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COSCO Container Lines has pulled out of the Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) service between the Mediterranean and north Atlantic ports, according to ComPair Data. The service, operated by six MSC 4,382-TEU ships was called TAS-6 by Cosco, has a rotation of Gioia Tauro, Naples, La Spezia, Valencia, Sines, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, C...
THE Shippers' Voice, an online forum for shippers, has lashed out at a move by container shipping lines to introduce surcharges to cover the cost of the container shortage. Shippers Voice managing director Andrew Traill said he could not understand why the carriers had to impose surcharges, either incorporating them into peak season surcharges (PSSs) o...
THE Containership Company (TCC), the new boy on the liner block, has says it is generating the cash-flow from its single Great Dragon Service cover operating expenses and deliver positive results this year, reported Paris-based Alphaliner. TCC said that it expects the operating profit for its first full year of operations to April 30 to be in the region...
GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to introduce 14,000-TEU ships - the biggest in the world - on its Asia-Europe Lion Service, which now only deploys nine 9,200-TEUers and two 11,600-TEU vessels. The 14,000-TEU MSC Bettina and MSC Irene are expected to set sail in July on the Lion Service after several months of lying idle at the Samsu...
Beijing: China will provide subsidies to help shipping companies retire ageing oil tankers and some single-hull ships before they would normally be taken out of service, a move that will affect 2,000 vessels in operation and help trim excess capacity throughout the industry, according to reports Monday. Vessels of greater than 1,000 tons, as well as single-...
Singapore: The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has released a statement confirming that it has received reports at 1245hrs (Singapore time) that Singapore-registered petroleum/chemical tanker, M.T. Golden Blessing,was hijacked by pirates while transiting the Gulf of Aden. The vessel, which is owned by Golden Pacific International Holdings...
THE United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced the completion of Chinese coastal coverage of Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC). This comes ahead of mandatory ECDIS carriage requirements to be implemented as early as 2012, reports London-based Digital Ship. UKHO's Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) will now include coverage of the C...
Kuehne + Nagel has launched temperature-controlled reefer LCL services for the wines and spirits industry. The services are operated under the company's in-house NVOCC Blue Anchor Line and managed by Kuehne + Nagel's dedicated team for the drinks logistics sector. They feature fixed-day, bi-monthly sailings from Europe to Japan. As a result, regul...
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