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FEEDER operators are considering congestion surcharges in response to delays at the Port of Rotterdam. Unifeeder said ships operating its Baltic and Scandinavian services have been facing delays at the Euromax, ECT Home and ECT Delta terminals in Rotterdam and, as a result, it was considering introducing a surcharge from August 1. "The situation, wh...
DENMARK's shipping giant Maersk has announced an immediate ban on shipping the disinfectant calcium hypochlorite, suspected in the fire off Port Klang aboard the 8,194-TEU Charlotte Maersk two weeks ago, reported London's Containerisation International. Calcium hypochlorite is used as sanitiser in outdoor swimming pools or as a drinking water disinfec...
THE world's top 40 container lines transport 98.8 per cent of global box volumes, with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) seeing a 26.3 per cent increase in throughput from the first quarter of 2009 and taking the No 1 export spot from previous leader Maersk Line. But Maersk held its first place in US imports, according to Newark's Journal of Commerce's...
Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd, a shipbuilder based in China, on Monday said that it has secured approvals from the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the Taiwan Central Bank to issue Taiwan Depositary Receipts in the island, sources reported. The TDR offering plan is still subject to approvals from the Taiwan Executive Yuan, Taiwan's Se...
The impact of a lockout that has shut down most activity at the Port of Montreal is already being felt by businesses dealing directly with the facility, while others, such as retailers, say they can hold out for now, reported The Globe and Mail. “This is very serious for us,” said Diane Sirois, owner of Nova Containers, a La Prairie, Quebec-...
STATE-OWNED Container Corporation of India has posted an April-June 2010 net profit of INR1.9 billion (US$40.5 million), a decrease of 3.5 per cent year on year. Revenue for the June quarter grew by 0.9 per cent to INR9.1 trillion, far lower than analysts' forecast of 12 per cent to INR10 trillion. Revenue from transportation of containerised goods...
A NEW container feeder service from Shanghai to Vanino on the Russian north Pacific coast, has started with the recent arrival of the 540-TEU Muirfield at Vanino Port. The Marshall Islands-flagged ship is scheduled to call at Shanghai on July 23 and is operated by Rasiacon Ltd, a company registered in Cyprus. The ship is on a time-charter. Initially...
CSAV Group is commencing a new service at the end of July to cover north and central China and South Africa. This service, called Discovery, has the following port rotation of Xingang, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shezhen-Chiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Durban, Cape Town, Singapore, returning to Xingang. (Source:www.schednet.com)
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
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