THE KMS service of Korea Marine Transport Company Ltd (KMTC Line) has increased its capacity with three 1,600-TEU vessels and three other 2,000-2,500 TEU ships, reports Paris-based Alphaliner. The upgraded Korea-China-Straits service (KMS - Korea Malaysia Service) boasts a full service with a port rotation as follows: Ulsan, Busan, Kwangyang, Shanghai, Ho...
PACIFIC International Line (PIL) has expanded its existing RS3 service with the start this week of the South and West Africa Container Service 2 (SW2) that will also call at PSA Dongguan Container Terminal offering wider coverage of the African continent to Dongguan shippers. The new rotation of the weekly SW2 service will be Dongguan-PSA DGCT, Huangpu, N...
JAPAN's Mitsui OSK Line (MOL) is revamping its Asia-east coast South America service (CSW) on March 25 with the sailing of the MOL Dignity departing from Xingang on March 25. The revised coverage will make additional calls at Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Pusan and Shanghai, said an MOL statement. The revised port rotation will now be Xingang, Dalian Qingdao...
KOREA's Hanjin Shipping has announced the launch of a direct service between Asia and Mexico from March 14. Hanjin Athens, currently deployed in CAX (China America Express), will be making its maiden call at Manzanillo, Mexico on March 14. This will cover Shanghai, Gwangyang, Busan, Long Beach as well as the Mexican ports of Manzanillo and Ensenada with ...
Philippines: Seven alleged pirates are under detention in the Philippines pending trial for the hijacking of the tugboat Asta. The Singapore-registered tugboat Asta was hijacked in the South China Sea on February 6, with 11 of its 12 crew set adrift in a life raft the chief engineer was held by the pirates to operate the vessel. The chief engineer escaped, ...
Singapore: Another bulker newbuilding order has been cancelled at Cosco Shipyard Group, and further four deliveries delayed, meaning over half its outstanding orderbook is now delayed. An undisclosed European owner has cancelled a 80,000 dwt bulker newbuilding at Cosco Dalian. According Singapore-listed Cosco Corp construction on the vessel had not yet st...
- The first-ever port survey of the Yangtze region shows aggressive building programmes are in place across the entire length of the river, according to the Yangtze River Administration, within the Ministry of Transport. The survey, just completed, identifies all expansion and renovation projects across the 2,838km navigable length of the Yangtze river. T...
- Eight new rubber tyred gantries (RTGs) were recently delivered to International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) subsidiary Tecon Suape S.A. (TSSA) for the Suape Container Terminal (SCT) in Brazil. The machines are part of TSSA’s three-year US$45m capital investment programme for the terminal and will further improve capacity and operatio...
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