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MARSEILLES-based railway operator Rail Link Europe has started a new freight shuttle service between Le Havre and Chalon-sur-Saone in central France south of Dijon. Making two return trips a week, the service connects Le Havre's Port 2000 terminals of 'Terminal de France' and 'Terminal Porte-Oceane' with the waterway port of Chalon Sud. "This new s...
AS Britain's public services downsize, the Royal Mail is the latest to announce a reduction in facilities and head count. The Royal Mail will lay off 3,500 with the loss of 1,000 line managers and 1,700 head office staff while operational staff in London will be cut by 751, though the downsizing is being effected through "voluntary redundancy". A Roya...
CWT Globelink has announced the opening of Globelink International (Romania) SRL that offers a full range of services to clients and supports the group's network. Based in Bucharest, with branches in the Constanta port area and at Otopeni Airport, Globelink Romania is headed by managing director Ben Lim, who is tasked with developing and expanding freigh...
HONG KONG based Seapan, with major management offices in the Marshall Islands and Vancouver, has taken delivery of its seventh of eight 8,495-TEU ships since May 2007 built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), its third delivery in 2011. The COSCO Prince Rupert is on a long-term charter of 12 years extendable by up to three more years by Cosco to be deploye...
HORIZON LINES concedes it faces bankruptcy unless lenders will reschedule its $576.6 million debt, but so far holders of $330 million in company bonds have refused more time as the firm faces a crippling US$45 million fine for price fixing. "These conditions raise substantial doubt about Horizon Lines' ability to continue as a going concern," Ernst &...
THE number of idle containerships in the worldwide fleet stands at 84 vessels with a total capacity of 185,000 TEU, including 23 carrier-controlled ships. This is the lowest number of idle containerships since November 2008, according to Alphaliner, which attributed the decline in idle tonnage to shipping lines making preparations to deploy the vessels i...
COSCO will start participating in the SJX service offered by Hanjin Shipping and Wan Hai Lines by adding an extra ship on the service, the 5,089-TEU Tian Sheng He, which is to depart Port Kelang April 16. The SJX rotation is Port Kelang, Singapore, Cai Mep, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Osaka, Tokyo, Long Beach, Oakland, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong and back to...
KOREA'S Hanjin Shipping and Taiwan's Yang Ming have announced they are adding a new weekly service to the Pacific North West trade, deploying five 4,300-TEU ships from April 22. The rotation will be Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Yantian, Kaohsiung, Tacoma, Vancouver, Busan and back to Hong Kong. (Source:http://www.schednet.com)
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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