December 29, 2008 - Two ships belonging to Algeria`s Navy have arrived at Russia`s Severnaya Verf enterprise for maintenance. The Rais Killik and Rais Ali ships will be repaired and upgraded under a contract signed between Rosoboronexport and the Algerian National Defense Ministry. The Severnaya Verf shipyard is the project`s general contractor. ...
YANG MING, K Line, China Shipping and Hanjin have announced the coming launch of a new dedicated service from the Far East and Red Sea (RES) from end of February. RES will run six 4,000 TEU ships with a fixed-day weekly sailing. Hanjin Shipping, K Line and China Shipping will deploy one vessel each while Yang Ming will provide three on the following r...
The total gross tonnage of Hong Kong-registered ships is approaching 40 million gross tons (GT), making the register among the top five in the world, official figures released on Saturday indicated. With the addition of a new aframax tanker Searanger with a carrying capacity of more than 109,000 tons, the Hong Kong Shipping Register will have mor...
The U.S. Coast Guard said it has lifted a detention order placed on a liquefied natural gas carrier after it lost power off Cape Cod and drifted for several hours on Sunday. The ship Suez Matthew moored at the Distrigas LNG terminal along the Mystic River in Everett, Mass. at around 11 a.m. on Monday to discharge its cargo. At 11 p.m....
Evergreen Line announced the launch of its new combined weekly service with Sea Consortium Pte Ltd. on the Arabian Express Service (ASX). The service, which commenced Dec. 27 with the departure of the 700-TEU Martha Russ 108N from the port of Colombo, will have the following rotation: Colombo, Kandla, Mundra, Karachi, Nhava Sheva, and Colomb...
Weyerhaeuser Company has called off the sale of its Westwood Shipping Line, citing weaker shipping markets and tight financing conditions for potential buyers. Weyerhaeuser announced in May that it was exploring alternatives for Westwood, a subsidiary that operates a fleet of seven ships used by customers to ship forest products, containerize...
United Arab Shipping Co. said it will temporarily combine two services between Asia and Europe into a single string. The announcement comes on the heels of last week's announcement that UASC and Hanjin would combine two other services into a single string. Today, UASC said the combination of the AEC1 and AEC2 services into AEC1 will remain i...
GEODIS, the main unit of France's SNCF Transport and Logistics Division, the fourth biggest European logistics supplier, has acquired IBM's internal global logistics business for an undisclosed sum, said a Geodis statement. Pending regulatory approval, Geodis will be the chief logistics provider for IBM, managing EUR1 billion (US$1.4 billion) in...
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