China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has announced that its western Shenzhen terminals, Shekou Container Terminal (SCT) and Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT), have gained ISO 28000 security performance accreditation as well as ISO 14001 environmental performance accreditation and by the certification body, Bureau Veritas. "This represents CMHI's o...
THE Nigerian maritime industry is calling for more training in the wake of a two-day Maritime Safety Management Systems Auditor Training Course in Lagos, Nigeria organised by the International Register Training Institute (IRTI), a department of the International Register of Shipping (IRS). Participants praised the IRS for taking the lead over other class ...
MALAYSIAN-based shipping line Majestic Enrich has started its first service of a Malaysia-Singapore feeder connecting Penang, Port Kelang (Northport and Westport) and Singapore. The service will deploy one of its two 1,066-TEU renamed Albedo from Cape Ann, with CAPE Arago as yet unassigned. The Majestic Enrich Company was incorporated on January 25, 200...
CHINA Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has announced that its western Shenzhen terminals, Shekou Container Terminal (SCT) and Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT), have gained ISO 28000 security performance accreditation as well as ISO 14001 environmental performance accreditation and by the certification body, Bureau Veritas. "This represents CMHI's o...
THE global containership fleet is expected to increase 6.1 per cent in 2009, representing "the lowest annual growth rate recorded by Alphaliner since 2000," which had predicted at the beginning of the year the world box fleet would expand by a total of 1.85 million TEU by year-end. It said in its newsletter that deliveries in the first 11 months of the ye...
CMA CGM has revealed it has increased freight rates between Europe and India and Pakistan. The hike will apply to all cargo and commodities moving from Europe to India and Pakistan and stands at US$100 per TEU and $150 per FEU and 40-foot high-cube container. Source: www.schednet.com
THE Canada Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (CTSA) has announced that its 10 member carriers will increase rates US$400 per FEU for Vancouver and by $500 per FEU for all intermodal and Canadian east coast all-water shipments from January 15 regardless of earlier announced rate increases to take effect May 1. "Container lines serving the market from As...
China, the world’s second-biggest shipbuilding nation, will face a capacity glut from 2011 after the yards work through existing orders and shipping lines bring down orders for newbuildings, according to Exim News Service. Poor demand will be a ‘major problem’ for three more years, the official said here. Global shipbuilding capacity m...
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