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TRANSPACIFIC strings might not be able to raise freight rates when renewing service contracts this spring, carriers could impose peak season surcharges instead, according Container Forecaster editor Neil Dekker, of London's Drewry Shipping Consultants. "On the transpacific, on the contracting side, I can't see the carriers getting anymore than they did ...
On 6 March 2011, the container ship HANJIN CHENNAI docked in the Port of Hamburg for the first time within the scope of the new joint service shared by HANJIN, UASC, COSCO and CCNI between Northern Europe and the east coast of South America. The new ESE service will see six 2500-TEU ships deployed on a weekly basis between Hamburg and the Brazilian ports...
On Tuesday, pirates approached the Maersk Alabama, about 200 miles north of Madagascar, marking the third attack on the US flagged container ship, according to The Maritime Executive. The ship’s owner said in a statement that four pirates approached the ship in a small skiff, with hook ladders. The ship avoided hijacking and kidnapping this time aro...
CMA CGM Group announces the launching as from April of an eco-calculator accessible to all its customers via its e-business platform. Measuring the environmental impact of their supply chain has become an increasingly important issue for many companies. To meet this demand, the CMA CGM Group will be making available to customers a new service starting in ...
Japan's Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering, shipbuilding subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, aims at six newbuildings especially for 100,000-dwt tankers this year. The shipbuilder received zero newbuilding order in 2009 and only two in 2010. Due to the difficult situation caused by competition from Korean and Chinese shipbuilders, th...
The Bangladesh High Court has on Monday granted temporary permission to the country's shipbreaking yard owners to resume importing toxic ships for breaking on the beaches near Chittagong. The court had ruled in March 2009 that only toxic waste-free ships would be able to lawfully enter Bangladesh. This temporary lifting of the ban for toxic ships came as t...
Indonesia-based Samudera Shipping Line has spent approximately $11m to acquire one of its chartered container ship. The 1999-built, 1,054 teu ship is scheduled to be delivered at the end of March. The ship will continue to serve her usual service routes on the Malaysia-Singapore Express (MSX) and Bangkok Express (BKX). The container ship purchase is the ...
IATA director general Giovanni Bisignani is urging governments not to implement changes to air cargo security that could cripple the industry. Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Istanbul, Mr Bisignani said: "We must resist the knee-jerk call for 100 per cent cargo screening. The industry must be secure with effective measures that facilitate th...
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