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Last week's World Customs Organization seminar on the impact of 100 percent scanning for U.S.-bound containers highlighted the growing variance of opinion on the subject between the container shipping and terminal operating industries. The issue has for once united shipping and shippers' representatives, with Simon Bennett, secretary of the Internation...
Chemical transportation specialist Stolt-Nielsen S.A. said it has entered into two 50-50 joint ventures with Gulf Navigation, a United Arab Emirates company based in Dubai. The first joint venture, Gulf Stolt Tankers FZCO, will own six new 44,000-deadweight-ton coated chemical tankers. The ships will be traded in the Stolt Tankers Joint Service. Techni...
The Horizon Logistics subsidiary of Horizon Lines Inc. said it has been named carrier of choice for a new automotive vehicle shipping service launched by DAS Global Services (DASGS) in the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade lane. DASGS is the international division of Dependable Auto Shippers, a company that specializes in domestic and international vehic...
The Grand Alliance has added a ninth 6,200 TEU vessel to its Japan-North Europe Service (EU1), in a bid to reduce emissions and increase service quality. The addition completes an environmentally friendly programme, aimed at lowering emissions. A similar move was made earlier this year on its North Europe-Far East Service. By adding more vessels,...
Russia is doing its best for securing the release of sailors from the Amiya Scan ship, captured off the Somalia coast on May 27, a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry told Itar-Tass on Monday. He reminded that four of its crewmembers are Russian nationals. The most important thing in this situation is not to further aggravate the situation ...
A unique and important event for the consortium took place on the 5-th of June 2008 on the Yard of Timmerman Yachts. The main yacht Timmerman 47 left the moorage of the Yard for further delivery to the customer. The town dwellers of Moscow (Muscovites) were able to enjoy the unbelievable sight in the heart of Moscow from the quay of the Moscow River. ...
With fuel related costs reaching historical highs, Matson Navigation Company announced today that it is raising its fuel surcharge for its Hawaii service by 4.5 percentage points, from 33.75 to 38.25 percent, and its Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services by 6 percentage points, from 33.75 to 39.75 percent, both effective July 13, 2008. This is the first adjus...
South Korea's Hanjin Shipping is launching a new Malta Adriatic Feeder (MAF) service from June 19. The new MAF is a dedicated feeder service in which one 1,000-TEU vessel will be deployed to connect Malta to Koper in Slovenia and to Venice, Italy on a weekly basis. Hanjin Shipping said that Malta will be added to its current MAP (Mediterranean-Asia-...
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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