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BLG, biggest Bremen/Bremerhaven stevedore, puts 250 on short time BLG Logistics, the biggest stevedore in Bremen/Bremerhaven, cut the hours of 250 white collar workers after container and auto cargoes slumped in the twin German ports. The administrative staff at the two ports will work 20 percent fewer hours until the end of the y...
Minister warns of “spiral of violence” in protecting ships against piracy The Netherlands government, fearing a “spiral of violence” in the pirate-infested waters off the east coast of Africa , will not place military guards on commercial ships, according to local reports. Dutch Defense Minister Elmert v...
Evergreen Line and COSCO Container Lines said they will combine their existing jointly operated Far East/South America service and Far East/Africa Express service into a single loop. The change is being made "to cope with the soaring bunker price and in the light of deteriorating market conditions between the Far East and South Afric...
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. said its Stolt Tankers B.V. subsidiary has cancelled a contract with SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of a 44,000-deadweight-ton coated parcel tanker, the second in a series of four ships, citing extended delivery delays. Stolt said it entered into arbitration on March 30 with S...
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said he had introduced a bill aimed at improving the security of shipments of hazardous cargo, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The Maritime Hazardous Cargo Security Act of 2009 would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to improve security for the vessels and faci...
Japanese steamship line “K” Line has left the European Liner Affairs Association, according to an official with the carrier. It marks the second major defection from the ELAA in the last year, as the association has been forced to change its focus in the wake of a European Union ban on ocean carrier conferences involving Euro...
WWPC General Manager, Kevin Stephens, based in Queensland , Australia , said today (December 11, 2006) Sphinx Egypt , with offices in Cairo and Alexandria , had more than 20 year’s experience delivering outstanding service along the important transport artery between Egypt and Europe . “Sphinx Egypt has an expert team that en...
The operations of Watkins Motor Lines and Watkins Canada Express, Watkins' LTL carrier in Canada , which together include more than 140 service centers and more than 14,000 tractors and trailers, will be re-branded FedEx National LTL and FedEx Freight Canada , respectively. Re-branding of both operations will begin immediately. "These strategic...
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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