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SINGAPORE's Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) container unit APL has announced a satellite tracking service that monitors temperatures and humidity of refrigerated containers worldwide. The system uses the low orbit Iridium satellite and APL proprietary software to ensure signal integrity even when containers are closely stacked, said a company statement. ...
DELIVERIES of new cellular ships are continuing, with MSC scheduled to take delivery next week of the 14,000-TEU MSC Melatilde built by DSME (Daewoo Group). This will bring to nine the number of 13,798-14,000-TEU ships delivered by Samsung and DSME, out of a total of 26 units, both owned and chartered. The MSC Melatilde will join the Far East-North Euro...
HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will impose a currency adjustment factor (CAF) and an inland fuel surcharge from July 1, the company announced in a notice to trade. The fuel surcharge, applicable to Canadian cargo to Hong Kong, Macau and south China on all dry and reefer shipments, will be US$70 per container for truck moves and $253 ...
GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced a wide range of rate increases on most of its trade lanes to take effect in July. From July 1, there will be an increase of US$250 per TEU on cargo from south east Asia, that is Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore bound for Australia. This will be followed by a July 15 increas...
Rickmers-Linie, the breakbulk, heavylift and project cargo specialist headquartered in Hamburg, has launched a new service linking North Asia with South America and the US East Coast. Four vessels, each capable of lifting 120-tonne indivisible loads and featuring stern ramps for rolling cargo, will maintain the monthly schedule. Base ports covered b...
THE World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) is lending GAC Group to the help global shipping, logistics and marine services provider acquire new vessels to support offshore oil operations. The US$35 million loan to GAC from the Washington-based IFC will finance the group's purchase of up to six supply vessels to support offshore oil rigs....
THE scheduled container rail service from Chongqing to Hamburg and Amsterdam is likely to commence later this year with an expected transit time of 11 days, Xinhua reported. The service is said to be likely to attract part of the shippers from Shanghai and Jiangsu to ship their cargo via Chongqing. Chongqing plans to build eight high-speed railways ...
LLOYD's Register's consultancy, Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis (FOBAS) is advising shipowners take a "common sense approach" towards the adoption of the new environmentally driven ISO 8217:2010 standard in fuel specification. "More work needs to be done to gauge the effects of bio-derived, blended fuels on marine propulsion applications," said global FOBAS ...
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