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Maersk Line announces new service and rate restorationsAug 25, 2009

Maersk Line introduces a new direct service, ME2, from India and the Middle East to the West Mediterranean and back, through a slot exchange agreement with United Arab Shipping Co. on its Mina Service. The launch of the ME2 service is an enhancement to company existing product portfolio and offers the following benefits to customers:     Dir...

Hanjin Shipping signs $1.1bn iron ore shipping deal with PoscoAug 25, 2009

South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping has strengthened its long term charter business after signing a 20-year consecutive voyage contract involving two very large ore carriers with South Korean steel giant  OSCO in Seoul this morning. The deal will generate total revenues of Won1,380bn ($1.1bn) for Hanjin Shipping starting in 2011. The two VLOCs depl...

GLONASS navigation system loses one satelliteAug 25, 2009

One spacecraft has been withdrawn from the orbital group of the Russian navigation system, GLONASS, Interfax reports. On  August 24, the group consists of 19 satellites, 18 of which are operating  to their target designation, and one is temporarily withdrawn for maintenance,  according  to the information posted on the website of the R...

Merchant fleet of Turkmenistan replenished with Russian-made large-cap...Aug 25, 2009

A super modern tanker called "Sumbar", which was ordered by Turkmenistan, moored at the port city of Turkmenbashi on August 21. It was built at the shipyards of the Krasnoye Sormovo plant in Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia) and complemented the merchant fleet of Turkmenistan. The arrival of a new vessel was marked by an official ceremony. According to the centur...

Georgian border guards detain former captain of seized tanker BuketAug 25, 2009

Georgian coastal guard officers have detained  Ilgar  Imanverdiyev,  a  citizen  of  Azerbaijan  and a former captain  of  the tanker Buket, in the Batumi port, the press service for the Georgian Border Guard Service has reported according to Interfax. The  detention  was  made  aboard ...

US container volumes forecast at lowest since 2002Aug 25, 2009

US ports are forecast to handle 12.3 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) by the end of this year, representing an 18.8% fall from 2008 volumes and the lowest level seen in seven years, according to a report. The monthly Port Tracker report released recently by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and IHS  Global Insight stated that ...

Cargotec buys another firm with Arne Holst & Co take-over Aug 24, 2009

CARGOTEC has agreed to acquire the assets of Danish sales and service company Arne Holst & Co of Kvistgaard, Denmark with both parties declining to disclose financial details. The acquisition includes the takeover of business assets and customer contacts, including four employees. The managing director of Arne Holst & Co will continue as a consult...

Vietnamese feeder service calls at coastal portsAug 24, 2009

VIETSUN Corporation has launched its first container shipping service, using the newly chartered 602-TEU Tai Ping, calling at Haiphong, Cua Lo, Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong. Vietsun is a privately owned Vietnamese company, reports Alphaliner News. Its sister company Thami Shipping (Thamico) offers freight forwarding and LCL services from Haiphong and Ho Chi...

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