WESTERN Shenzhen Port, namely Shekou Container Terminals (SCT) and Chiwan Container Terminal (CCT), along with the Dongguan Orient Container Co Ltd, have teamed up to establish the Dongguan Outside Depot. The new Shatian District depot, located next to manufacturers in Dongguan in the Pearl River Delta Region, will conveniently enable manufacturers to ...
EXPORT orders for Japanese-built ships have plummeted by 79.3 per cent to 2,343,750 gross tons between January and June, its lowest level in 16 years, according to figures supplied by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association. The weak demand for export ships from one of the world's top shipbuilding nations, along with South Korea and China, shows that dema...
HONG KONG shipping company OOCL has announced the christening of its latest newbuilding, the 4,500-TEU OOCL Brisbane, named at the Geoje Shipyard in South Korea. The OOCL Brisbane is the eighth Panamax class vessel in the carrier's fleet of sixteen 4,500-TEU vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries. "We are certain that the OOCL Brisbane will li...
Hanjin Shipping is introducing a rate restoration program for the Trans-Atlantic trade effective September 1st, 2009. The amount of rate increase for all shipments between Europe and North America in both directions is USD 150 per TEU and USD 225 per FEU. Hanjin Shipping comments that despite the company's continuous efforts to reduce costs, this...
To meet the growing demand for running large container vessels on varying loads, MAN Diesel has developed a turbocharger cut-out system that improves main-engine performance during low-load operation. MAN Diesel’s Turbocharger Cut-Out System lowers main-engine fuel-oil consumption and improves performance during low-load operation. The system i...
Effective from August 10, 2009, Evergreen Line increases general rate in the Far East and S. Africa to U.S.A. and Puerto Rico trade. Scope Port of loading: Far East (except India Sub Continent trade) and S. Africa Port of Discharge: U.S.A. and San Juan, Puerto Rico Quantum USD 400 per 20' container USD 500 per 40' container USD 563 per 40' h...
Container Corporation of India said net profit for the fiscal first quarter fell marginally, even as income from operations rose 10.2 percent, Dow Jones reported. For the quarter ended June 30, the company's net profit came at US$41.6 million, compared with $41.8 million in the year-earlier period. Income from operations rose to $187.7 during the April...
WAN HAI Lines announced it "will enforce the rate recovery" on all cargo services between the Far East and India from August 1 of US$100 per TEU, $200 per FEU and 40'high cube. Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines Ltd and Wan Hai Lines (S) Pte Ltd also plans to levy a transpacific general rate increase from August 15 on cargo from the Far East and the Indian subconti...
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