THE TCC web site, containership-company.com, now allows customers and business partners to query for suitable departures or arrivals, and to subscribe to updated email-schedules. "Self-service, including online schedule enquiries, is a must for maintaining low costs as part of our no-frills approach to container shipping," said Lars Jensen, director Mar...
THE Containership Company (TCC) has announced that it will add Ningbo to its port rotation on its Great Dragon service from Taicang to Los Angeles beginning September 10, according to a statement issued by the company this week. TCC chief operating officer, Franck Kayser, said the service expansion was a response to customer demand for more Chinese port...
Argus reported that Chinese shipowner and shipbuilder Cosco has secured contracts to build two new 35,000 tonnes bulk carriers at its Guangdong shipyard in south China. The orders are the fourth the Singapore listed Cosco has received for new bulk carriers this week and the sixth this month. The latest orders are worth a combined USD 48 million with the...
As part of its efforts to restore operations at Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Mumbai Port after the collision of two ships on August 7, the Directorate-General of Shipping has decided to relax the Cabotage Law for two weeks for diversion of cargo to other ports, reported the Hindu. According to DG Shipping officials, the relaxation would be given only to sh...
CMA CGM Group taken delivery in South Korea13,830 TEU vessel Corte Real built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, the third of a series of eight vessels named after the great explorers. The Corte Real, 365m long, 51.2m large and with 15.5m draught, is the largest vessel sailing under the UK flag. The vessel will join CMA CGM’s Chris...
Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has finalised an order for two 10,700-TEU container ships after reporting higher container shipping volumes. The global shipping and logistics company, which recently swung back into the black, said that the deal for the two ships, for delivery in 2012, was inked in Seoul, reported Business Times Singapore. The two vessels...
Hong Kong: Rapidly expanding Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum plans to buy five very large crude carriers (VLCC) for $537.5 million, the company said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Chinese oil trader said on Monday it had signed a letter of intent on July 23 with third parties to purchase the five new vessels. The first four wi...
Shanghai: Maersk Line has announced the launch of its Far East-Chennai weekly service from next month. The service, Chennai Express (CHX), begins from September 14. Four vessels of around 2,900 teu capacities each will be deployed on the route beginning Shanghai, a company release said here. "Given the strong growth in the auto and electronics secto...
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