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Pirates have boarded a luxury sailing cruise ship owned by Compagnie Des IIles du Ponant, a subsidiary of France's CMA CGM, off the northern coast of Somalia. The vessel, Le Ponant, is 88 meters long and can carry up to 64 passengers. It was sailing on its way back from the Seychelles to the Mediterranean, with 30 crewmembers and no passengers, when i...
China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. reported total profit of 3.5 billion RMB ($456 million) in 2007, a 9 percent increase over 2006. Revenue in 2007 was 48.8 billion RMB ($6.95 billion) a 45 percent increase over 2006. The company said it turned out 2.1 million TEU containers, excluding pallet containers. Of these, nearly 1.87 ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that effective antiterrorism measures are lacking in Cuban ports and will impose more stringent entry conditions on vessels arriving from that country. Effective April 18, the Coast Guard will require these ship operators to ensure that each access point of the vessel is guarded in Cuban ports, attempt to execute a ...
The International Salvage Union (ISU) appointed John Noble as development adviser, effective April 2. Noble, a master mariner, served 13 years at sea and spent two years in the late 1970s with the UK P&I Club. He joined Murray Fenton in 1980 and subsequently attended more than 60 casualties, specializing in cases involving salvage, pollution and wreck...
Japanese ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) on April 1 opened an office in Tianjin, China. The new office is ClassNK's 101st exclusive survey site worldwide and its ninth location in China. Source: American Shipper
Maersk has announced floating bunker adjustment factor charges for several trades, which will become effective May 1. The BAFs are identical for dry and reefer boxes, and will be revised on a quarterly basis. For cargo moving from North America and Latin America to East Africa, the charge will be $600 per 20-foot container, and $1,200 per 40-foot ...
South Korea's Hanjin Shipping has found new partners for the Far East/Australia trade with its participation on the North Asia-China-Australia (NCA) service, jointly operated with Evergreen Line and Hapag-Lloyd, coming to an end. Effective May 4, Hanjin will team up with Chinese carrier Sinotrans and fellow Seoul-based lines STX Pan Ocean and Heung-A ...
Seaboard Marine will Friday start a weekly service connecting ports in Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, according to the Miami-based carrier's latest sailing schedule. The Mexico/Pan-Caribbean service will use three ships with an average container capacity of 720 TEUs on a rotation of Veracruz, Altamira, Barranquilla, C...
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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