Further strengthening its position as a pioneer in the field of yard crane automation, Cargotec recently handed over the first three of eight automatic stacking crane (ASC) blocks to Hamburger Hafen und Logistik's (HHLA) Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) in Hamburg, Germany. The crane blocks are each equipped with three Kalmar ASCs and related technolog...
UPS has formed a strategic alliance with AliExpress ( www.aliexpress.com ), a new online wholesale marketplace launched by Alibaba.com, the world's largest small business e-commerce company, reported the Manila Bulletin. AliExpress allows customers to tailor orders to the needs of their small businesses, offering smaller-quantity orders, instant online t...
CSAV Group has announced a new direct service between Central America and North Europe. The Europe Caribbean Service, ECS, will be run with 6 vessels of 2,200 TEUs, in a weekly service with the following rotation: Rotterdam, Tilbury, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre, Kingston, Cartagena, Santo Tomas de Castilla, Puerto Cortes, Puerto Limon, Kingston and Rotterd...
APL has introduced a new website that addresses how the world's fourth-largest container shipping line is meeting the environmental challenges of world trade. The new site highlights initiatives the carrier is undertaking on board vessels and at its terminals to reduce air emissions and protect water quality. "Moving our customers' cargo and supportin...
Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Commercial Port is launching projects aimed at expansion of container terminals and shipping berths. According to a press statement of the Saudi Ports Authority, the project would increase the capacity of the container terminal to handle one million containers annually. It also would expand and deepen berths from 11 to 16m to e...
BRUSSELS: The European Union and the International Monetary Fund pledged a massive nearly $1 trillion defense package for the embattled euro Monday, hoping to finally turn back relentless attacks on the eurozone's weakest members and allow the continent to resume its hesitant economic recovery. Under the three-year aid plan, the EU Commission will make 6...
Kuala Lumpur: Scomi Marine Bhd, an oil and gas services provider, has inked a sale of shares agreement with ANZ Capital Sdn Bhd and Mirapo Sdn Bhd, to acquire a 60% stake in Trans Advantage Sdn Bhd for RM9m. Scomi Marine in a statement said the proposed acquisition was expected to contribute positively to its earnings and net assets. Following the complet...
Melbourne: Inchcape Shipping Services has been appointed agents for Yang Ming Line across Australia. This top-twenty global container line based in Taiwan is returning to the Asia Australia trades after an absence of eleven years. Yang Ming will deploy one of five modern 4,200teu vessels within the CKA Consortium that already consists of Hanjin, STX Pan O...
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