Vladivostok Commercial Seaport (CPV JSC ) handled the first shipment of imported oversized sheet steel (strip) of a total weight of 814.14 tons, the CPV press service said quoting Sergei Lopunov, the CPV production director. The strip manufactured in South Korea is designed for the production of large diameter pipes (LDP). Sergei Lopunov noted the h...
CHILEAN shipping company CSAV has revised its ANDEX service between the Far East and the South American west coast, adding a direct call at Xiamen to be served fortnightly. The amended ANDEX will return in 11 weeks with weekly sailings, rather than the previous 12 weeks. Other ports of call for the service include Busan, Xingang, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong ...
TWO Chinese warships have entered the Gulf of Oman transiting the Straits of Hormuz for the first time to call on Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The frigate Maanshan and Supply Ship Qiandaohu, are part of the fourth Chinese Navy Escort Task Group, which just completed its mission in the Gulf of Aden protecting cargo ships against pi...
GRAND Alliance (GA) has added the Vietnamese port of Cai Mep to its SCX service between Asia and the US West Coast, to which it also plans to introduce slow steaming operations with the addition of an eighth vessel effective April. Transit time between Cai Mep and Los Angeles will be 26 days - longer than the 16-20 day passages offered by GA's competitor...
THE CKYH Alliance will reactivate the fifth line in its Asia-North European (NE5) network in April. The nine-ship loop will call at Busan, Gwangyang, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Algeciras, Le Havre. Hamburg, and Rotterdam. CKYH carriers, Hanjin, Cosco, Yang Ming, and "K" Line will expand vessel size and realign rotations on t...
Austal has completed its first European defence contract following the commissioning of four 21.2 metre inshore patrol craft for the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM). The aluminium vessels have a maximum speed of more than 26 knots and will assist the AFM with surveillance and border protection throughout Malta’s coastal waters. Speaking at the historic...
JAPAN's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and engine maker Akasaka Diesels have developed a filter to cut diesel particulate matter, the most dangerous form of ship pollution as it penetrates human lungs. The filter was recently fitted to an MOL Group-operated coastal ferry, the Sunflower Kogane, for testing and the device removed up to 80 per cent of harmful parti...
THE global container shipping industry remains "fragile" because of weak consumer demand and a flood of laid-up shipping in place and new ships on the way, Maersk Asia-Pacific chief Hennie van Schoor told a Singapore conference. Shipping companies, he said, should go slow bringing back laid-up ships or the industry will only enlarge losses which have alre...
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