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Maersk Line announced its Singapore-based subsidiary, MCC Transport, is launching a new intra-Asia service, the Siam Java Express (IA-3), that will connect Thailand directly with Indonesia. “The IA-3 is an extension of MCC’s existing service, the Indonesia Feeder Service 3 (INA-3), which covered Surabaya, Tanjung Pelepas and Singapore,”...
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is currently considering a proposal from Nigeria, which is itching to establish Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) and new dedicated anchorage for vessels making approaches into Lagos ports. The new proposal, if approved, will enhance the emergence of new route for vessels visiting the Lagos ports. The Nigerian ...
THE TOC Asia 2009 conference March 3-5 held by the port city of Shenzhen, adjacent to Hong Kong, recorded a 16 per cent increase in visitors over last year's trade show, say organisers. The high number of local visitors to the event, plus the fact that many exhibitors have already rebooked for 2010, demonstrates the growing relevance of TOC in the Asian ...
NORTHEAST China's Shandong province plans to invest CNY53 billion (US$7.76 billion) to boost its shipping industry development and shape itself as an international shipping centre in northeast Asia by 2010, reports Xinhua. According to the plan, the province will set up five shipping trading centres respectively in Qingdao, Yantai, Rizhao, Weihai and Jin...
INTTRA, an e-commerce platform for the ocean freight industry, entered into long-term agreements with Maersk Line, MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud for e-commerce and professional services worth more than $100 million over the next three years. INTTRA said the new contracts are part of a longer term strategy to expand the company's e-commerce se...
Lloyd’s Register Asia today opened its first dedicated marine surveyor training centre in Shanghai. The Maritime Surveyor Training Institute (MSTI) represents more than an US$8 million investment for the organisation in the first five years of operations, during which time 200 newly trained surveyors are expected to graduate from the program. &ldquo...
On March 24, SHIPPINGCHINA.com CEO Mr. Kang Shuchun visited the city of Le Havre and had a business meeting with Le Havre mayor Mr. Antonie Rufenacht. The two sides exchanged views on the future business cooperation and Le Havre side showed their recognition of SHIPPINGCHINA.com’ s rapid development. The two sides have established deep friendship...
At least 47 tanker newbuilding orders have been cancelled so far this year, the president of a shipping company told Tankerworld. According to Ragnar Nielsen of Singapore-based Masterbulk, some 434 newbuilding orders have been cancelled, including 298 bulk carriers and 74 box ships. Nielsen told Tankerworld that in spite of the tanker cancellations, the n...
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.
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