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THE spot rate for containers shipped from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, set by London shipping consultant Drewry, went up six per cent to US$1,795/FEU ($897/TEU) on April 11 from the week before for the first time since mid-January. But according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index, the April 15 spot rate from Shanghai to the US west coast ports was U...
THE South Islander, a multi-purpose ship owned by NYK-Hinode Line, a subsidiary of Japanese shipping line NYK, has rescued 27 fishermen - 10 Japanese, eight Indonesians and nine Kiribatians (Kiribati, a south sea island republic - pop 98,000) - from a fishing vessel that was ablaze 870 kilometres east of Guam, following a fire in its engine room. The Sout...
ONE of few new proposals to emerge from the Dubai anti-piracy conference last week, other than to recommend what has been long recommended, is to hold another anti-piracy conference - this time under the auspices of the United Nations. "Participants to this conference call upon relevant United Nations Offices to hold a conference to address this concern, ...
CHINA SHIPPING (CSCL) has announced it will double the number of quay cranes to 16, including four super postpanamax gantries at its Los Angeles West Basic Container Terminal as well as expanding over 18 more acres on the site. At full build out, the terminal will have an annual capacity of 1.5 million TEU. A road bridge has already been completed to the ...
Nevsky Shipyard held today a keel-laying ceremony for the second self-propelled dry-cargo ship of Project RSD49, the shipbuilder’s press service said. The vessel belongs to a series of 10 dry cargo "river-sea" mixed class being built for North-Western Shipping Company (NWSC). The vessel is designed for transportation of general, bulk cargo and timbe...
MITSUI OSK Line (MOL) says that a pilot test has shown its new optimum trim system for vessels developed in partnership with Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) Inc is able to increase the fuel efficiency of a 6,400-unit car carrier by up to four per cent compared to a conventional vessel and reduce CO2 emissions. This comes after tank testing by Akishim...
FREIGHT forwarder FS Mackenzie, part of the Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) group, has commenced twice-weekly express road trailer services between western Europe and Iraq for groupage and part-loads. The services have been launched in response to increased business demand to supply goods to growing markets in Iraq, especially in the Kurdistan region, a com...
PIRACY off the Somali coast is mostly a problem for low and slow bulkers and tankers, but now liners are taking note of the mounting costs they impose on the high and fast containership that can leave pirate skiffs wallowing in their wake. At a time of cost-cutting slow steaming, pirates force containerships into high speeds and higher bunker burn, Maersk...
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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