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Finnlines opened three new roro lines in January 2010 for the routes from Helsinki to Gothenburg, from Kotka to Gothenburg and from Gothenburg to Bilbao. These new routes increase the roro network connections operated by Finnlines by one fifth. Two large, modern roro vessels, MS Finnmill and MS Finnpulp, operate on the new routes. Source: Tran...
Ocean freight rates continue to be below the required level to cover basic operating costs or transportation costs. Considering that the current levels are unsustainable for the long term, OOCL will implement a General Rate Increase with effect from April 1st, 2010. The increases are required in order to maintain a viable service level and a comprehensive l...
This year’s rough weather has troubled navigation in the Far Eastern basin. The ice floes covered the waters of the Tatar Strait and Sea of Okhotsk on the approaches to the port of Magadan. It also blocked the La Perouse Strait in the east, in the Anive Bay, on the approaches to the port of Prigorodnoye. That required the use of icebreakers for piloti...
Transas Group of companies signed a contract to supply a set of Navi-Monitor system, vessel traffic system equipment for 10 dry bulk carriers of project RSD44, built for the Volga Shipping company. The contract included to supply Navigational simulator (Navi-Trainer Professional) for the project RSD44 ship. Transas will supply ECDIS 4000, AIS systems, VHF...
Maersk Line shipping company announced it would increase winter surcharge because of the rough weather conditions on the Baltic Sea. The ML said that very low temperatures and heavy ice had led to extra shipment cost for the carrier and caused Maersk Line to increase Winter Surcharge for import shipments to St.Petersburg ports. The Surcharge is increasing...
CHILEAN shipping carrier CSAV is to launch a weekly feeder to connect Istanbul to the Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk, Russia and Poti, Georgia from mid-February, reports American Shipper. The rotation of its Black Sea Link (BSL) will be Istanbul, Novorossiysk, Poti and Istanbul with as yet unspecified vessel size. Its aim is to complement the ABS servi...
ZIM has announced that it will implement a general rate increase in cross-Suez trade effective March 1, 2010. From Asia to North Europe and the West Mediterranean the cost will be US$350 per TEU and from Asia to East Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Adriatic, $300 per TEU. Source: Port News
A Finish operator’s ship laden with containers heading for St. Petersburg port, lost three containers at sea. The incident occurred near the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, "TV 100" channel reports. Some reports said, one of the boxes allegedly contained hazardous materials. The Swedish Coast Guard aircraft failed to spot as yet the los...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi
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