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MSC surpasses Maersk Line as world's top container carrierFeb 18, 2011

GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has replaced Maersk Line as the world's biggest container shipping company, reports London's Containerisation International. But if Maersk units Safmarine and MCC Transport were included, the Maersk Group as a whole is still nine per cent larger as a container carrier, said the CI report. MSC carried a capa...

OOCL announces re-introduction of AESFeb 17, 2011

OOCL announced re-introduction of the Atlantic Express Shuttle (AES) with an additional port call to Hamburg. Revised rotation will be: Hamburg-Antwerp-New York-Hamburg. Service will recommence Westbound on March 13 ex Hamburg and Eastbound ex New York on March 25. (Source:http://www.transportweekly.com)  

Maersk launches new ICON serviceFeb 17, 2011

Maersk Line announced the launch of brand new ICON service covering South/East India and Sri Lanka to and from North Europe. South Asia is one of the world's fastest growing sourcing areas for our customers, and the ICON service will provide a unique and dedicated link to North Europe. Globally, Maersk Line has consistently captured top spots for schedul...

50000 DWT semi-submersible vessel Xiang Yun Kou deliveredFeb 17, 2011

On January 20th, 2011, the christening and delivery ceremony of 50000 dwt semi-submersible ship Xiang Yun Kou was grandly held at the Longxue shipbuilding base in Guangzhou. Capt. Wei Jiafu, President and CEO of COSCO Group, and Mr. Tan Zuojun, Managing Director of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, were present at the ceremony. The LOA of the vessel ...

Japanese shipping lines race to tap growth in VietnamFeb 17, 2011

Japanese shipping companies are rushing to establish a foothold in Vietnam to tap growing demand for shipments of daily necessities and auto parts in the Southeast Asian country, according to Nikkei Report. For the first time, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will have Europe-bound container vessels with capacities of 6,500 TEUs stop at a port near Ho Chi Minh City...

ICTSI's Subic Bay terminal welcomes Tiger LinesFeb 17, 2011

GREEK shipping line, Tiger Lines, will start calling at the New Container Terminal-1 (NCT-1) at the Subic Bay Freeport in the Philippines starting the second quarter of this year. Tiger Lines will deploy a 750-TEU to 1,000-TEU capacity vessel for its planned bi-weekly service plying Subic, Singapore and Malaysia. The bi-weekly service is also a common fe...

Fuel shortages, but boxes move despite South Africa truck strikeFeb 17, 2011

SOUTH Africa's national trucking strike has turned violent in Johannesburg where police have fired rubber bullets into crowds of stone-throwing militant strikers. So far container shipping has not been affected and most other major South African sectors remained calm. But the strike has brought a slowdown of fuel supplies, and shortages have been reporte...

Danish warship catches pirates, but releases them in SomaliaFeb 17, 2011

DENMARK's 6,300-ton command and support ship Esbern Snare, part of NATO's counter-piracy mission, intercepted a pirate mothership and arrested 16 suspected pirates, but later returned them to Somalia having seized their cache of AK47s and RPGs, reported Lloyds List. Two skiffs were first spotted on the hijacked Yemeni fishing boat alerted the warship to...

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