Asia service (SCS) at Guangzhou South China Oceangate Container Terminal (GOCT) at Nansha on the western bank of the Pearl 70 kilometres south of Guangzhou itself. This is Cosco's second southeast Asia service and the 16th international container service from GOCT. Three 1,700 to 1,900-TEU containerships are deployed an...
A GLOBAL survey by international legal practice the Norton Rose Group has found that the shipping industry's recovery from the downturn in world trade is sparking a significant change in the way the world's shipping companies do business. A year ago, the Norton Rose Group survey showed most shipping companies were focused on retrenchment and raising m...
ON the recently held Pan Pearl River Delta customs cooperation meeting in Hunan, the province struck cooperation deal with Shenzhen, Guangxi and Fujian on transregional customs clearance. This is another breakthrough for the Hunan customs on transregional collaboration after signing deal with Shanghai customs in 2008, said the report of Xinhua. The ...
SOMALI pirates continue to widen attacks from the Gulf of Aden into the India Ocean off the coast in Kilifi, 60 kilometres north of Kenya's port of Mombasa, shooting three pirates following an attempt to board Kenya navy vessel in the night. The defence ministry spokesman Bogita Ongeri said the attack resulted in gun shots to three and one escaped into...
A CARGO ship with 29 Chinese crew aboard has been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea near India, outside the Gulf of Aden, where a multi-national force is on patrol, according to ANS Indo-Asian News Service. Andrew Mwangura, the East Africa coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Programme (SAP) said: "I can confirm the pirates hijacked Yuan Xian...
THE Filipino captain of cargo ship, the Pacific Adventurer, who has been blamed for one of Queensland's worst oil spills, is expected to face trial in the new year. Bernardino Gonzales Santos, 48, and the owner-operators, Swire Shipping, Swire Navigation, China Navigation and Blue Wind Shipping, will each face one charge of discharging oil into coastal...
AP MOLLER-MAERSK is considering a second bond sale after discussions with investors, sources told Bloomberg. The report said Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Danske Bank A/S, HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are arranging the meetings, according to two people with knowledge of the possible sale that has not been made officially publi...
HORIZON Lines, a leading US domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, announced recently it will launch the new Five Star Express (FSX) transpacific intermodal container service in December, connecting key inland US cities. The maiden FSX service is scheduled to depart Ningbo, China, on December 14, Shanghai on December 15, and arrive in...
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