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ATLANTIC Container Line (ACL) has added Savannah to its fortnightly multi-purpose containers, breakbulk and ro-ro ACL/Grimaldi West African Service to make its first call in July. The service adds a new combination of container and ro-ro vessels and will have four new vessels in service by September. The rotation is Savannah, Dakar, Cotonou, Lome, L...
GLOBAL container shipping volume is expected to grow six to eight per cent this year despite double-digit growth in the first quarter, and not Singapore's as erroneously reported. It was incorrectly reported by the Shipping Gazette enews on Monday, June 7, that this number referred to Singapore's anticipated throughput when it was in fact a reference ...
A SECOND ship allegedly carrying "toxic" cargo - old fridges, TV sets and batteries - has been arrested in Lagos, reports the local Vanguard newspaper. The cargo movement allegedly contravenes provisions of the 1992 Basel Convention, an international treaty designed to ban waste cargo movements from developed countries to developing countries. The U...
KOREAN flag carrier Hanjin Shipping has announced that it will operate a 10,000-TEU containership on its Pacific and European routes from as early as late June, reports South Korea's chosun.com newssite. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries, the KRW126 billion (US$102 million) ship is 350 metres long, 45.6 metres wide and 62 metres high, said chosun.com. ...
The $204 million-deal vessels will joint fleet in 2012 Fairstar Heavy Transport has ordered two heavy-lift ships from China’s Guangzhou Shipyards International in a deal worth around $204 million. The 50,000-deadweight tons, open stern semi-submersible vessels will join the fleet of Rotterdam-based Fairstar in 2012. The size, speed and perfo...
Athens: The 22nd edition of Posidonia opens its doors today against a backdrop of foreign maritime investment in the beleaguered Greek economy that the show itself has helped foster. Cosco Group recently unveiled strategic plans for the port of Piraeus which will go ahead despite the crisis that has hit the Greek economy. The world's fifth-largest cont...
SINGAPORE's container shipping volume is expected to grow six to eight per cent this year despite double-digit growth in the first quarter, reports Channel News Asia. Transpacific and Asia-Europe volumes are expected to slow while intra-Asia trade remains stable, according to London shipping consultants Drewry Maritime. While volumes have risen 40 ...
MEAT exporters in the United States face a growing shortage of containers, which puts the current export surge risk, according to the US Meat Export Federation. American beef exports increased 11 per cent to April year on year while pork fell four per cent and lamb went up 20 per cent, according to the US Agriculture Department statistics. "I think ...
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