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Israeli liner carrier ZIM said Monday it will charge a $75 per TEU emergency bunker fee on all westbound shipments from Asia and the Indian Subcontinent to northern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea . The surcharge will go into effect July 1 and applies to all shipments where the bunker adjustment factor is included in the r...
United Seamen's Service said it will present its 40th annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) to Donald Kurz, president and chief executive officer of Keystone Shipping Co., and Ronald Widdows, group president and CEO of Neptune Orient Lines. A special AOTOS award will also be presented to the U.S. Coast Guard. &n...
APL moved 159,100 40-foot equivalent units (FEUs) in the four-week period ending May 29, 21 percent less than the same year-earlier period, according to an operational update released by its parent company NOL. For the year to date, the company has moved 798,400 FEUs, 25 percent less than through the same period in 2008. ...
French liner carrier CMA CGM said Tuesday it is combining two loops that ply the Asia/Middle East trade and using larger ships on the merged service. The carrier’s CIMEX service, beginning July 8, will incorporate elements of its CIMEX 1 and CIMEX 2 services. It will operate using six 8,500-TEU ships, in place of the 3,000- and 5...
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at helping mariners defend themselves in piracy attacks. The U.S. Mariner and Vessel Protection Act (H.R. 2984) was introduced by Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., the ranking Republican on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee. &ld...
Carrier revenue from 11 top lines dropped 35 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, according to maritime information service AXS-Alphaliner. The 11 carriers for which revenue was compared account for about 45 percent of global deployed capacity, leading AXS to say this year has the signs ...
SINGAPORE would not hesitate to board and search a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons in its waters, a foreign ministry representative said today. “ Singapore takes seriously the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery and related materials,” she told Fairplay. “If the allega...
A NEW FLOOD of North African migrants were safe today on southern Spanish shores, after a merchant ship sent an alert, Spain's maritime safety agency Sasemar said. Eight small wooden vessels carrying 137 migrants were intercepted off coasts of Almeria and Granada since 20 June. On Saturday, the merchant ship Cuidad de Cadiz alerted Sasema...
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